EGLW, trading around 2.00 this am, is another wireless play that I think looks promising. This release today:
Eagle Wireless Selects Pilot Sites for $12.6 Million Purchase Order
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 1999--Eagle Wireless International, Inc. (OTC BB:EGLW) announced today that 12 pilot sites have been selected in two Houston neighborhoods for the installation and evaluation of Eagle's wireless security backup systems. Once the pilot program is complete, shipments against a three year $12.6 million dollar purchase order from Utility Automation for security backup systems and wireless water meters are scheduled to begin.
Eagle President and CEO Dr. H. Dean Cubley said, ''We are excited about the opportunities that lie ahead for Eagle in the wireless security market as well as the wireless meter reading industry. The Utility Automation project in Houston is only one of several such opportunities throughout the U.S. that we are pursuing to help with the diversification and expansion of Eagle's proprietary product offerings.''
The Company's wireless communication backup for home security systems provides a secondary signal from a monitored alarm system to alert the central station that an alarm has been tripped. This provides early notification in the event a phone line is down, cut, or unavailable. The backup system is compatible with the most popular home security systems such as those sold by Ademco, a subsidiary of Pittway Corporation (NYSE:PRY - news) and Honeywell Inc. (NYSE:HON - news).
Eagle's wireless water and electric meters provide utility companies with a cost effective method of measuring and collecting consumption information without having to manually read individual utility meters. The deregulation of the electric utility industry in Texas and across the nation is expected to increase demand for wireless power meters. There are over 4.1 million customers alone served by Reliant Energy (NYSE:REI - news) in Houston and Texas Utilities Company (NYSE:TXU - news) in the Dallas / Fort Worth area that could benefit from this technology.
Utility Automation, Inc. is a supplier of information management solutions to the public and private utility industries. The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Eagle Wireless International, Inc. is a leading supplier of telecommunications equipment to the paging, specialized mobile radio (SMR), one and two-way wireless messaging, remote data acquisition, and Internet access markets. The Company is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the ''safe harbor'' provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, continued acceptance of the Company's products, increased levels of competition, new products and technological changes, the Company's dependence upon third-party suppliers, intellectual property rights, and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
For additional updates, see www.otcfn.com/eglw and www.eglw.com.
Contact:
Eagle Wireless International Scott A. Cubley, Investor Relations (800) 628-3910 / (281) 280-0488 scubley@eglw.com or OTC Financial Network Mario "Ike" Iacoviello, Investor Relations (800) 649-0983 / (760) 931-9211 ike@otcfn.com |