GoAmerica Offers $499 Wireless Intranet and Internet Hardware and Unlimited Service Bundle for Corporate End Users
HACKENSACK, N.J. — September 17, 1997 — GoAmerica Communications Corp., the nation's leading wireless Intranet and Internet service provider, today announces a $ 499 hardware and service bundle for corporate end users. This bundle is being offered through an alliance of CASIO Inc. (CASIO), Research In Motion, Limited (RIM(R)), and RAM Mobile Data, and has a suggested retail price of $ 1,080. Through GoAmerica, mobile workers will receive two months-unlimited nationwide wireless data access. This bundle was introduced today at the DCI Sales Force Automation Conference in San Jose.
This packaged offering includes a Cassiopeia A-11 handheld PC with Windows CE(TM) and four megabytes of memory from CASIO, a RIM wireless PC Card for Mobitex networks and the GoAmerica Windows CE(TM) software package that allows for wireless Internet and Intranet access via the RAM network. This offer will enable business and information technology executives to evaluate the performance and value of wireless access to Intranet and Internet information and applications using a handheld computer. This offer is available directly from GoAmerica and can be ordered on-line at www.goamerica.net.
This offer is limited to a maximum of five users per company, and expires on November 30, 1997. "Today, many corporations are moving mission critical business applications to their Intranets," says Aaron Dobrinsky, president of GoAmerica Communications Corp. "This bundle will give enterprises the opportunity to discover the power and reliability of wireless access with a handheld computing device."
"The GoAmerica Wireless intranet Hardware and Service Bundle will allow business users to experience the latest in wireless data technology with the Cassiopeia," said Gary Rado, executive vice president of the Handheld Personal Computer Division and Digital Imaging Division of Casio. "As the market leader in the Windows CE(TM) category, we will continue to participate in initiatives that promote new applications for Cassiopeia users." "The RIM Wireless PC Card for Mobitex is well suited to handheld PC users," says David Werezak, RIM's Vice President, Marketing. "GoAmerica's suite of wireless intranet and Internet services is complementary to RIM's leading wireless products."
"Wireless intranet access has been moving to a new level of simplicity and popularity since the Windows CE(TM) system was unveiled last fall," said Tom Langan, RAM's Vice President, Strategic Marketing. "GoAmerica users will benefit from RAM's feature-rich environment that includes battery-saving protocols, automatic store and forward, dynamic routing, seamless nationwide roaming and security features." GoAmerica's comprehensive suite of wireless services enables corporations to cost-effectively and easily outfit their mobile workers – from field personnel to account executives – with access to mission critical data via corporate Intranets and the Internet, while on the go.
GoAmerica runs a fully integrated suite of applications that allows its customers to run standard Web Browsers such as Netscape or Microsoft Explorer version 3.0, and wirelessly enables these browsers when they are mobile. CASIO Computer Co., Ltd., is one of the leading consumer electronics companies in the world. Since its establishment in 1957, CASIO has been active in the development of electronic calculators, timepieces, musical instruments, digital cameras, LCD TVs, pagers and other communications devices. CASIO's corporate activities are guided by the motto: "Creativity and Contribution." Casio, Inc., Dover, NJ, is the U.S. subsidiary of Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. Casio, Inc., with sales over $ 500-million, markets calculators, watches, business organizers, musical keyboards, audio and video products, electronic cash registers, digital cameras and other consumer electronic products (www.casio.com).
Founded in 1984, RIM is a leading international developer, manufacturer, and worldwide marketer of battery-efficient radio modem technology for a variety of innovative devices for the narrowband-PCS wireless data industry. RIM supplies two-way Inter@ctive(TM) Pagers, wireless PC Card network adapters and OEM radio modems for wireless data networks operating throughout the world. See www.rim.net. RAM Mobile Data provides proven wireless data solutions that eliminate the barriers between critical information and mobile users, delivering a competitive advantage to aggressive, innovative companies and individuals leveraging communications technologies to meet their strategic goals. Headquartered in Woodbridge, N.J., RAM Mobile Data USA Limited Partnership is a business venture between RAM Broadcasting Corp. and BellSouth, which provides telecommunications, wireless communications and information services to 25 million customers worldwide. RAM Mobile Data is located at 10 Woodbridge Center Drive, Woodbridge, N.J., 07095. E-mail: [email protected].
GoAmerica Communications Corp., headquartered in Hackensack, N.J., is the leading nationwide wireless Internet and Intranet service provider. GoAmerica offers mobile computing users and corporations with mobile work forces integrated, comprehensive wireless business solutions based on a generic class of products compatible with any Windows 95 laptop or Windows CE(TM) palmtop equipped with a wireless PC card and a standard browser such as Netscape 3.0 or Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0. GoAmerica provides an integrated suite of services including wireless Internet and intranet access, Email Plus and value added information services. for more information on GoAmerica Communications Corp., visit http://www.goamerica.net, or call Toll Free 1-888-462-4600.
CONTACT:
GoAmerica Communciations
Maxine Carter-Lome
973/731-2540
[email protected]
or
CASIO Inc.
Pat Carrasco
973/361-5400, x439
[email protected]
or
Research in Motion
Marc Guibert
519/888-7465
[email protected]
or
RAM Mobile Data
Jim Bowman
816/512-9226
[email protected]