SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 21, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- EMS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ELMG), a leading provider of affordable two-way data satellite communication terminals, announced today at the American Trucking Association Management Conference and Exhibition, a solution partnership with Teletouch Communications Inc.
EMS has partnered with Teletouch to introduce the latest in lone-worker wireless mobile communications, The LifeGuard System. The system targets lone workers, including remote utility personnel, law-enforcement officers and maintenance workers. The system allows workers to immediately communicate to their dispatch departments in a life-threatening emergency by sending distress signals manually or automatically if a worker is immobilized. The LifeGuard solution uses EMS's PDT-100 satellite data terminal to send a distress call to a company dispatcher. It pinpoints the worker's location and automatically provides vital information on the worker's medical history, giving the dispatcher the necessary information for notifying emergency personnel.
The PDT-100 has an interactive two-way messaging mode that allows for real-time messaging. The PDT-100 also supports the Broadcast Messaging Model, which is used to broadcast messages to all radios within pre-defined groups.
"After careful evaluation, we felt that EMS's PDT-100 was the right terminal for our LifeGuard solution, which will allow organizations to provide a higher level of safety and security to their lone workers while generating greater efficiencies," said Teletouch LifeGuard Product Manager Debbie Stewart. "We have been extremely pleased with how easy it has been to work with EMS and with the PDT-100."
"EMS is taking an aggressive position in the application market with the PDT-100," said James McMillan, EMS's director, Sales and Marketing - Land Mobile Products. "The LifeGuard solution from Teletouch is but one of many innovative solutions that have been built and ported to the PDT-100."
About Teletouch Communications Inc.
In the wireless business for 40 years, Teletouch Communications Inc. has evolved its service offerings to provide wireless telemetry products and services to business customers. Teletouch provides sophisticated wireless services that are used by companies to monitor remote operations, track and manage mobile assets and notify authorities when a lone worker has been injured or incapacitated, among many other applications. More information on Teletouch can be found on the company's Web site, at www.teletouch.com.
About EMS Technologies
EMS Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of technology solutions to wireless and satellite markets. The Company focuses on mobile information users, and increasingly on broadband applications. The Company is headquartered in Atlanta, employs approximately 1,700 people worldwide, and has manufacturing facilities in Atlanta, Montreal, Ottawa and Brazil.
The SATCOM Division of EMS Technologies, based in Ottawa, Canada, specializes in the design and development of satellite-based terminals and antennas for the aeronautical and land-mobile markets, and is a leader in the development and supply of high-speed data communications equipment for the supply of e-mail and Internet capability to the aircraft cabin.
For more information, visit the Company on the World Wide Web at http://www.ems-t.com
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