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Path: digifix!not-for-mail From: brad@instep.wimsey.bc.ca (Bradley Head) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: InStep Introduces DISPATCHER at ITLA Show Date: 12 Oct 1993 22:41:40 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Lines: 88 Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Approved: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <29fpt4$89t@digifix.digifix.com> Reply-To: brad@instep.wimsey.bc.ca FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Thomas B. Touhey InStep Mobile Communications Inc. Vancouver, BC CANADA (604) 872-7116 (604) 872-7125 fax or Mary Connolly InStep Mobile Communications Inc. San Francisco, CA (415) 775-6260 INSTEP INTRODUCES DISPATCHER AT ITLA SHOW Computerized Taxi Dispatch System Hits the Market NEW ORLEANS, LA - October 7, 1993; InStep Mobile Communications debuts its computerized taxi dispatching solution at the International Taxi and Livery Association (ITLA) Show today. The DISPATCHER system is unprecedented in its ease of use, flexibility and power. It enables a taxi company to automate its dispatching operations; reduce its operating expenses; increase the utilization of each taxi vehicle; and improve service to its customers. The InStep DISPATCHER Solution comprises the DISPATCHER Software System Release 2.0 running on NEXTSTEP for Intel 486 and Pentium processors communicating with wireless mobile data terminals installed in the taxi vehicles. DISPATCHER was first introduced in Vancouver, BC in Spring 1993, and was installed, running on NEXTSTEP 3.0 and NeXTstation computers, at Bonny's Taxi and Queen City Taxi in June 1993. "We are ecstatic about the system. Our staff was trained to run it in less than a day, and the drivers (were trained) in a couple of hours. We've reduced our personnel requirements and are providing better service to our customers. Our operation have never run so efficiently." -- Kal Gill, systems manager for Bonny's Taxi Ltd. North Shore Taxi of North Vancouver, BC, signed up last week for a 90 vehicle system to be installed with Mentor EXPRESS mobile terminals, and NEXTSTEP 3.1 for Intel processors running on Intel 486 based computers. "We reviewed every available system and chose InStep's DISPATCHER because of its versatility; its ability to easily interface to our existing accounting systems; and the options it provides for future growth. InStep has been very responsive and help us solve a number of mobile radio issues. They really have our confidence," said Subag Singh, general manager of North Shore Taxi. According to President and founder, Thomas Touhey, "The design objective of DISPATCHER was to develop a cost effective system which would provide the ease of use, flexibility and power necessary for the taxi industry. Older systems are all based on central processing. This limited growth; made changes difficult; and did not provide an upgrade path. DISPATCHER is based on distributed processing which enables us to easily and inexpensively add features and take advantage of new hardware advances." DISPATCHER interfaces with a variety of mobile data terminals. It was demonstrated at the ITLA Show running NEXTSTEP on an EPSON NX computer, and with the compact EXPRESS mobile terminal manufactured by Mentor Engineering (Calgary, AB), and the Motorola 7031 Taxi Terminal. InStep Mobile Communications Inc. InStep is a privately held mobile communications application development company. InStep Mobile Communicaions was founded in 1989 by professionals with over 10 years experience designing, installing and maintaining computerized taxi dispatching systems around the world. Headquartered in Vancouver, BC, with a sales and marketing office located in San Francisco, CA, InStep Mobile Communications serves taxi companies with complete computerized taxi dispatching systems. ####
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