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-QUALCOMM: QUALCOMM reduces CabCARD in-cab
e-mail prices by up to 50 percent
Presswire - January 28, 1999 14:56
M2 PRESSWIRE-28 January 1999-QUALCOMM: QUALCOMM reduces CabCARD in-cab
e-mail prices by up to 50 percent (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
-- Substantial savings passed on to truck drivers
SAN DIEGO -- QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) and Transcommunications
Incorporated today announced significant price reductions on CabCARD Personal Communications
services. This reduction will provide immediate savings to the over 85,000 truck drivers who have
access to CabCARD services today. The price of a standard in-cab e-mail message of 100 characters
has been cut by 50 percent, now costing just 25 cents. The price of each additional 100 characters is
reduced to 20 cents. This tremendous savings is possible due to wide-scale product acceptance and
the re-engineering of the process in which CabCARD email is delivered to drivers. Prices for P/E-mail,
an in-cab paging and pre-programmed e-mail message service will also be cut by 50 percent to 25
cents per message. The price reductions will be available February 1, 1999.
"We are pleased to pass these substantial savings on to our customers and their drivers," stated Tracie
Kirk, product manager for QUALCOMM Wireless Business Solutions. "By offering affordable and
competitive value-added services such as CabCARD, we make it easy and inexpensive for drivers to
stay in touch with their family and friends. And, QUALCOMM's CabCARD services can be
implemented without any additional hardware, software or maintenance costs to the fleet, allowing our
fleet customers to save money and focus on their core business of transporting goods."
Introduced to the transportation industry in October 1996, CabCARD Personal Communications is a
pre-paid service providing discounted long distance phone rates, voice-mail capabilities, driver e-mail
and phone-to-e-mail messaging. The only service of this kind in the transportation industry, CabCARD
allows Internet e-mail to be sent and received directly from the cab of the truck using the OmniTRACS
mobile communications system. Developed by QUALCOMM, the Company sells CabCARD to
domestic users of the OmniTRACS system and partners with service provider Transcommunications
to bring this valuable communications tool to drivers.
"We believe the CabCARD product is one of the most cost-effective driver communications tools on
the market today. Not only does it aid in improving driver retention and satisfaction, but it offers
drivers the most complete communications services available all on one card, " said Robert Helms,
president of Transcommunications Incorporated. "CabCARD gives drivers the ability to communicate
privately and inexpensively with their families and friends anywhere, anytime."
Headquartered in Chattanooga, Tenn., Transcommunications Incorporated develops and implements
complex value-added telecommunications solutions, software and controlled access services for the
transportation, retail, corporate travel, computer and software industries. Products include intelligent
telecommunications network services, value-added voice response systems, software and prepaid and
post-paid long distance services. In addition to providing e-mail Internet-connectivity for
QUALCOMM's OmniTRACS mobile communications terminals, Transcommunications Incorporated
is the transportation industry leader in providing prepaid phonecards and other network services, such
as conference calling, automated recharge, and news, weather and sports updates to drivers.
With over 269,000 OmniTRACS units sold worldwide, QUALCOMM Wireless Business Solutions is
the leading provider of mobile communications and information management systems to the
transportation industry. QUALCOMM currently has systems operating in the United States, Canada,
Europe, Russia, Middle East, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and China.
QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) is a leader in developing and delivering innovative
digital wireless communications products and services based on the Company's CDMA digital
technology. The Company's major business areas include CDMA phones; Application Specific
Integrated Circuits (ASICs); wireless infrastructure; technology licensing; and satellite-based systems
including OmniTRACS and portions of the Globalstar system. QUALCOMM is headquartered in San
Diego, Calif. QUALCOMM's fiscal 1998 revenues exceeded U.S. $3 billion. For more information,
please visit the Company's web site at qualcomm.com.
Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking
statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including timely product development, the
Company's ability to successfully manufacture significant quantities of CDMA or other equipment on a
timely and profitable basis, and those related to performance guarantees, change in economic
conditions of the various markets the Company serves, as well as the other risks detailed from time to
time in the Company's SEC reports, including the report on Form 10-K for the year ended September
27, 1998, and most recent Form 10-Q.
QUALCOMM, OmniTRACS and CabCARD are registered trademarks of QUALCOMM
Incorporated. Globalstar is a trademark of Loral QUALCOMM Satellite Services, Incorporated. All
other company and product names are trademarks of their respective holders.
CONTACT: Karen Bowman, Media Relations, QUALCOMM Wireless Business Solutions Tel: +1
619 658 5870 Fax: +1 619 658 1578 e-mail: kbowman@qualcomm.com Christine Trimble,
Corporate Public Relations Tel: +1 619 651 3628 Fax: +1 619 651 2590 e-mail:
ctrimble@qualcomm.com Julie Cunningham, Investor Relations Tel: +1 619 658 4224 Fax: +1 619
651 9303 e-mail: jcunningham@qualcomm.com Robert V. Helms, President (Transcommunications
contact) Tel: +1 423 954 9961 x 210 Fax: +1 423 954 9973 e-mail: bhelms@transcard.com
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