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. |
