ORBCOMM Expands Terrestrial and Dual Mode Wireless Services to Include CDMA
ORBCOMM Expands Terrestrial and Dual Mode Products with the Introduction of CDMA Wireless Services
ORBCOMM (Nasdaq: ORBC – News), announced today that it reached an agreement to provide services through one of the leading wireless network providers in the United States, expanding ORBCOMM’s terrestrial and dual mode wireless services to include CDMA. The agreement will allow ORBCOMM to offer blended plans that incorporate CDMA cellular with satellite wireless to create combined rate plans that will be marketed by ORBCOMM and its partners to address a diverse range of applications that require ubiquitous coverage and high-data rate capability.
“The addition of CDMA terrestrial wireless services to our satellite and GSM offerings will enable us to address a broader segment of the market,” said ORBCOMM’s Chief Executive Officer, Marc Eisenberg. He continued, “CDMA has a large base of users in M2M that can now benefit from our dual mode services, which combine cellular wireless networks with our LEO satellite network in one, seamless offering.”
ORBCOMM expects to make CDMA-based wireless services available to its customers beginning in August 2009.
About ORBCOMM Inc.
ORBCOMM is a leading global satellite data communications company focused on Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications. Its customers include Caterpillar Inc., Doosan Infracore America, General Electric, Hitachi Construction Machinery, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Komatsu Ltd., Manitowoc Crane Companies, Inc., and Volvo Construction Equipment among other industry leaders. By means of a global network of low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites and accompanying ground infrastructure, ORBCOMM’s low-cost and reliable two-way data communications track, monitor and control mobile and fixed assets in four core markets: commercial transportation; heavy equipment; industrial fixed assets; and marine/homeland security. The Company’s products are installed on trucks, containers, marine vessels, locomotives, backhoes, pipelines, oil wells, utility meters, storage tanks and other assets. ORBCOMM is headquartered in Fort Lee, New Jersey and has a network control center in Dulles, Virginia. For more information, visit www.orbcomm.com.
