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@Track Communications Expands TrackWare Coverage To
Mexico, Canada
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RICHARDSON, Texas, Oct. 18, 2001--@Track Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:ATRK), a leading provider of
wireless-based vehicle fleet management and intelligent mobile-asset-tracking solutions, today announced that it has signed a new agreement that
significantly expands the potential market for its TrackWare(R) solution by expanding service to customers operating in Mexico and Canada.
The agreement between @Track and Cellemetry LLC, a subsidiary of Numerex Corp. (Nasdaq:NMRX), extends @Track's Cellemetry(R) Data
Service coverage and enables @Track to offer trucking companies that haul freight into Mexico and Canada the ability to track their trailer fleets,
even if those trailers are handed off to other carriers at the U.S. border. Also, @Track can develop and market additional products that utilize the
Cellemetry technology under terms of the new contract.
TrackWare utilizes Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite-based technology to determine trailer locations, and then reports this location
information and event-driven status changes, such as unloaded/loaded status and trailer connect/disconnect status, in real time. These data messages
are transmitted to the companies using state-of-the-art control channel technology to deliver what the company believes is one of the most efficient
and economical price points in the marketplace. TrackWare's capability to average the cost per message across a customer's entire fleet also helps
companies to maximize their messaging dollars.
"TrackWare is very customer-friendly to install and use, quickly enabling our customers to increase their trailer utilization through real-time,
exception-based reporting throughout the U.S., and now, Mexico and Canada," said Todd A. Felker, senior vice president, Sales and Marketing.
"With this technology, dispatchers can quickly locate their trailers, be notified of loaded or unloaded status changes, and keep their assets moving.
TrackWare provides such information at the touch of a button, saving trucking companies countless hours, resources, and costs previously expended
calling or driving to various distribution centers to obtain the same information in person."
"We are pleased that @Track will be taking full advantage of extended Cellemetry coverage," said Geoff Girdler, executive vice president and
head of wireless data operations for Numerex. "@Track customers are now afforded seamless, reliable vehicle tracking in a cost-efficient manner."
About @Track Communications
@Track Communications (www.at-track.com), together with its wholly owned subsidiary Minorplanet Systems USA Ltd., provides intelligent
wireless communications products and services using state-of-the-art technologies and networks. The company offers mobile communications,
emergency dispatch, fleet management and mobile-asset-tracking systems to such customers as Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Contract Freighters Inc.
(CFI) and member companies of SBC Communications, Inc. Currently holding 47 U.S. and foreign patents, with additional patents pending,
@Track offers industry-leading, innovative, vehicle-fleet-management solutions by combining wireless data and voice technologies with
GPS-satellite-tracking capabilities. @Track is headquartered in Richardson, Texas.
About Numerex
Numerex is a technology company comprised of operating subsidiaries that develop and market a wide range of communications products and
services. The company's primary focus is wireless data communications utilizing proprietary network technologies. The company offers products and
services in wireless data communications through Cellemetry and Data1Source(TM), and digital multimedia through PowerPlay(TM) and
IPContact(TM). These services enable customers around the globe to monitor and move information for a variety of applications from home and
business security to distance learning. In addition, the company offers wireline alarm security products and services, as well as telecommunications
network operational support systems. Visit the Numerex web site for additional information at: http://www.nmrx.com/, or call Investor Relations at
770/693-5950.
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