Wavelink Datalogic Mobile Alliance


Wavelink & Datalogic Mobile Alliance Brings Together Industry Leaders in Mobile Software and Hardware

Midvale, Utah and Bologna, Italy - July 31, 2008 - Wavelink Corporation and Datalogic Mobile today announced an industry leading strategic alliance. The two companies will work together utilizing their industry experience to deliver quality, cost-effective solutions for mobile device users. Wavelink will be providing support for all Datalogic Mobile devices with its industry standard Terminal Emulation and Avalanche products.

Datalogic Mobile is part of Datalogic, the third largest world manufacturer and leader in Europe for bar code readers, data collection mobile computers, and RFID systems. Datalogic Mobile offers a full range of rugged mobile devices for warehousing, field-force automation and the retail industry.

Wavelink is the market leader in mobile application development and infrastructure management software with applications shipping on more mobile devices than all of their competitors combined. Wavelink has more than 3.5 million clients deployed worldwide.

"This alliance brings together industry leaders in hardware and software with the goal of providing customers fully integrated solutions," said Lamar Van Wagenen, Wavelink president. "We share common goals with Datalogic Mobile in providing mobile solutions that are powerful, secure, reliable and cost effective. Our customers will be the ones who benefit as we advance this partnership to delivering solutions together."

Datalogic Mobile Vice President and General Manager Francesco Montanari added, "At Datalogic Mobile we pride ourselves on delivering high quality products that ensure a solid and reliable experience for our customers. When evaluating potential software partners, Wavelink was the clear choice in experience, reliability and innovation."

Details on specific products and initiatives that result from this strategic alliance will be announced in the coming months. For more information about Wavelink and Datalogic Mobile products, please visit www.wavelink.com/products.aspx and www.mobile.datalogic.com respectively.

About Wavelink
Founded in 1992, Wavelink Corporation is the leading provider of multi-vendor mobile application development and mobile device and infrastructure management software. Wavelink's technology solves the unique challenges involved in deploying, managing and controlling auto-ID data collection (AIDC) systems and RFID, and facilitates peak performance from frontline staff. Wavelink's emulation product family is the industry standard in providing host connectivity solutions. More than 8,500 companies in the retail, manufacturing, government and logistics industries rely on Wavelink to accelerate application delivery, reduce device management and support costs, and tighten network security. For more information, please visit www.wavelink.com .

About Datalogic Mobile
Datalogic Mobile, part of the Datalogic Group, is a global player in the Rugged Mobile Computers market, offering a full range of products, dedicated to the main target application fields: warehousing solutions, field-force automation and retail in-store. With our strong presence in EMEA, Americas and Asia/Pacific and the powerful network of partners all-over-the world, Datalogic Mobile headquartered in Bologna, has been able to show an impressive track record of growth, permitting us to be one of the fastest growing company in the industry and to be positioned among the worldwide market leaders.

Datalogic Group is the third largest world manufacturer and leader in Europe for bar code readers, rugged mobile computers, and RFID systems. Datalogic offers innovative business solutions, specifically in the retail, manufacturing, transportation and logistics markets. The Group has been quoted on the techSTAR segment of the Italian stock exchange since 2001 as DAL.MI, with headquarters located in Lippo di Calderara di Reno (Bologna). Datalogic has about 1900 employees worldwide, in over 40 countries in Europe, Asia, the United States and the Pacific Rim. In 2007, the Datalogic Group achieved revenues of 404 million Euro, an increase of 6% over the previous year.

Media Contacts:

For Wavelink:
Rod Anderson
SNG PR
rod.anderson@sng.com;
www.sng.com

For Datalogic Mobile Americas:
Jose I. Vega
Marketing Manager
Datalogic Mobile Inc.
1505 Westec Drive
Eugene, OR 97402
jose.vega@datalogic.com

Contact:
Datalogic Mobile Americas
(800) 929-7899
Datalogic Mobile Inc.

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