ALPNET Announces Agreement With eQ-COM for Localization of European Fleet Management Solutions
ALPNET Netherlands bv Selected to Provide Comprehensive Multilingual Information Services
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SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- ALPNET Netherlands bv, a wholly- owned subsidiary of ALPNET, Inc. (Nasdaq: AILP - news), today announced an agreement with eQ-COM bv, a European unit of US-based QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM - news), to provide localized fleet management solutions for eQ-COM's European markets. ALPNET will provide eQ-COM with a range of multilingual services, including content management system design, software localization, linguistic testing, engineering localization and documentation authoring. ALPNET will also support the localization of eQ-COM's marketing communications activities and materials. The services start immediately and will continue throughout 2001.
``We are very proud to be selected by eQ-COM for the localization of its state-of-the-art fleet management solutions for the European transportation industry,'' said Jaap van der Meer, president of ALPNET, Inc. ``We shall provide the full range of ALPNET services to eQ-COM in Europe. Our expertise in setting up a component-based content management system will significantly reduce the time to market for products in new language markets.''
``It is critical for eQ-COM to ensure a timely and high-quality delivery of localized products in the European marketplace,'' said Don Lancaster, managing director of eQ-COM. ``We have selected ALPNET because of its depth of knowledge in the multilingual information process. The upfront consulting that ALPNET provides will help us to do the actual translation much more efficiently.''
About ALPNET
ALPNET, Inc. is one of the world's largest, publicly owned, dedicated suppliers of multilingual communication services, with offices throughout Europe, Asia and the Americas. ALPNET provides a comprehensive range of multilingual B2B solutions and information management (InfoCycle(TM)) consulting capabilities supporting the globalization of businesses in the Internet, information technology, automotive, telecommunications, electronics and financial markets. ALPNET's distinctive InfoCycle(TM) vision and supporting technologies help global companies reduce time-to-market and transform their information into a corporate reusable asset. Additional information about ALPNET is available at www.alpnet.com, and an investor package can be obtained by contacting Jose Castaneda in our investor relations department at +1 888-292-2819 or +1 303-292-1501, or by e-mailing us at investors@alpnet.com.
About eQ-COM
eQ-COM bv (www.eq-com.com) is a European company formed by US-based QUALCOMM Incorporated to provide wireless fleet management solutions to road freight transport and other transportation-based industries throughout Europe. eQ-COM has commercial operations in France, UK, Germany and The Netherlands. QUALCOMM has provided wireless fleet management solutions for more than 12 years and has shipped over 360,000 OmniTRACS® mobile communications system units worldwide.
eQ-COM's LINQ(TM) fleet management solution is an interactive, fully integrated information management system that includes two-way mobile communications, tracking and tracing, and flexible management reporting for near real-time messaging and positioning reporting between fleets and their operations centres. Messages are sent via the GSM-network, through eQ-COM's Network Operations Centre (NOC) in order to provide data communications between trucks and dispatch centres throughout Europe.
About QUALCOMM
QUALCOMM Incorporated (www.qualcomm.com) is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on the Company's Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital technology. The Company's business areas include integrated CDMA chipsets and system software; technology licensing; Eudora® email software for Windows® and Macintosh® computing platforms; digital cinema systems; satellite-based systems including portions of the Globalstar(TM) system and wireless fleet management systems, OmniTRACS® and OmniExpress(TM). QUALCOMM owns patents which are essential to all of the CDMA wireless telecommunications standards that have been adopted or proposed for adoption by standards-setting bodies worldwide. QUALCOMM has licensed its essential CDMA patent portfolio to more than 90 telecommunications equipment manufacturers worldwide. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., QUALCOMM is included in the S&P 500 Index and is a 2000 FORTUNE 500® company traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market® under the ticker symbol QCOM.
QUALCOMM, OmniTRACS and Eudora are registered trademarks and OmniExpress is a trademark of QUALCOMM Incorporated. LINQ is a trademark of eQ-COM. Globalstar is a trademark of Loral QUALCOMM Satellite Services, Incorporated. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
For further information, please contact: Jose Castenada, Investor Relations of ALPNET, 888-292-2819 or 303-292-1501, investors@alpnet.com -- www.alpnet.com; or Marjolijn Verleg, Marketing Communications of eQ-COM, +31-40-255-84-80, mverleg@eq-com.com -- www.eq-com.com.
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