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PlanetLink Communications Moves Its 'PlanetTRAKS' GPS Tracking Product Into Beta-Testing Phase
3/3/2004 8:02:00 AM
CUMMING, Ga., Mar 3, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- PlanetLink Communications Inc., (PLKC) , a provider of satellite-based products and services announced today that it had begun official beta testing of its PlanetTRAKS GPS product. The beta testing phase will be conducted with a select group of potential commercial customers that have expressed a strong interest in using the product for vehicle fleets.
Over the past month early stage field-testing of the product was successfully completed in two geographic locations, Atlanta, Georgia and San Antonio, Texas. During this phase, twelve PlanetTRAKS units were installed on personal vehicles owned by people affiliated with PlanetLink and Karta Technologies, its technology development partner -- six in each geographic location. "I am pleased to announce that our field-testing phase was a huge success. Not only have we demonstrated the effectiveness of PlanetTRAKS, but the feedback and suggestions from our users and those that viewed our live interactive Web site have served to further refine and improve our product dramatically," said M. Dewey Bain, president of PlanetLink Communications Inc.
"We are now well ahead of schedule and are progressing rapidly toward commercial launch of our product now expected in the first half of April, 2004. We are making good progress with several potential customers as we begin to set timelines and focus on production and delivery in the near term," said Bain.
PlanetLink is developing a family of GPS-enabled Mobile Locator Units (MLUs) under the PlanetTRAKS name, designed to communicate real-time location data and other information over the General Packet Radio System (GPRS) to a secure Internet server. Customers may then access that information via a password-protected web site in order to track vehicles and other assets. San Antonio, Texas-based Karta Technologies Inc., an industry leader in IT, engineering, training and program management services is leading the R&D effort.
PlanetLink, headquartered in Cumming, Ga., has three primary business segments based on satellite-enabled technology. Providing the consumer both products and services, PlanetLink businesses include: DISH Network (satellite television), StarBand (High-Speed Internet Access) and Global Positioning System (GPS) personal tracking devices. PlanetLink's goal is to become a single-source dealer / distributor of technologically advanced, satellite- based products and services. With a strong and growing product offering and brand name, PlanetLink is building this unique category into a class all its own.
