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Discrete Wireless partners with GDT to provide Map Data

Discrete Wireless will utilize GDT's product in its next generation MARCUS® hosted Fleet Management solution.

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) July 14, 2004 -- Atlanta-based Discrete Wireless, Inc. today announced that the Company’s has signed a licensing agreement with GDT (Geographic Data Technologies) for GDT’s Dynamap®/Transportation North America product. Discrete Wireless will utilize the product in its next generation MARCUS® hosted Fleet Management solution.

The acquisition of GDT by Tele Atlas North America, Inc., was finalized July 7, 2004. Tele Atlas is a leading aggregator of dynamic content for navigation, telematics, and wireless industries.

“We are excited about bringing the market leader for street level detail and accuracy to our customer base”, said Jeff Thacher, President of Discrete Wireless, Inc. “The acquisition of GDT by Tele Atlas brings a clear roadmap for Discrete Wireless to deliver best of breed tools to both the customer’s desktop and for in-vehicle navigation.”

About Tele Atlas
Founded in 1984, Tele Atlas is a worldwide leading provider of digital maps and dynamic location content for a variety of navigation, location-based services and geospatial products and database solutions. Tele Atlas' database is a highly accurate reproduction of today's street network, enabling turn-by-turn route guidance on a high percentage of European, U.S. and Canadian roads. Tele Atlas' compatibility with major navigation systems and its open system design have placed the company's technology at the heart of both consumer and business-to-business applications worldwide. From logistics to marketing to traffic and fleet management, in almost every sector of today's business and consumer world, Tele Atlas has built a reputation as an acknowledged pioneer and leader in the digital map industry. For more information, please visit www.na.teleatlas.com (in North America) or www.teleatlas.com (in Europe).
For more information contact:

Krista Carlson
Tele Atlas (in N. America)
650-833-5388
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About Discrete Wireless, Inc.
Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, Discrete Wireless, Inc. was incorporated in May, 2000, and is an Internet-based Wireless Application Service Provider ("WASP") that is in the business of developing and providing hosted wireless applications and services that utilize existing wireless infrastructure and the Internet to deliver solutions to commercial customers. Discrete Wireless is a Value-Added Reseller of Cingular Wireless, LLC.

The MARCUS® hosted Fleet Management application allows customers to use the encrypted, password protected website to track the movement of their vehicles, employees, goods and services. The Company’s service provides significant value to it’s customers by reducing their costs of doing business and increasing the productivity of their mobile resources. Discrete Wireless customers have seen dramatic increases in driver productivity, decreases in overtime, reduced vehicle speeding and increased vehicle safety.

The MARCUS® Fleet Management application and hardware is marketed through a nationwide distribution channel targeting service and distribution fleets. Discrete Wireless can be found on the Web at www.discretewireless.com or call 678-338-5950 for more information.

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