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To: Chisy who wrote (3339)	9/2/2000 6:16:35 AM
From: Chisy	Respond to of 3431

NEWS: HandSignal and Glenayre to Provide Wireless Business Solutions UsingctiveLink Module for Handspring Visor KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- HandSignal, a Wireless Application Service Provider that enables businesses to act on people instead of waiting for people to act, announced a strategic relationship with Glenayre Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: GEMS) to provide interoperability between Glenayre's @ctiveLink(TM) wireless messaging module and HandSignal's INFOwhere architecture. This interoperability allows HandSignal to develop wireless enabling solutions using Glenayre's @ctiveLink module for the Handspring Visor(TM) handheld computer and the nationwide ReFLEX(TM) networks, high-speed wireless networks that allow two-way interactive messaging between wireless devices. Under the agreement, HandSignal will enhance its INFOwhere architecture to support communication with the @ctiveLink using ReFLEX networks as the initial option for mobile access to business data. "Glenayre's relationship with HandSignal and the support of their architecture for the @ctiveLink will provide businesses with major advantages in developing mobile solutions that are perfect for accessing important business applications. Utilizing the INFOwhere architecture with the Glenayre @ctiveLink module and the Handspring Visor, mobile workers will have a dependable and portable method for accessing important business data -- such as sales, customer or dispatch information," said Jim Kelly, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Glenayre. "Additionally, businesses can have mobile solutions quickly up-and-running using HandSignal's exceptional systems architecture, which meets the customer's mobile requirements by providing a low-risk, rapid deployment delivery model." HandSignal's INFOwhere architecture supports dispatch, data collection, sales force automation and customer relationship management applications. These applications move work-related information to mobile employees, whenever and wherever needed. Benefits include: High Availability -- HandSignal's server technology and network moves information to people who are difficult to reach. Dependability -- The HandSignal message administration system confirms receipt of messages and identifies messaging effectiveness. Schedule -- The INFOwhere architecture improves functions requiring coordination. Extensibility -- INFOwhere also supports dozens of business problems in a variety of markets. Telecommunication and handheld device industry experts have validated that the INFOwhere architecture is unique and provides clear advantages in the wireless movement. Glenayre's @ctiveLink module wirelessly enables the personal information management utilities of the Visor, snapping seamlessly into the Springboard(TM) slot on the back of the Visor. It provides Visor users with Always @ctive(TM) -- not session-based -- connectivity to ReFLEX networks, whether or not it is inserted in the Visor, which means users do not have to "log on" to the network and the module is constantly receiving messages. The @ctiveLink provides power to the Visor user by operating on ReFLEX networks. Unlike other wireless networks, ReFLEX networks have the broadest nationwide coverage and superior in-building penetration ensuring Visor users can access wireless applications in almost any location. "HandSignal's relationship with Glenayre is an important milestone in the evolution of mobile solutions," said Margy Ronning, Chief Product Development Officer for HandSignal. "The advanced capabilities of the @ctiveLink module - - such as its Always@ctive(TM) connectivity to ReFLEX networks -- will drive business acceptance of the mobile Internet." SOURCE HandSignal CO: HandSignal; Glenayre Technologies, Inc. ST: Missouri IN: CPR SU: JVN PDT 09/01/2000 15:05 EDT prnewswire.com