iPackets Announces Technology Realignment to Maximize Focus on Its Mine-Safety Product Innovation
VANCOUVER, BC, Oct 17, 2006 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- iPackets International,
Inc. ("iPackets") (PINKSHEETS: IPKL), a global developer and provider of
wireless communications solutions for the mine-safety industry, announces
technology realignment to maximize development resources and efforts for its
mine-safety flagship product, iPMine. The technology realignment is in response
to the growing number of inquiries and opportunities generated by the recent
signing of a Letter of Intent to establish a Chinese Joint Venture to
manufacture, sell, distribute, and deploy iPMine systems for the Chinese and the
global mine-safety markets.
iPackets' non-iPMine technologies, including voice and wireless data optimization algorithms, will be integrated into iPMine as new features. Moving forward, these technologies will continue to evolve as part of iPMine. The technology realignment is consistent with iPackets' vision of becoming a premium provider of mine-safety solutions for the global market.
"We have made a significant investment in our non-iPMine technologies, and we are very pleased to merge them with our iPMine product," said Naiel Kanno, iPackets' President and CEO. "Our iPMine single product discipline strategy will facilitate rapid product innovation, introduce new features to market faster, and widen the gap with the competition."
iPackets' Vice President of Engineering, Mr. Kouros Goodarzi, commented: "We will gain significant efficiency, accelerate our development cycle, and achieve a shorter time-to-market by leveraging our existing non-iPMine software assets in the iPMine product offering."
Mr. Ara Bedrossian, iPackets' Chief Technology Officer, added: "This technology realignment will direct our future research efforts of up and coming technologies towards mine-safety initiatives. We will be more agile with our iPMine technology offering, reflected in our product roadmap."
About iPackets International, Inc. and iPMine
iPackets International is a developer and provider of wireless communications solutions for the global mine-safety industry. iPMine, the company's flagship product designed to significantly improve the safety of miners and equipment, is a real-time two-way wireless communications solution that tracks, monitors, and communicates with miners and equipment underground and above ground. With iPMine, location information of both miners and equipment is collected and displayed in real time on one or more monitoring stations against a background of a mine's terrain map. iPMine's scalability and flexibility features make it ideal to be deployed in any size mine supporting multiple levels and/or sites. Its redundant communications feature makes the system highly reliable to efficiently operate in the harsh mining environment. For more information, please visit www.ipackets.com.
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