PageMart Wireless Announces Strategic Alliances with Vitria and DMR Consulting Group

PageMart Wireless Inc., set to become WebLink Wireless Inc. on December 1, 1999, has signed strategic alliances with Vitria Technology, Inc. and DMR Consulting Group. These two companies have joined PageMart's enterprise solution partner program to provide business-to-business solutions over wireless networks. The program aims to improve the ways companies and employees do their jobs by using PageMart's nationwide advanced messaging wireless data network.

Key Takeaways:

  • PageMart Wireless Inc. has signed strategic alliances with Vitria Technology, Inc. and DMR Consulting Group to provide business-to-business solutions over wireless networks.
  • The alliances will bring a tremendous amount of knowledge and experience in solving communications problems for businesses through the use of PageMart's nationwide advanced messaging wireless data network.
  • The new solutions will allow users to drive business processes by sending and accessing critical data from enterprise applications such as SAP, Oracle, Peoplesoft, Siebel, and Clarify, using wireless devices such as two-way pagers, and wireless-enabled PDAs.
  • The solutions will take advantage of the Vitria BusinessWare e-Business automation platform to extend the scope of e-Business from simply conducting business over the Internet to building mobile and virtual trading communities of suppliers, distributors, and customers.
  • Companies interested in joining the PageMart Wireless enterprise solutions partner program can contact Scott Darragh at 214-765-3310 or Wade Stevenson at 214-765-4360, or get information online at www.pagemart.com/partnercorner/developers/index.html.
  • PageMart Wireless Inc. serves about 2.7 million customers and recorded total revenues of $312 million for the year ended December 31, 1998.
  • The company will become WebLink Wireless Inc. on December 1, 1999.

Statistics:

  • 2,700,000: Number of customers served by PageMart Wireless Inc. (as of December 31, 1998)
  • $312,000,000: Total revenues recorded by PageMart Wireless Inc. for the year ended December 31, 1998
  • 214-765-3310: Contact number for Scott Darragh
  • 214-765-4360: Contact number for Wade Stevenson
  • www.pagemart.com: Web site of PageMart Wireless Inc.
  • December 1, 1999: Date by which PageMart Wireless Inc. will become WebLink Wireless Inc.

Sources:

  • PageMart Wireless Inc. Press Release (Nov. 22)
  • Vitria Technology, Inc. Web site (www.vitria.com)
  • DMR Consulting Group Inc. Web site (www.dmr.com)
  • PageMart Wireless Inc. annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998
  • PageMart Wireless Inc. quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, June 30, and September 30, 1999