Space Data Forges Roaming Relationship with SkyTel
Data Carriers Move to Combine Urban and Rural Coverage Capabilities
Chandler, AZ; June 2, 2005 — Space Data® Corporation, a company providing wireless data services in rural and remote areas, today announced a mutual roaming agreement with MCI, Inc (Nasdaq:MCIP) that extends MCI’s SkyTel footprint throughout Texas and Oklahoma and provides Space Data with the ability to offer extended service via SkyTel’s network. Both companies expect to begin offering roaming for location and fleet management services in June 2005 with two-way messaging service to follow later this year.
Space Data’s aerial SkySite Network is unique in its ability to provide reliable, affordable data communications to rural and remote areas. The company offers 24/7 data communications services for messaging, telemetry, and vehicle location applications throughout the entire states of Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana, as well as eastern New Mexico, western Arkansas and portions of the Gulf of Mexico.
“This strategic relationship offers significant business advantages for both companies,” said Gerald Knoblach, Space Data’s CEO and chairman. “Space Data specializes in offering coverage in rural areas, augmenting Skytel’s nationwide coverage in towns and cities. Together, we offer a regional data network that is unmatched in its combination of coverage, capacity and price. Each of us can now leverage that network to better serve our core markets.”
For more information about SkyTel, please visit www.skytel.com. For more information about Space Data Corporation, please visit www.spacedata.net.
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