MINNEAPOLIS, October 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- Designed for Broadcast SMS Applications in Business Environments

Multi-Tech(R) Systems, Inc., a leading data communications and 
telecommunications technology company based in suburban Minneapolis announces 
the company's turnkey SMS server appliance. The SMSFinder(TM) SMS server 
comes in a compact and self-contained chassis that can be desktop or wall 
mounted. Equipped with a quad-band GSM cellular modem and Ethernet(R) 
interface the new Multi-Tech product enables any PC on the connected network 
to broadcast SMS messages and is carrier-approved for use in most parts of 
the world.

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"Before the SMSFinder, traditional broadcast SMS servers required using a
PC, operating system, cellular hardware, and SMS server software," states
Dilip Mistry, Managing Director Multi-Tech Systems EMEA. "For most
applications the traditional SMS server is an overly complicated product
involving multiple companies with difficulty finding sources of problems.
With the SMSFinder it is a simple process of connecting to the network,
inserting a properly configured SIM card and configuring from a
network-connected PC using a Web interface. At that point anyone on the
network can broadcast messages. The SMSFinder allows organizations to reach
clients, subscribers, members and prospects in real-time via SMS with mobile
marketing campaigns, student and faculty weather delays and closings, urgent
message confirmation, updates to clients, items of interest including
time-critical enterprise data to employees, SMS reminder and alert system
updates, plus customer helpdesk information."

The SMSFinder broadcast SMS server comes equipped with an internal GSM
modem, one Ethernet LAN interface/connector, and power supply. After
installing the server on an Ethernet network on one end and cellular network
using a provisioned SIM on the other end, the unit can be configured from any
network-attached PC using a web interface. Recipient names and phone numbers
can be entered using a connected PC or incoming call. The address book can
contain up to 20,000 entries with support for sorting, searching and group
set-ups. Individual user accounts can have selected access rights and
broadcast messages can be triggered via SMS using predefined groups and SMS
text. Unit supports SMTP client and Syslog for logging and reporting.

Multi-Tech Systems is an ISO 9001:2000 certified global manufacturer of
telephony, Internet and device networking products connecting voice and data
over IP networks. Multi-Tech Systems has 75 U.S. patents and numerous
international patents. Contact Multi-Tech in the U.S. at +1-800-328-9717 or
+1-763-785-3500, via fax at +1-763-785-9874, EMEA at T: +44-118-959-7774 
(UK)or T: +33-1-49-19-22-06 (France), or via fax at F: +44-118-959-7775 
(UK)or F: +33-1-49-19-21-00 (France) or at http://www.multitech.com.

Web site: http://www.multitech.com