CLEARNET COMMUNICATIONS LICENCES INFOWAVE'S SYMMETRY(tm) SOFTWARE
Clearnet PCS and Mike clients to benefit from wireless access to desktop Microsoft© Outlook© email, calender, meeting reminders, contacts and tasks
Burnaby, British Columbia, May 18, 2000 - Infowave Software, Inc. (TSE: IW)and Clearnet Communications Inc. (TSE: NET.A; NASDAQ: CLNT) today announcedthat Clearnet has licensed Infowave's Symmetry software to be offered to its
new and existing PCS and Mike clients. Symmetry will be customized forClearnet's digital wireless networks and devices. Clearnet is a leading Canadian digital wireless communications company with extensive networks across Canada and more than 600,000 Clearnet PCS and Mike subscribers.
Symmetry is PC software that works with Microsoft Outlook to send email, calendar, meeting reminders, and task lists to a users wireless device.
Symmetry works with a spectrum of devices including pagers, PCS phones, hand-held computers, or any other wireless e-mail device. With two-way devices, users can also reply to emails and query their Outlook information to request contacts, schedules and task lists. Email that is sent from the wireless device uses the same address as if it were sent from the desktop.
"For the first time, Clearnet clients will be able to use their existing PCS or Mike digital phone to connect back to the dynamic information on their desktop Outlook system," says Wade Oosterman, Clearnet executive vice president, sales and marketing. "This wireless link to the enterprise offers our clients the freedom to leave the office without worrying that they are missing anything important. Their existing digital phones can act as real-time lifelines into their offices."
"Clearnet has an established reputation for innovation in the wireless industry," says Bijan Sanii, Infowave's COO. "By adding Symmetry to their list of products, Clearnet is once again showing their responsiveness to the
needs of clients who want to do even more with the devices they are already carrying. Clearnet's licensing of Symmetry is another validation that Infowave is building products that mobile people both need and use."
Infowave's software provides fast wireless access to web-based applications, the Internet, corporate Intranets and email for mobile workers who need real-time access to important desktop information, whether they're across
the hall or across the country. Infowave's customers can choose from a spectrum of mobile devices including phones, pagers, handheld computers and laptops. Infowave's software sends the right information to the right device at the right time.
About Clearnet Communications Inc.
Clearnet is a leading Canadian wireless communications company that operates two state-of-the-art digital wireless networks: Clearnet PCS and The Mike Network. Founded in 1984 and public since 1994, Clearnet is an independent
Canadian controlled and managed company. For further information, please visit www.clearnet.com
About Infowave
Founded in 1984, Infowave develops, markets and sells specialized software solutions for wireless computing and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. Infowave builds mobile business solutions that use the power of wireless
communications to extend the reach of enterprise computing. Infowave for Exchange and Infowave for the Net are advanced and secure wireless solutions for connecting mobile workers to key corporate information and applications.
Symmetry(tm) provides interactive wireless access to Microsoft© Outlook© email, schedules, contacts and calendar from pagers and PCS phones. |
