FRIDAY - SEPTEMBER 8, 2006 - ISSUE NO. 228 |
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Wherify Wireless Expands Online Distribution With Costco.com; Leading Retailer to Distribute Wherifone GPS Locator Phone via E-Commerce Site
September 06, 2006 08:01 AM US Eastern Timezone
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Sept. 6, 2006—Wherify Wireless, Inc. (OTCBB:WFYW), a leading developer of wireless location products and services, today announced that its breakthrough Wherifone® GPS Locator Phone is initially available through leading retailer Costco's online sales site, Costco.com. The Wherifone is the world's first GSM/GPS locator cell phone designed for children and seniors. The two-way cell phone has built-in Aided-GPS location and "managed dial" features that give on-the-go parents the peace of mind of being able to quickly locate and communicate with their young children and elderly relatives, while also controlling who they can call and how much it will cost.
"We're excited to be working with a leading retailer with the experience and reach of Costco to reach out to consumers through their Costco.com e-commerce site," said Timothy Neher, CEO and Founder of Wherify Wireless. "Working with them allows us to make the Wherifone broadly available to consumers across the country."
The Wherifone GPS Locator Phone will retail for $99.95, and fixed-usage Wherify Family Locator Service plans that include both voice and location services start at just $19.95 per month. The competitively priced, all-inclusive service plans are straightforward and easy to understand, and there are no hidden costs for additional required services, so parents always know exactly what to expect. A Rate Protection Plan is also available to help save money when actual usage exceeds the current service plan's limit. Under the Rate Protection Plan, when a subscriber goes over their basic monthly limit their plan automatically adjusts itself to the most cost-effective service plan rather than blindly racking up overage charges. Their service plan then automatically resets back to the basic plan at the beginning of each month.
About The Wherifone
The Wherifone is the world's first GSM/GPS locator cell phone designed for children and seniors. The two-way cell phone has built-in Aided-GPS location and "managed dial" features that give on-the-go parents the peace of mind of being able to quickly locate and communicate with their young children and elderly relatives, while also controlling who they can call and how much it will cost. Wherify's Aided-GPS performance will vary, but often provides location results in places where conventional GPS solutions may have performance issues, such as in many types of wood frame buildings and vehicles, and under dense foliage. The Wherifone's patented Aided-GPS location solution is supported by the Wherify Global Location Service Center, which maintains information on all the GPS satellites in space through a series of GPS Reference Receivers, and applies location information into Wherify's mapping and location management system to let users see a device's position displayed on a map or aerial photograph.
About Wherify Wireless, Inc.
Wherify Wireless, Inc. (OTCBB:WFYW) is a pioneering developer of personal location products and services, as recognized by the Smithsonian Institution Museum's adoption of Wherify Wireless' groundbreaking first product, the Child Locator, into permanent display as the world's first commercial personal GPS tracking device. With three U.S. patents granted in the areas of personal location and position tracking and four more patents pending in the area of GPS locator phones, Wherify Wireless continues to be a leader in location technology development by integrating Aided-GPS location into a GSM cellular platform that has been demonstrated on over 100 GSM networks world-wide. Wherify Wireless' expertise in GPS technology for wireless devices and its patented back-end location service engine enable customers to obtain real-time location information on individuals and property directly through the Internet or any phone. Wherify Wireless was founded in 1998, and is located in Redwood Shores, California.
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Any statements that are not statements of historical fact (including statements containing the words "believes," "plans," "anticipates," "expects," "estimates" and similar expressions) should be considered to be forward-looking statements. There are a number of factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements, including general conditions in the relevant industries and markets, the impact of competitive products, intellectual property issues and the other factors described in Wherify Wireless' periodic filings with the SEC. The company disclaims any intention or obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this press release.
Wherify, Wherify Wireless and FACES are registered trademarks of Wherify Wireless, Inc. Wherifone is a trademark of Wherify Wireless, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Contacts
Wherify Wireless
John Cunningham, 650-551-5271
(Director of Communications)
jcunningham@wherify.com
Joe Noel, 650-551-5231 (Investor Relations)
jnoel@wherify.com
Source: BusinessWire Press Release
Parco Wireless Set to Release World Class Tracking System
Précis Line of Tracking Products Available by Year’s End
PORTLAND, MAINE – SEPTEMBER 7, 2006
Parco Wireless, the leading provider to healthcare of real time tracking technology has unveiled plans for the release of a new product line based upon its next generation of ultra-wideband (UWB) tracking systems.
According to Parco’s founder and CEO Scott Cohen, the new systems should begin to appear at client hospitals by the end of the year. Called “Précis” (pronounced “prey-sis”), the new line of products includes the latest achievements in active RFID technology. States Mr. Cohen, “this new product offering represents a major shift in the way tracking will be accomplished in the future. Historically we believed we presented the most robust tracking solutions available to hospitals. Even so, the market demanded overall improvement in what we offered. Our new Précis product line represents marked improvement in tag and receiver designs, as well as enhanced performance capabilities when compared to our earlier systems”. Mr. Cohen then adds, “Hospitals will be very pleased with both the costs of these newer systems and the better performance they can expect.”
Précis incorporates Time Domain Corporation’s Pulson™ ultra-wideband technologies in its design. The new line will include a full suite of products that include assets tags, patient wristbands, personnel badges and two design type readers.
According to company leadership, the new Précis tags and receivers will help dispel all misconceptions about the higher cost of implementing a UWB tracking system. While the cost of UWB tracking technologies were historically higher when compared to competing technologies such as Infrared (IR) or WiFi systems, many hospitals felt compelled to hold off on implementing a UWB active RFID tracking system despite the superior benefits UWB systems offered. “Hospitals will no longer need to compromise performance, accuracy, and reliability for costs to acquire a tracking system” states Michael Farnsworth, the chief software architect behind Précis. He adds that “In the past IR and WiFi made it easy to buy because of the low cost. But many hospitals came away disappointed with the performance they were seeing with these technologies. They liked what they saw with Parco’s performance capabilities, but were put off by the higher costs.” Citing tags that now cost around $19, Farnsworth concludes, “Précis is now affordable for any size hospital, it will outperform any tracking technology out there. Compromise is no longer necessary”.
The entire Précis line has been designed from the ground up to support various installations in the healthcare field. The new Précis readers are aesthetically designed for hospital and clinical environments. Receivers casually blend into the hospital environment using an innovative ceiling mount design that works with most acoustic and hard plaster ceilings.
The various Précis tags revolve around a basic yet versatile design that makes them suitable for mounting to moveable assets, attaching to patient wristbands, or to caregivers. They report location data once every second with over 98% reliability.
The locations of the tags are tracked by UWB readers installed at fixed locations within a medical facility providing the location of patients, caregivers, and equipment within accuracy of 1.5 feet. The tags use extremely low-power as evidenced by their average life of over four years using a single 3 volt battery.
All Parco Précis products are branded with the PulsON Powered™ certification mark which identifies them as genuine, licensed Time Domain UWB products employing Time Domain’s patented PulsON® technology. The Parco Wireless products are available through technology wholesalers such as CDW and healthcare information system developers such as Patient Care Technology Systems. A full list of authorized resellers and developers is available on Parco’s website www.parcowireless.com.
Source: Parco Wireless Press Release
RIM Targets Consumer Market With BlackBerry Pearl
SEP 07, 2006 11:38:28 AM
Research In Motion (RIM), producer of the widely used BlackBerry handheld device, will soon release its newest offering, the BlackBerry Pearl. The Waterloo, Ontario-based firm is targeting the vast consumer market—and veering away from its traditional focus on business users—with such new features as a 1.3-megapixel digital camera, a memory-card port and a music player that can be used while performing other functions, The New York Times reports.
The new Pearl will initially be available exclusively through T-Mobile, and it will go for $200 with a two-year service agreement, according to the Times. T-Mobile currently offers 1,000 minutes of talk time and unlimited Web access for $70 a month, the Times reports.
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The Pearl gets its name from the dime-sized, glowing ball positioned just below its display, which is used to navigate the various functions like a mini-mouse, according to the Times. The ball can be used to move left and right—not just up and down—and users need only depress it for various lengths of time to perform different functions, the Times reports.
BlackBerrys have become an essential tool for corporate users in recent years, due largely to their “push” e-mail functionality, or the ability to receive and show electronic messages the moment they arrive, as well as the fact that they wirelessly connect to work e-mail accounts so changes made via the handheld carry over to PCs. Consumer users have been slower to jump on the BlackBerry bandwagon, as the handhelds have tended to contain fewer bells and whistles and were less “chic” than phones offered by firms like Motorola and Palm.
RIM a couple of years ago tried its hand in the consumer space with the BlackBerry 7100, and it cut down the average BlackBerry size by squeezing two letters onto its 14, easy-to-click keys, but its reception was less than noteworthy, according to the Times. Since the buttons each had two characters, the BlackBerry 7100 also came pre-installed with a software called SureType, which helps to form words from the jumble of letters that appear when a user types the first few letters of a word, the Times reports. For instance, a person looking to type the word “get” would need to press the GH, ER and TY buttons, but that combination could also be used to type “hey.” In such instances, multiple word options appear below the word in question, according to the Times. SureType works to determine the appropriate words, and it even remembers specific word combinations over time, the Times reports.
The Pearl uses a version of the SureType keyboard software, and the Times identifies it as one of the device’s “weak spots.” Its meager 3.5-hour battery life for talk time was also cited by the Times as one of its weaknesses.
Among the phone’s strengths the Times mentions are its appearance and size—it’s shiny black and chrome and “incredibly tiny” at 4.2 by 2 by 0.6 inches—its Bluetooth connectivity and the fact that it operates on a GSM phone network, meaning it can function overseas. The BlackBerry Pearl has a 240-by-260-pixel color screen that also functions as a flashlight, a speakerphone, voice-dialing capabilities, movie playback, and built-in AOL, Yahoo, MSN and ICQ instant messaging, according to the Times. Users can even read PDF and PowerPoint files, as well as make changes to spreadsheets and documents, using the Pearl, the Times reports.
Source: CIO.com
Unefon Holdings, a Company Controlled by Ricardo B. Salinas, Trusts and Invests in Wireless Business in Mexico
Wednesday September 6, 9:56 pm ET
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 6 /PRNewswire/ — Unefon Holdings, S.A. de C.V., a company controlled by Ricardo B. Salinas, owner of 44.4% of Unefon's capital (BMV: UNEFON) — a Mexican mobile telephony operator for the mass market — and of 50% of the capital of Cosmofrecuencias — wireless Internet access provider-announced today that it is confident of the outlook of wireless communications market in Mexico. Therefore, its Board of Directors approved the acquisition of 45.6% of the shareholders' equity of Unefon in a private transaction with the family of Moises Saba.
The amount of the operation is US$300 million, from which US$200 million come from domestic and international financing and US$100 million will be paid by transferring Unefon Holdings' 50% capital stake in Cosmofrecuencias to Mr. Saba. The acquisition was approved by the National Securities and Banking Commission (CNBV) and has been presented for consideration to the Federal Commission of Competition.
The Board of Directors of Unefon Holdings also approved a public offering to buy Unefon's outstanding capital traded in the stock market in approximately 60 days, under the same terms offered to Mr. Saba. Unefon Holdings has requested authorization from the CNBV for this offering.
Through the acquisition and public offering, Unefon Holdings expects to own all the shareholders' equity of Unefon, from its current 44.4% holding. Unefon has 21.6MHz at the 1.9GHz of the radio spectrum, optimum bandwidth to continue with a dynamic development of services of high quality cellular telephony nationwide. Unefon currently has 1.3 million subscribers and operates with technology CDMA 2000 1X, which is able to offer higher value services. The company's network will soon be migrated to CDMA-EVDO.
Unefon Holdings considers that the wireless industry dynamism in Mexico, the managerial capabilities of Grupo Salinas and the proven ability of Unefon to grow with effective cost management translate into high performance with great profitability.
"We will develop even more solid competitive advantages than the ones Unefon currently holds, in market segments that offer enormous growth opportunities," said Diego Foyo, CEO of Unefon Holdings. "Additionally, we have received instructions to explore the consolidation of operations with Grupo Movil@ccess — owner of the majority of Iusacell's capital — that generates maximum value for shareholders, reducing expenses, making joint acquisitions and the development of supplementary networks, using the same CDMA-EVDO technology."
"As a result, Unefon will be the second largest mobile telephone and data company in Mexico, with economies of scale and important synergies that will allow the company to strongly compete in the industry, which translates into better price options and services in the market, benefiting millions of subscribers."
About the Company
Unefon Holdings, S.A. de C.V. is a controlling company, owner of 44.4% of the capital of Unefon-Mexican mobile telephony operator for the mass market-and 50% of the capital of Cosmofrecuencias-wireless broadband Internet access provider.
Except for historical information, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected.
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BACKGROUND:
Ricardo B. Salinas
As chairman and founder of Grupo Salinas, which includes several the largest companies in Mexico, Ricardo B. Salinas is one of Latin America’s leading entrepreneurs. He has fought monopolists and created new markets among Mexico’s working classes.
Grupo Salinas began as a family-owned company, Elektra, in 1906. When Ricardo Salinas became CEO in 1987, the company was facing bankruptcy. He refocused Elektra’s offerings and developed a consumer market among Mexico’s lower middle class by providing credit sales and financial products and services. In 2002, Elektra became Mexico’s biggest consumer-finance company.
Mr. Salinas is also chairman of TV Azteca, one of the world’s two largest producers of Spanish-language television programming and one of only two nationwide broadcasters in Mexico. In 2001, he launched Azteca America, the fastest-growing Spanish-language broadcasting network in the U.S., reaching 38 markets.
Unefon Holdings is a Grupo Salinas telecommunications company that built its client base to 1.4 million subscribers in just three years. Its network covers 19 cities and reaches an additional 23,000 urban areas through an agreement with Iusacell.
Mr. Salinas has been recognized as a visionary by leading business organizations. He has addressed the World Economic Forum, The Young Presidents’ Organization, The Economist Roundtable on Mexico, The Institute of the Americas and Harvard Business School.
Source: American Venture Magazine
Amcom Announces Partnership Agreement with USA Mobility To Provide Communications Center Solutions for the Enterprise; Completes First Joint Project for Duke University Medical Center
September 07, 2006 06:00 AM US Eastern Timezone
MINNEAPOLIS—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Sept. 7, 2006—Amcom Software, Inc. today announced that it has entered into an agreement with USA Mobility, Inc. (NASDAQ:USMO) in which the companies will leverage each other's complementary technologies to provide advanced automated communication center capabilities. As part of the agreement, the respective sales organizations will provide recommendations around their mutual solutions. Joint customers benefit by having access to an integrated, total communication center solution versus having to work with multiple vendors.
The companies today also announced their first dual customer solution, a program recently completed for Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C. Duke's goal was to link all of the Medical Center's facilities with its private messaging system so that communications throughout the entire Medical Center were fully redundant for emergency and disaster preparedness. Together, USA Mobility and Amcom designed a solution that seamlessly integrated both systems to effectively and efficiently meet Duke's communications needs.
"We are pleased to work with USA Mobility to provide the highest quality products and services coupled with a rapid return on investment for our joint customers," said Jack Collins, Amcom President and CEO. "Large organizations have a greater need than ever for efficient and timely communications in the event of a disaster and when we combine our experience with USA Mobility's expertise, the result is highly-effective and versatile communications system."
Communication center applications from Amcom include Smart Console, Smart Web and Smart Speech help USA Mobility customers cut costs and streamline communications, Speech-enabled calls, web directory lookups, complex agent-handled calls and emergency notifications and responses are all processed from a single, central database.
In addition, Amcom Software's e.Notify automated event notification system is designed for business continuity and disaster recovery by providing automated event notification, response processing and escalation for emergencies and other mission critical communications needs.
"USA Mobility is pleased to join with Amcom to help provide enterprise solutions for communication center automation," said Vince Kelly, President and Chief Executive Officer, USA Mobility. "We believe our technical experience, coupled with Amcom's expertise in communications applications, will prove to be a winning combination for those organizations seeking to enhance their communications systems and performance."
About USA Mobility
USA Mobility, Inc., headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, is a leading provider of paging products and other wireless services to the business, government and healthcare sectors. USA Mobility offers traditional one-way and advanced two-way paging via its nationwide networks covering more than 90% of the U.S. population. In addition, the company offers mobile voice and data services through Sprint Nextel and Cingular Wireless, including BlackBerry and GPS location applications. The company's product offerings include Integrated Resource Management Systems with wireless connectivity solutions for medical, business, government and other campus environments. USA Mobility also focuses on the business-to-business marketplace and supplies wireless mobile connectivity solutions to businesses and organizations of all sizes. In addition to its reliable, nationwide one-way networks, USA Mobility's two-way networks have the largest high-powered terrestrial ReFLEX footprint in the United States with roaming partners in Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. USA Mobility provides the preferred ReFLEX wireless data network for many of the largest telecommunication companies in the United States that source network services and resell under their own brand names.
For further information visit: http://www.usamobility.com.
About Amcom Software
Amcom Software provides mission-critical communications technology solutions for organizations that depend on speed, accuracy, and productivity to support day-to-day business continuity and event-driven communications. Amcom's open technology, standards-based technology solutions are used by more than 400 blue-chip companies in healthcare, education, finance, utilities and government agencies. Amcom customers include Stanford University Medical Center, Emory University, Banner Health System, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, U.S. Department of the Army, Yale University, New York Presbyterian University Hospital, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Yale New Haven Hospital, Duke University Medical Center, the U.S. Marines and the U.S. Navy.
For more information, call (800) 852-8935 or go to www.amcomsoft.com.
Smart Center, Smart Console, Smart Web, Smart Speech and e.Notify are trademarks of Amcom Software, Inc. All other trademarks herein are the property of their respective owners.
Contacts
Amcom Software
Marketing:
Tiffany Collins,
612-868-8373
tcollins@amcomsoft.com
or
for USA Mobility
Lougee Consulting Group
Bob Lougee, 703-721-3080
bob.lougee@usamobility.com
Source: BusinessWire
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Bowie State University Advances Campus Safety With e2Campus Emergency Notification System
Wednesday September 6, 9:03 am ET
New System Will Send SMS Text Messages of Urgent News to Students' Mobile Phones
LEESBURG, Va., Sept. 6 /PRNewswire/ — Omnilert LLC, the leading provider of selective mass communications, today announced that Bowie State University in Bowie, Maryland has advanced campus safety with the roll-out of the e2Campus mass notification system. Bowie State will tap the power of text messaging by using the e2Campus Web-based service to communicate emergency news to the cell phones of students, faculty and staff.
Ernest L. Waiters, Police Chief and Director of Public Safety at Bowie State said, "Bowie State University Department of Public Safety in partnership with the Division of External Relations and the Division of Student Affairs and Campus Life is providing faculty, staff and students with instant notifications of all university closings and pending emergencies facing Bowie State University."
About e2Campus
Endorsed by Security On Campus Inc. and used by schools around the country, e2Campus is the Web-based mass notification system that enables school officials to self-administer and send time-sensitive messages for a fraction of the cost and complexity of existing notification solutions. There is no traditional software to install, no hardware to buy and no additional phone lines needed. A school can set up a secure notification system in minutes to send routine, urgent or emergency notifications to their entire campus community or groups, such as multiple campuses, residence halls, staff- only or sports news. e2Campus instantly and simultaneously sends mass alerts to a subscriber's mobile phone (via SMS text message), BlackBerry, smart phone, wireless PDA, text pager, e-mail account and relevant Web page. To learn more, visit http://www.e2Campus.com online.
About Omnilert, LLC
Omnilert LLC is the leading provider of selective mass communications for sending time-sensitive information to large groups of people. The self- service, Web-based system enables a single person to communicate timely information to thousands of people anywhere, anytime, on any device. It is ideal for announcing school closings, game cancellations, weather warnings, terrorist alerts, and marketing promotions. The system is built around a reliable SMS text messaging system that sends content directly to a mobile phone, as well as an e-mail address, Web page, pager or wired phone. Omnilert Text and Voice solutions are sold under the names e2Campus, Amerilert, RainedOut and through resellers. The privately held company is headquartered in Leesburg, Va., and at http://www.omnilert.com online.
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