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Industry's First Wireless Carrier Sales Program Designed to Help Connect Enterprise Field Mobile Workers to Corporate Data ORLANDO, Fla., SYMBOL TECHNOLOGIES PARTNERSELECT CONFERENCE, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Symbol Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:SBL), The Enterprise Mobility Company(TM), today announced its Carrier Advantage Program enabling Symbol PartnerSelect program members to actively sell with wireless carriers and broaden their enterprise mobility solutions for customers. With Symbol's Carrier Advantage Program, PartnerSelect partners can earn revenue for managing activations, gain access to services, an expanded partner ecosystem and wireless carrier marketing resources. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041029/SYMBOLOGO ) "Symbol customers are turning to wireless wide area network (WAN) to get more out of their enterprise mobility solutions and to have access to mission-critical data outside 'the four walls' of their enterprise," said Sandy Preizler, Symbol Technologies' vice president of worldwide channels. "As the first enterprise vendor to have an activation program with all major U.S. wireless carriers, Symbol's Carrier Advantage Program presents an exciting solution for our PartnerSelect members to tap into the growing WAN market and increase customer satisfaction." Symbol's Carrier Advantage Program also helps wireless carriers expand their business deeper into new vertical markets, including field service and sales, government and public safety, healthcare, and transportation and logistics. With WAN connectivity, mobile users can capture and share mission-critical data in the field, and update back-end systems in real-time. To date, Symbol PartnerSelect members and sales teams have connected more than 140,000 devices on U.S. wireless carrier networks. Symbol's MC70, the first rugged Enterprise Digital Assistant (EDA), is available for the Cingular network. The MC9000 series of rugged mobile computers with WAN connectivity currently include: the MC9094 for the Cingular network; the MC9097, the first rugged mobile computer for the Sprint/Nextel iDEN network; and the MC9063 for Verizon and Sprint's network. More information on Symbol's PartnerSelect Program is available at http://www.symbol.com/partner . About Symbol Technologies Symbol Technologies, Inc., The Enterprise Mobility Company(TM), is a recognized worldwide leader in enterprise mobility, delivering products and solutions that capture, move and manage information in real time to and from the point of business activity. Symbol enterprise mobility solutions integrate advanced data capture products, radio frequency identification technology, mobile computing platforms, wireless infrastructure, mobility software and world-class services programs. Symbol enterprise mobility products and solutions are proven to increase workforce productivity, reduce operating costs, drive operational efficiencies and realize competitive advantages for the world's leading companies. More information is available at http://www.symbol.com/ For Symbol Technologies: For media information: Ed Tan Greg Wood Symbol Technologies, Inc. A&R Edelman for Symbol Technologies +1 408.421.5132 +1 650.762.2838 For financial information: For industry analyst information: Lori Chaitman/Nancy Coco Shirley Schroedl Symbol Technologies, Inc. Symbol Technologies, Inc. +1 631.738.5050 +1 631.738.4823 http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20041029/SYMBOLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Symbol Technologies, Inc. CONTACT: media, Ed Tan of Symbol Technologies, Inc., +1-408-421-5132, or ; or Greg Wood of A&R Edelman, +1-650-762-2838, or , for Symbol Technologies; or financial information, Lori Chaitman or Nancy Coco, +1-631-738-5050, or , or industry analysts, Shirley Schroedl, +1-631-738-4823, or , all of Symbol Technologies, Inc. Web site: http://www.symbol.com/

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