Tuesday September 7, 8:20 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Magellan and Ionics Circuits Ship First Low-Cost, ORBCOMM
OEM Modem
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 7, 1999--Magellan Corporation of Santa Clara, Calif., a unit of Orbital Sciences Corp.
(NYSE:ORB - news), and Ionics Circuits USA of Milpitas, Calif. announced today the shipment of the first Magellan designed ORBCOMM
OEM satellite modem.
Ionics Circuits, which has already begun production of the Magellan OM satellite modem, is planning to significantly increase production in the
upcoming months to fill orders that Magellan began accepting this summer. The OM satellite modem is also available through Magellan
Wireless Communications' dealer network, which is listed on the company Web site at www.magellangps.com.
The Magellan OM satellite modem is a complete ORBCOMM VHF transceiver with an integral 10-channel GPS receiver that offers system
integrators a robust positioning solution for mobile tracking applications. The satellite modem and GPS receiver are both fully Y2K compliant,
and worked flawlessly during last week's GPS End of Week Rollover.
Magellan and Ionics began their business relationship with the formation of a manufacturing agreement in July that is aimed at providing low
cost, high performance OEM products to the wireless marketplace. Under the agreement, Ionics Circuits is responsible for producing the
Magellan OM satellite modem, which uses the ORBCOMM low-earth-orbit satellite constellation for bi-directional data communications.
``The agreement provides Magellan with state-of-the-art manufacturing and quick turnaround capabilities,' said Thomas Hunter, vice president
& general manager of Magellan Wireless Communications.
Hassan Sorkhabi, senior vice president and general manager for Ionics Circuits stated, ``We are very pleased and excited to be the full-service
provider of manufacturing and GPS test services for Magellan Wireless Communications' OM satellite modem. This partnership is a significant
win for Ionics Circuits here in the US, as it will be for our facilities worldwide in the future. We look forward to supporting Magellan as their
growth continues.'
Magellan Wireless Communications is a business unit of Magellan Corporation which designs, manufactures and markets satellite access
technology products for worldwide positioning, navigation, communication and timing. Currently the company employs over 400 people and
has revenues in excess of $150 million from commercial, industrial, governmental, scientific and consumer markets worldwide.
For more information about Magellan Corp., visit the company's Web site at www.magellangps.com.
Ionics Circuits USA, Inc. is a leading full service electronics contract manufacturer to original equipment manufacturers worldwide. The
company's integrated solutions include printed circuit board assembly layout and design, complete prototyping services, complex turnkey
printed circuit board assembly, system assembly and a full array of test services including RF and GPS testing.
Ionics Circuits has over 6,200 employees worldwide in its printed circuit board assembly manufacturing facilities in the Philippines and
California as well as its Philippine based printed circuit board assembly operation, Synertronix. All facilities are ISO 9002 certified. For more
information about Ionics Circuits USA, Inc., visit the company's Web site at www. ionics-circuits.com.
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