Vericom Technologies Acquires Portable Internet

COLUMBIA, Md. (September 20, 2007) – Vericom Technologies®, Inc., a leading provider of Mobile Resource Management (MRM) 2.0 solutions, announced today that it has acquired substantially all the assets of Portable Internet, a GPS Mobile Workforce Management and Field Service Automation (FSA) company.

The Portable Internet acquisition signifies a key milestone in realizing Vericom’s strategy to deliver and deploy a comprehensive, integrated platform representing the next generation of MRM 2.0 solutions to a rapidly expanding market. These solutions enable small, medium and enterprise businesses to optimize and automate an array of paper-based, error-prone business processes, ranging from in-vehicle, location based tracking to customized fleet management applications – all easily adapted to an organization’s unique business process. Vericom’s solution leverages a wide variety of handheld devices and operates across all GPRS, CDMA and iDEN wireless networks.

With the addition of this patent-pending technology, Vericom enables any organization, even those without significant IT or development resources to deploy customized, mobile applications that deliver a quantifiable return on investment. Thousands of Portable Internet subscribers conduct their daily business such as time/labor management, regulatory compliance and work order management/dispatching on GPS-enabled, handheld devices, integrating a variety of features including barcode scanning and signature capture.

“Over the last year, Vericom’s product roadmap has evolved based on direct feedback from our subscriber base and comprehensive market analysis. Delivering flexible, cost effective mobile applications within a Software as a Service (SaaS) framework is one of our top priorities. We are pleased to have acquired a proven technology platform, backed by a strong team of professionals to accelerate the adoption of the MRM 2.0 strategy,” stated Steven Horwitz, Chairman of Vericom Technologies.

“Since 2002, our powerful, flexible, and easy to use platform has successfully enabled many companies to extend their business processes out to the mobile workforce, resulting in reduced costs, increased customer satisfaction, and increased productivity,” added Jeff Pierson, Director of Product Management for Portable Internet. “We are pleased to have joined the Vericom team and look forward to helping deliver additional cutting-edge solutions to our collective customer base.”

About Portable Internet, Inc.
Portable Internet, Inc., based in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, provides GPS Mobile Workforce Management™ applications and Field Service Automation solutions to help organizations more effectively and more efficiently manage their mobile resources. Portable Internet’s Software as a Service application brings efficiencies to mobile enterprise customers by improving productivity and customer service while reducing costs. The solutions adapt to business needs by allowing field organizations to build, customize and automate any business process– with minimal or no need for IT or development resources – using the individual company’s business rules and terminology, resulting in a rapid, tangible ROI. Enabled within the platform or connected through back-end integration, time and labor management, work orders and field service forms are just a few examples of applications remotely enabled on a variety of cell phones, PDAs, and other mobile devices across multiple wireless networks. For additional information, please visit us at www.portableinternet.com.

For more information, contact Intergis at 860.496.4900, sales@intergis.com