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Skynet Telematics.Com Inc Announces: His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales Carried out the Official Opening of the Skamp International Ltd Monitoring Centre in Central Europe.


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LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2000

Skynet Telematics.Com Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB

See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB).
:SKYI)

Skamp International Ltd, which is responsible for the sales and distribution of the Skynet / Skamp In-vehicle communications, security and tracking products across seventeen countries of Central and Eastern Europe The term "Central and Eastern Europe" came into wide spread use, replacing "Eastern bloc", to describe former Communist countries in Europe, after the collapse of the Iron Curtain in 1989/90.  had their new Central European Monitoring Centre officially opened by His Royal Highness “HRH” redirects here. For other uses, see HRH (disambiguation).

Royal Highness (abbreviation HRH) is a style (His Royal Highness or Her Royal Highness); plural Royal Highnesses (abbreviation TRH,
 the Prince of Wales Prince of Wales

switches places with his double, poor boy Tom Canty. [Am. Lit.: The Prince and the Pauper]

See : Doubles
 on the 1st November 2000.

The official opening took place shortly after His Royal Highness landed at Sliac airport in central Slovakia on a visit to the Region. Prince Charles Noun 1. Prince Charles - the eldest son of Elizabeth II and heir to the English throne (born in 1948)
Charles
 saw a practical demonstration of how the Skamp system places a vehicle under an invisible Telematic bubble of security, a 'space age' wall of protection.

Skamp / Skynet products couple GSM (cellular), GPS (Global Positioning System Global Positioning System: see navigation satellite.
Global Positioning System (GPS)

Precise satellite-based navigation and location system originally developed for U.S. military use.
), SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM.

(2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server.
 (short messaging See SMS.  service) and a remotely activated immobilising system into a vehicle. In combination, these technologies uniquely "wrap" the protected vehicle in an invisible "net" of radio, electrical, electronic, mechanical, ultrasonic, telematics, and ever-watching satellite protection that spans national boundaries and continents.

Skynet Telematics.Com Inc, is a world leader in telematics with the Skamp brand in the young and dynamic telematics industry.

Skynet has invested in Slovakia with the establishment of a major business and Monitoring Centre computer hub for Central and Eastern Europe. The Skamp protected vehicles are monitored through the multi-lingual 24-hour a day, 365 days a year Monitoring Centre. An ambitious sales campaign Noun 1. sales campaign - an advertising campaign intended to promote sales
ad blitz, ad campaign, advertising campaign - an organized program of advertisements

sales campaign ncampaña de venta 
 for expansion is to be funded by further investment over the next two years. The total investment is targeted to exceed two million pounds.

One hundred percent success record, in more than five years of operation in Britain, not one vehicle fitted with the Skamp security system has ever been successfully stolen. The Skynet plan is to spread the Skamp success into the territories of Central Europe Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. In addition, Northern, Southern and Southeastern Europe may variously delimit or overlap into Central Europe. .

Skynet's Managing Director, Mr Stuart Langston, comments, "Skynet Telematics.Com Inc is honoured and privileged to have Prince Charles conduct the official opening of the new Skynet / Skamp Monitoring Centre. Skynet took the decision to invest in Slovakia, to utilise the technically skilled and motivated workforce, in particular we were attracted by the availability of multi-lingual staff to enhance our concierge and help desk service to all our European customers."

Skynet Telematics.Com Inc quoted OTC OTC

See: Over-the-counter.


OTC

See over-the-counter market (OTC).
 BB symbol "SKYI", involved in the development, marketing and distribution of integrated telematic, Internet, tracking, location and communication systems and the provision of specialised monitoring and concierge services to users of these products in the UK and throughout Europe. Skynet Telematics.Com Inc have joint venture agreements covering 38 countries in Europe and the Middle East.

Skynet's telematic solutions are available throughout Europe, Middle East and Far East with availability in USA and Canada scheduled for July/August 2000. Skynet's telematic products now provide full telematics, vehicle security, pro-active tracking, and dedicated internet connections for automobiles, fleets, trucks, recreational vehicles, heavy duty machinery, car rental, coaches, motorbikes, anti-hijack vehicles, available with voice and data communication or with data and positioning, the Skamp range of products is very flexible offering bespoke be·spoke  
v.
Past tense and a past participle of bespeak.

adj.
1. Custom-made. Said especially of clothes.

2. Making or selling custom-made clothes: a bespoke tailor.
 telematic solutions.

This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding the Company's business strategy and future plans of operation. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. These and other important factors, including those mentioned in various filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission made periodically by the Company (available to the public at www.sec.gov ), may cause the actual results and performance to differ materially from the future results expressed in or implied by such forward looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof and the Company disclaims any obligation to provide public updates, revisions or amendments to any forward looking statements made herein to reflect changes in the Company's expectations or future events.

Skynet Telematics.Com Inc - Public company quoted in USA OTC-BB, Symbol SKYI. For further information on Skynet Telematics, please visit our Website: www.skamp.co.uk and www.skamp.sk.
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