SkyWave First to Sell Over 33,000 D+ Satellite Terminals

OTTAWA, July 21, 2004/Satnews Daily/ -- Ottawa-based SkyWave Mobile Communications Inc. said today it has manufactured, sold, and delivered more than 33,000 terminals making it one of the most successful satellite terminal manufacturer worldwide.

SkyWave, which provides global asset tracking, monitoring and control solutions over land and sea using Inmarsat's D+ low-cost, short-message service said the major achievement corresponds with strong sales growth with SkyWave terminal sales increasing by over 40% in the fiscal quarter to June 30, 2004 from the same quarter of last fiscal year. Typical of SkyWave’s service includes the remote fleet management of trucks, shipboard security alert systems, and tuna fishing buoy sensors.

In addition to terminals, SkyWave provides D+ satellite airtime enabling customers to acquire asset intelligence anytime, anywhere.

Pui-Ling Stanley Chan, SkyWave's CEO and Managing Director said SkyWave terminals have been deployed in the most hostile environments in the world, from Central Asia to the remote highways of South America, and they continue to demonstrate over 99% reliability playing a crucial role in our terminal sales growth.

SkyWave will launch two new versions of its market leading D+ satellite terminal. The DMR200D and DMR200L will be available in August.