Issue 7 - November, 2007
Multi-Tech Systems Memorial for its President and Founder
Raghu Sharma, founder and President of Multi-Tech Systems died on April 17th after a long illness at his home in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was 69.
His story is a classic immigrant success story. A native of New Delhi, India, Sharma came to the Twin Cities on a University of Minnesota scholarship and stayed to build a successful high tech company.
Dr. Raghu Sharma received a bachelors degree in physics from Delhi University, a bachelors degree and a masters degree in electrical engineering from India Institute of Science in Bangalore and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. In 1970, he designed a low cost, efficient acoustic coupler that was the forerunner of Multi-Tech System’s industry leading modem line. Today, Multi-Tech is the winner of the 1992 Governor’s International Trade Award and INC. Magazine’s 2002, "Most Innovative Company Award", and holds 57 patents and numerous awards for excellence in the field of communications and technology.
In
preparation for his passing, Raghu made arrangements to transition the company
to his wife Pat Sharma, President and CEO. This transition plan has been in
place for two years to ensure that the company remains a strong, solid
foundation and continues to provide our customers with innovative products and
superior customer support.
Company Mission
Statement
Multi-Tech
Systems, Inc., designs and manufactures high-quality, innovative, global
communication products and provides exceptional service and support that
exceeds customer expectations.
We are committed to:
· Anticipating market opportunities by listening to and evaluating the needs of our customers.
· Using our talent and resources to develop on-time solutions.
· Creating an environment of growth, change and continuous improvement that empowers employees.
Multi-Tech
CDMA Modems Approved for Aeris Wireless
Network 
Aeris operates North America's largest wireless network service, developed exclusively to deliver Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications to millions of devices, billions of times a year. Aeris has assembled and seamlessly integrated its top tier carrier partner networks through AerFrame™ to provide customers with simplified, unified, reliable, and even customized network services for M2M and Telematics applications. Since 1992, Aeris has developed expertise and patented techniques and technology now proven on millions of devices and billions of messages per year. Aeris provides expert services, superior reliability, broader coverage, lower latency, and unsurpassed customer support and managed services. Multi-Tech CDMA modems are approved for use on the Aeris network.
Now Shipping Quad-band GSM/GPRS Wireless
Modems 
MultiModem®
GPRS and SocketModem®
GPRS now support quad-band wireless frequencies making them compatible with
all major GSM networks worldwide. The four bands include the 850 and 1900 MHz
bands, used in the Americas, and 900 / 1800 MHz bands used in most other parts
of the world. Having more than one frequency in one device is useful to enable
roaming between different countries or to allow a better coverage in the same
country. Multi-Tech recommends its new quad-band modems for new designs. The
existing dual-band models will eventually be phased out.
Multi-Tech Announces New Wi-FiÒ Device
Server 
Multi-Tech announced, earlier this year, a new the SocketWireless® Wi-Fi® embedded device. It provides 802.11b wireless networking for designers needing a fast and efficient means of adding Wi-Fi® connectivity to their applications. The SocketWireless Wi-Fi embedded device is a ready-to-integrate and space-efficient (1" x 2.5") device built on the interchangeable Universal Socket platform. It is 802.11b compliant, integrates a complete TCP/IP protocol stack, and includes a selectable-speed serial interface.
City
of Atlanta – Cellular Wireless Water Flow
Monitoring 
Sanitary sewer flow measurement is a growing trend, which enables local governments to identify sanitary/storm sewer problems and determine percentage of ownership/responsibility of publicly owned treatment facilities. However, putting people in the field to obtain flow measurements from the various meters can be costly. Many cities, like the City of Atlanta, are looking to cellular wireless technology to defer some of the expense. Utilizing a Multi-Tech MultiModem GPRS wireless modem, the Department of Watershed Management is now able to collect data from the field remotely saving time and money.
"We were able to work closely with Multi-Tech to establish a string of AT commands that enable our software (Flowlink) to communicate with the various types of open channel meters (ISCO) in the field," explains Patrick Woodall, Pollution Control Monitor Principal for the City of Atlanta. "We don’t need a person to actually be on site which has eliminated the expense of hiring and training new people."
An additional benefit of the solution is that they now have constant communication with all remote stations throughout the city regardless if land lines/power is available. The City of Atlanta has a server set up that is scheduled to call each site twice a day.
"Although there are other cellular modem manufacturers out there, after we looked into prices, quality and their ability to provide technical assistance, as far as we were concerned there weren’t any others," explained Woodall. "There simply is no comparison to Multi-Tech."
Multi-Tech will be exhibiting at the following events. To register, please visit our web site.
Embedded Technology
2007 - Tokyo, Japan
November 14 - 16, 2007, Pacifico Yokohama
Shoshin Corporation: Stand D-05
DistribuTECH Conference
& Exhibition 2008 - Tampa, Florida
January 22 - 24, 2008, Tampa Convention Center
Booth # 522