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Carlsberg Breweries deploys Columbitech's Wireless Suite in its delivery trucks, connecting drivers to its SAP system

February 3, 2004

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STOCKHOLM -- Wireless security software developer Columbitech today announced that Carlsberg Breweries, one of the world's largest brewery groups, are deploying Columbitech Wireless Suite in over 1,200 of its delivery trucks. While making deliveries, the truck drivers will connect to Carlsberg's SAP system with a handheld device and access all delivery information online via a wireless terminal connected to a cellular GPRS network. Columbitech's solution will provide the security and optimized wireless data access to the logistical information in Carlsberg's SAP Enterprise Resource Planning system.

"Columbitech Wireless Suite was the solution most suited for our truck fleet since Columbitech could deliver security, application persistence and also enhance the performance of the GPRS connection eliminating a lot of user frustration for our drivers as well as making the total solution more efficient for us," said Mary Irwin, Project Manager at Carlsberg.

Columbitech's solution offers Carlsberg strong security, end-user convenience and high performance due to efficient data compression and reduction, which is necessary to be able to work with an application as SAP over a GPRS network. Furthermore, when the device returns to GPRS coverage after a period of poor coverage, the user will not have to re-login nor re-start download.

"Carlsberg will now be able to directly and securely report delivery receipts, delays, and changes in orders, thereby saving time and making the data entry more accurate," said Lars Resenius, CEO for Columbitech. "Columbitech Wireless Suite is a proven and well-suited solution for the demands of the retail industry regarding platform support, strong security and high performance over networks with low bandwidth and devices with limited CPU. We are now entering a new vertical - transport and logistics."

The retail industry was one of the first to embrace Wireless LAN and cellular data technologies, such as GPRS, to increase productivity throughout the delivery chain. Columbitech's solution helps retailers protect both their wireless infrastructure and their capital investment in wireless devices. A natural next step is to offer Columbitech technology to transport and logistics where online access to back-office applications over narrow-banded networks is common.

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