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The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. to Roll Out Symbol Handheld Computers for Route Accounting Operations
URL(s): www.symbol.com
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y., Oct. 18, 2001--
Symbol's First Major Route Accounting Customer To Use Advanced Mobile Computer As State-Of-The-Art CRM Tool
Symbol Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:SBL), announced today that The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. (NYSE:PBG), of Somers,
N.Y., is purchasing Symbol's next-generation handheld computer for its team of route accounting personnel to enhance route
delivery service operations.
Symbol will provide The Pepsi Bottling Group with a version of its recently introduced Pocket PC 2002 ruggedized computer
family under a contract worth approximately $20 million. The computers will be delivered and put into action beginning in the
second quarter of 2002.
The Symbol computer, viewed as central to customer management, will allow The Pepsi Bottling Group's selling and delivery
team to provide maximum service to its retail customers.
"We are delighted that Pepsi selected Symbol as a member of their world class technology supplier network," said Tomo
Razmilovic, President and Chief Executive Officer, Symbol Technologies. "Pepsi is not only a product pioneer, but is setting a
new benchmark in providing innovative field service solutions. We look forward to a long-term relationship with The Pepsi
Bottling Group as their premier mobile computing solution provider."
"This contract validates our decision to focus more intently on route accounting and field/sales force automation solutions,
which is an important point in any customer's supply chain. We believe we have the best vision, technologies, products, partners
and global expertise to help companies reduce costs while enhancing service," said Barry Issberner, Vice President, Logistics
Systems Group, Symbol Technologies.
The product includes important features that can increase a route accounting team's efficiency, including a color
high-resolution screen for clear display of information indoors and outdoors, the Microsoft PocketPC 2002 operating system for
robust application development, and a powerful 32-bit processor from Intel.
Product options include Symbol's integrated Spectrum24(R) 11 Mbps 802.11b wireless LAN or choice of wide area network
connectivity. It is highly ruggedized to withstand multiple drops to concrete and extreme variations of weather, and
accommodates a compact flash slot for data recovery protection. With a multitude of features and benefits, the Symbol mobile
computer on the market today enables expansion and broad application across many industries.
The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. (www.pbg.com) is the world's largest seller, manufacturer and distributor of Pepsi-Cola
beverages with operations in the U.S., Canada, Greece, Russia and Spain.
Symbol Technologies, Inc., winner of the 1999 National Medal of Technology, is a global leader in mobile data transaction
systems, providing innovative customer solutions based on wireless local area networking for data and voice, application-specific
mobile computing and bar code data capture. Symbol's wireless information appliances connect the physical world of people on
the move, packages, paper and shipping pallets, to information systems and the Internet. Today, some 10 million Symbol bar
code scanners, mobile computers and wireless LANs are utilized worldwide in markets ranging from retailing to transportation
and distribution logistics, manufacturing, parcel and postal delivery, government, healthcare and education. Symbol's systems
and products are used to increase productivity from the factory floor to the retail store, to the enterprise and out to the home.
Information about Symbol is available at www.symbol.com and 1-800-722-6234.
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