Racotek and Motorola Reach Agreement
MINNEAPOLIS — March 16, 1994 — Racotek Inc., (NASDAQ:RACO) a wireless mobile data communications services company, Wednesday announced that it has reached an agreement with Motorola's Land Mobile Products Sector that will allow Motorola's sales representatives to immediately begin selling Racotek's mobile data services. These Racotek voice and data services on Motorola's Privacy Plus(R) public network offer customers unique functionality not currently offered by the Motorola sales force.
"This agreement means that Motorola's current and future customers can consider Racotek mobile data services to satisfy their remote data requirements as they look to improve productivity with their mobile workers," said Mike Fabiaschi, Racotek's vice president of sales. "Working with Motorola's nationwide sales force, Racotek has completed another significant step to become a premiere provider of wireless mobile data communications across North America."
"The Racotek offering really complements our existing private system products with a metropolitan voice and data public network service which we previously did not offer," said David Narin, vice president and director, Data Systems, Motorola Communication and Electronics Inc. "We believe there is demand for Racotek mobile data service on Privacy Plus networks."
"This agreement is the latest in a series of strategic relationships to ensure that Racotek can offer mobile data users options that will satisfy their mobile data requirements," Fabiaschi, said.
Motorola's direct field sales representatives will begin introducing current and prospective customers using or considering the 800 MHz Privacy Plus infrastructure to Racotek mobile data services.
Minneapolis-based Racotek has developed RacoNet(R) wireless networking software that is the interface between a customer's chosen application and the components of a mobile communication system including multiple wireless infrastructures. Currently, customers use RacoNet with SMR transmission services which provides metropolitan mobile data communications services in more than 15,000 cities across North America. Racotek will begin offering ARDIS wireless data to the cable television industry by the end of 1994.
Motorola Inc., headquartered in Schaumburg, Ill., is one the world's leading manufacturers of electronic equipment, systems and components for worldwide markets. Motorola products include two-way radios, pagers and wireless data products and communications systems, cellular telephones and systems, integrated circuits and discrete semiconductors, defense and aerospace electronics, automotive and industrial equipment, and information processing and handling equipment.
CONTACT:
Racotek Inc., Minneapolis
Patrick J. Milan, 612/832-9800 or 800/677-9783
and
Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, Ill.
Pat Schod, 708/576-6612