Wednesday September 10 4:51 PM EDT
Company Press Release
Source: Glenayre Technologies Inc.
American Paging to Launch Two-way Services on Glenayre Network
DALLAS, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Glenayre Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:GEMS) announced today that American Paging
Inc. (API) will use Glenayre infrastructure for a scheduled launch of one-way and two-way paging services in the Pittsburgh
area in January 1998.
Glenayre's ReFLEX-based system represents American Paging's first two-way buildout. Glenayre will install a GL3100 RF
Director and a network of GL-R9000 Receivers, which together with API's recently installed GL3000 switch, GL- T8500
transmitter and GL-C2000 control equipment, will provide two-way capability.
``We chose Glenayre's infrastructure because it allows us to operate both one and two-way services on the same infrastructure
to keep our initial costs low and provide the flexibility to gradually migrate one-way customers to advanced two-way
messaging services as they become available,'' said Larry Piumbroeck, vice president of development and engineering at
American Paging.``
``In determining their strategy for entering the two-way market, carriers are looking to minimize up-front costs while delivering
the services required to meet their business goals,'' said Jim Marion, president of Glenayre's Wireless Messaging Group.
``With a simple migration solution and modular capacity upgrades, Glenayre's system is the industry's most economical
two-way messaging solution.''
American Paging Inc. is a leading provider of wireless messaging services with offices in 21 states and the District of Columbia.
The company serves nearly 800,000 customers with a network that includes more than 1,000 message transmitters. Its region
covers a population of about 76 million people. API can be found on the Internet at americanpaging.com.
Glenayre Technologies Inc. is a worldwide provider of telecommunications infrastructure products and systems serving the
paging, cellular, PCS, telco, voice processing, and point-to-point wireless service provider markets. Glenayre's net sales
exceeded $390 million in 1996 and the company employs approximately 2,100 people worldwide. Additional information
about Glenayre is available on the company's Web site at: glenayre.com.
ReFLEX is a trademark of Motorola
SOURCE: Glenayre Technologies Inc.
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