Ositech and Psion Dacom Announce Strategic Alliance
For General Release
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Guelph, Ontario, March 19, 1998
Ositech Communications Inc. and Psion Dacom plc today announced a strategic alliance agreement to cross license each other's technology and jointly develop multi-function PC Cards incorporating expertise from both companies. This joining of forces by Europe's number one PC Card manufacturer, Psion Dacom and
Ositech, a North American leader in innovative Ethernet network and Digital Phone Interface
(DPI) modem technologies, is viewed as the perfect complement to Psion Dacom's global modem, GSM and ISDN strengths.
Psion Dacom expects to introduce products utilizing Ositech's technologies in the next few months, a process which will broaden Psion Dacom's already extensive product line. The addition of Ositech's single and multifunction CardBus 10/100 Networking and Digital Phone Interface
(DPI) technologies to Psion Dacom's lineup will allow the company to include industry leading modem and networking technologies to their award winning product line.
"Ositech has more than eight years experience in leading edge Ethernet PC Card technology, and also has an enviable reputation for technical expertise and product quality," said Gareth Hughes, Psion Dacom's Managing Director . "Together with Psion's Global modem, GSM and ISDN technologies, this partnership will produce a new generation of innovative multifunction PC Cards to meet the needs of the mobile executive."
"We have watched Psion Dacom closely for the last few years and have seen the enormous strides it has made in wireless digital communications. We feel that this alliance will provide significant advantages for both parties and that both our product sets and customers will benefit accordingly," stated Tahir
Akram, President of Ositech. "By establishing partnerships such as this one, we believe that we will be able to develop products that will continue to advance the standards in the industry."
About Ositech
Ositech Communications was founded in 1989, and has established a strong reputation for innovation and quality in the mobile computing industry. Ositech remains a privately held company.
Ositech pioneered the industry's first all internal high performance network and modem multi-function adapters for use in mobile computers. Ositech offers a complete range of award winning single function and combination 16 and 32 bit PC Cards for LAN and WAN mobile applications, all of which are sold worldwide. The recent addition to the Trumpcard family of PC Cards is the Jack of Spades which is the world's first 10/100 Ethernet + 56K
DPI modem Cardbus card. For more information on the company and its product line, visit Ositech's webiste at www.ositech.com.
About Psion Dacom
Psion Dacom plc was acquired by the Psion Group in 1989. The company now employs in excess of 220 people at its headquarters in Milton Keynes, where it designs, manufactures and markets a number of mobile communications connectivity products. Psion Dacom's first office in the United States (Concord, Mass.) opened in November 1997. The Gold Card is manufactured in Psion Dacom's Milton Keynes production facility, which is accredited to ISO 9002 standards. As with all Gold Card products, the new card has been quality engineered to meet the demands of today's mobile communications environment. The Gold Card enjoys an enviable reputation worldwide for quality and dependability.
For more information on Ositech's product line, or on the agreement between Ositech and Psion
Dacom, please contact:
Patricia Miller, Media Communications Manager, Ositech Communications Inc.
(519) 836-8063 ext.267, or 1-888-674-8324 ext.267. E-mail: pmiller@ositech.com.
For more information on Psion Dacom's product line, or on the agreement between Psion Dacom and
Ositech, please contact:
David Curl, Head of Marketing, Psion Dacom plc
10908 261686 E-mail: Dave-curl@psion.com, or lexicon@cix.co.uk or at:
or Lynne Thomas-Bowman, Lexicon Communications 0171 490 2973, fax: 0171 490 7257or at:
WWW.PSIONDACOM.COM
