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FOCS - ORBCOMM TO BRING WIRELESS DATA SOLUTIONS TO DECISIONLINK INCORPORATED
DULLES, Va., Feb 17, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- ORBCOMM Global,
L.P. (ORBCOMM), the first commercial provider of global low-Earth orbit
(LEO) satellite data communication services, today announced that its
value-added reseller, Intrex Data Communications Corporation of
Vancouver, British Columbia, and Dallas, Texas, plans to merge with
FiberChem Inc. of Las Vegas, Nevada (OTC Bulletin Board: FOCS). The
combined company will be named DecisionLink Incorporated.
Intrex has spent five years developing several large-scale, proprietary
communication systems that use the ORBCOMM satellite network. Data is
routed through ORBCOMM's network and Intrex's Universal Data Network
(UDN), which acts as a data gateway and an applications service
provider. Using the ORBCOMM system and the Internet, the UDN allows a
customer to monitor and control remote or mobile assets such as gas
wells, pipelines, compressors, storage tanks, offshore platforms,
utilities or service vehicles directly from a desktop PC via the
Internet.
DecisionLink will bring together Intrex's UDN and Fiberchem's advanced
fiber-optic chemical sensors with the ORBCOMM network to provide
customers with critical environmental information used for pipeline
leak detection, oil production, water quality monitoring and industrial
wastewater compliance monitoring. This innovative solution can save
companies money associated with the development and implementation of
operational systems.
"We believe integrating ORBCOMM's wireless communications with our UDN
services and FiberChem's highly advanced sensor technologies will
provide DecisionLink's customers with the critical ability to monitor
their assets beyond terrestrial data links," said David Peachey, Chief
Executive Officer of Intrex. "ORBCOMM and our Universal Data Network
allow customers to send and receive information from remote assets. In
a changing global economy, access to information has never been more
important in the decision-making process. We expect this technology to
present significant opportunities to DecisionLink, its customers and
business partners."
"This agreement with Intrex is the beginning of a new and exciting era
for our company," said Geoff Hewitt, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of FiberChem. "DecisionLink's goal is to be a major player in
the emerging business-to-business Internet information marketplace and
ORBCOMM is a key part of that plan. DecisionLink will focus on
providing wireless data and SCADA services via ORBCOMM and the Internet
and value-added service through applications software in its UDN. Our
primary customers will be major corporations and, in many cases,
companies in the petroleum and environmental sectors to whom FiberChem
has previously provided sensors and monitoring products."
"ORBCOMM is supporting DecisionLink in the development and commercial
deployment of communication solutions, and we look forward to a long
and rewarding partnership," said Scott L. Webster, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of ORBCOMM. "We believe DecisionLink's technology
will bring cost- effective ORBCOMM services to new markets."
About FiberChem Inc. FiberChem Inc. develops, manufactures, markets and
licenses fiber optic chemical sensors that produce continuous,
real-time information of environmental pollutants in the air, water and
soil. FiberChem has approximately 25 patents covering innovative
measurement technologies and has developed a strong technical position
in a variety of product areas. These technologies are currently used in
applications such as pipeline leak detection, above-ground storage tank
monitoring, oil production, water quality monitoring and industrial
wastewater compliance monitoring and control.
About Intrex Data Communications Corp. Intrex was founded in 1995 as a
wireless data network provider specifically targeting ORBCOMM
applications. As a value-added reseller of ORBCOMM, Intrex has
developed applications that enable a customer to monitor and control
remote or mobile assets such as gas wells, pipelines, compressors,
storage tanks, offshore platforms, utilities or service vehicles
directly from a desktop PC via the Internet. For more information on
Intrex, visit the web site at www.intrexsat.com.
About ORBCOMM ORBCOMM provides two-way monitoring, tracking and
messaging services through the world's first commercial low-Earth orbit
satellite-based data communications system. ORBCOMM applications
include tracking of mobile assets such as trailers, containers, rail
cars, heavy equipment, fishing vessels, barges and government assets;
monitoring of fixed assets such as electric utility meters, oil and gas
storage tanks, wells and pipelines and environmental projects; and
messaging services for consumers and commercial and government
entities.
ORBCOMM is owned by Teleglobe Inc. (NYSE: TGO; Toronto) and Orbital
Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB). Teleglobe Inc. is a leading global
provider of broadband services with the most extensive global Internet
network. Delivering advanced broadband applications to customers in
more than 100 countries, Teleglobe is the premier communications
architecture for the digital economy. Orbital is a space technology
company that designs, manufactures and markets a broad range of space
products and satellite-based services.
This release contains forward-looking statements, including statements
regarding ORBCOMM's expected commercial operations. These
forward-looking statements are based on a number of assumptions and
ORBCOMM's actual results and operations may be materially different
from those expressed or implied by such statements. For a description
of factors that may cause ORBCOMM's results to differ materially from
those expressed or implied by such forward- looking statements, please
consult the Securities and Exchange Act filings of ORBCOMM Global, L.P.
SOURCE ORBCOMM Global, L.P.
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CONTACT: Devon Nagle, 212-780-1900 or devon@stanton-crenshaw.com, for
ORBCOMM; or David Peachey, 604-682-4433 or
david_peachey@telus.net, for
Intrex; or Geoff Hewitt, 702-361-7921 or gfhatfci@aol.com, for
FiberChem
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