10/22 20:57 Clearnet Selects Glenayre's MVP Enhanced Services Platform for
its Canadian PCS
Charlotte, N.C., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The Integrated Network Group of Glenayre Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:
GEMS) today announced it has signed a contract valued at over $2 million U.S. to provide Glenayre's MVP(R) modular
voice processing system to Clearnet PCS Inc. for Clearnet's national personal communications services (PCS) network.
PCS, a fully digital wireless service, works like cellular phone service, but offers advantages such as increased security,
privacy, new digital services, and better audio quality. Under the agreement, Glenayre's MVP system will be integrated into
Clearnet's Signaling System Seven (SS7) network to provide voice messaging and enhanced services technology throughout
major Canadian PCS markets, including Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver.
By using the MVP platform, Clearnet will have the capability to offer its subscribers dynamic voice messaging services to
complement Clearnet's PCS service. Some of the applications available from the MVP platform include voice and fax
messaging, message waiting notification, outbound calling, and CONSTANT TOUCH(R), a personal number service.
CONSTANT TOUCH enables subscribers to combine all personal and business telephone numbers -- office, pager,
cellular, home, and fax -- into a single number that will reach them anywhere.
Short message service, another feature offered by the MVP platform, allows text messages such as "call office" or "call
school" to be displayed. The handset will also notify subscribers of the number and types of messages they have in their
voice mailbox.
"Clearnet believes the proven performance of Glenayre's MVP platform, along with the multiple applications it offers, will
enable us to provide the exciting voice messaging services our clients are looking for," said Eros Spadotto, Clearnet's vice
president of engineering. "Additionally, we were impressed with the SS7 compatibility of the MVP platform and with
Glenayre's ability to quickly and efficiently design a custom user interface for our voice mail services."
"Clearnet has been a long term Glenayre MVP customer for Clearnet's iDEN-based Mike network. We look forward to
continuing to provide the same level of excellent service to Clearnet with their PCS network," said Dan Case, president and
general manager of Glenayre's Integrated Network Group.
Clearnet (TSE, ME: NET.A; Nasdaq: CLNTF), based in Pickering, Ontario, is a leading Canadian wireless communications
company that operates three separate wireless networks: digital PCS nationally, the digital Mike network in Ontario and
Quebec, and analogue dispatch communication services across Canada. Founded in 1984 and a public company since
1994, Clearnet is an independent Canadian controlled and managed company that has amassed more mobile wireless
spectrum than any other company in Canada. For more information on Clearnet, please visit the company's Web site at:
clearnet.com.
Glenayre Technologies (Nasdaq: GEMS) 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 exceed $390 million in 1996 and the company employs approximately 2,100 people worldwide.
Mike is a trademark of Clearnet Communications Inc. licensed to Clearnet Inc. MVP is a registered trademark of Glenayre
Electronics Inc. CONSTANT TOUCH is a trademark and registered service mark of Glenayre Electronics Inc.
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/CONTACT: Pam Rentz of Glenayre Technologies, 770-283-2410; or Mark Langton of Clearnet, 905-837-3454/
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