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Onset Technology's Expanded METAmessage Advanced Paging Solution Adds Wi-Fi For Enhanced ReliabilityWALTHAM, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- Onset Technology, a leading developer of enterprise wireless solutions, today announced the launch of its expanded METAmessage Advanced Paging solution. Advanced Paging now targets healthcare enterprises with paging features on smartphones transmitting on reliable cellular data lines as well as over secure Wi-Fi connections. As a result, healthcare workers can shed multiple devices while IT departments realize substantial cost-savings. Healthcare workers rely on pagers for immediate and reliable communications that cut through the clutter of email and texts, often in life or death situations. They also use smartphones for voice calls, email, texts, instant messaging and web access, features not available on pagers. Many healthcare workers are employed by multiple clinics and offices, and often acquire separate pagers for each workplace. As a result, they often carry multiple pagers as well as a smartphone and medical equipment. Onset reduces this hassle and cost by combining the best features of paging and mobile phones on a single, reliable smartphone. The new release of Advanced Paging builds off earlier installations with enterprises which support extensive field operations, including Enbridge Inc., operator of the world's longest crude oil and liquids pipeline system. Onset has added Wi-Fi access to Advanced Paging to ensure sustained communications even within large healthcare complexes. Wi-Fi networks are increasingly standard in hospitals and medical practices, and can dramatically improve building penetration and reception. "Reliable communications are essential for our business," said Lyle Magdalinski, Technical Analyst at Enbridge Pipelines, Inc. "In the two years since we've installed Advanced Paging, we've had terrific service without interruption. Best of all, Onset's solution has already paid for itself." METAmessage Advanced Paging can integrate with existing paging solutions or function as a standalone solution, and is the only available solution which integrates with native paging protocols for two-way paging. Doctors can respond immediately to pages via text or by clicking on a voice link embedded in the page; previously, they had to respond on a separate device. Doctors can also review medical files or x-rays immediately on their smartphones. Administrators who send pages can now track when messages are received and opened and respond accordingly, translating into faster and more effective communications. "Cellular carriers have invested heavily to improve the reliability and reach of their networks," said Kitty Weldon, Principal Analyst, Enterprise Mobility with Current Analysis. "Moreover, as the market has moved from pagers to cellphones, paging companies can no longer afford to maintain their networks as they did before, much less expand them. Onset's Advanced Paging software, integrating cellular data transmissions and Wi-Fi, provides a reliable and convenient enterprise paging solution for uninterrupted patient care." Rafi Kaminer, CEO of Onset Technology, commented: "Advanced Paging represents the future of healthcare communications. Doctors can do everything they need to do on a single smartphone, while enterprises maintain reliable communications and save money. It's a win-win for workers and IT departments alike." Onset Technology is a Research In Motion (RIM) (NSDQ: RIMM) Platinum Partner, and has fully integrated METAmessage Advanced Paging with all BlackBerry® smartphones. Advanced Paging is also available for Windows Mobile, Palm and Symbian. About Onset Technology: Onset Technology develops smartphone software solutions for paging, wireless messaging compliance, data loss prevention, emergency communications and mobile device management. Onset's METAmessage Wireless platform serves more than 1,400 enterprise, government, healthcare and emergency services clients globally. Onset Technology was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Waltham, Mass., with a research and development center in Herzliya Pituach, Israel, and offices in New York, Washington, and Santa Cruz, Calif. The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited. |
