Caelera to sell Novatel products in Australia, New Zealand

Novatel Wireless Inc., a provider of wireless data access solutions, has signed Caelera Pty. Ltd to distribute its products in Australia and New Zealand.

Caelera will sell the Novatel Wireless Expedite G301 tri-band Wireless Embedded Modem and the Merlin G201 dual band Wireless PC Card Modem, both of which are designed to enable high-speed wireless data connectivity over GSM/GPRS networks.

Caelera will market the Novatel Wireless product line into vertical markets including automatic vehicle location tracking, gaming, fleet management, maritime applications using global positioning systems, medical, meter reading, mobile radio, POS, and telemetry.

"Embedded systems manufacturers in Australia and New Zealand are entering a significant period of design activity to convert their systems to GPRS networks over the next twelve months," said Greg Burns, managing director of Caelera. "Novatel Wireless is well-suited to take advantage of the growing market potential here, and we are pleased to represent their product line to our key customers."