[Updated Mar. 18, 2005] — AML is shipping a GSM/GPRS module for its Linux-based industrial data terminal. The module enables the M7100 to connect to enterprise systems from offsite. It targets route accounting, delivery, and other field service data collection applications.

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The M7100 was originally marketed as a wireless terminal that exchanges data within a warehouse or manufacturing facility with enterprises systems thru 802.11b radio technology. The GSM/GPRS module adds the possibility of using the terminal outside the warehouse, in delivery or route accounting applications, as a wireless wide area network (WWAN) data collection device, AML says.

Teresa Stone, AML Director of Marketing, said, “The M7100 is favorably priced, and can help companies of any size realize the competitive advantages of real-time data transfer in their route accounting, delivery, and other field service applications.”

For more details about AML's Linux-based data terminals, see our device profiles of the M7100 and M7140.

 
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