IPORT Ready for Worldwide Deployment
09:18 a.m. Jun 17, 1998 Eastern
LOS ANGELES, June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- ATCOM/INFO Inc. and Microsoft
Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) today announced that commercial trials of IPORT,
the high-speed Internet access solution for business travelers, have
been a tremendous success and that a global channel of industry-leading
resellers is now in place to begin widespread deployment. In addition,
several vendors have signed up to offer services and support to
IPORT-enabled locations. These latest developments put IPORT in a
leading position to become the most ubiquitous, secure and reliable
public Internet access solution in the marketplace, simplifying online
access and making it widely available for business travelers worldwide.
In addition to building depth with resellers, ATCOM/INFO has
established strategic partnerships with a number of key companies,
including 3Com Corp., Cyntergy Corp., ExpoTel, Hitachi Mobile
Computing, MCI Telecommunications Corp., Sprint Corp. and Tut Systems
to provide additional services and support to IPORT-enabled locations:
* 3COM (http://www.3com.com/) will conduct joint sales activities with
ATCOM/INFO to deliver the IPORT solution to the hospitality market
segment and increase comarketing activities targeting mobile business
users.
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