ATX Technologies Business Growth to Result in Call Center Expansion

    DALLAS, March 15 To meet the demands of a rapidly
developing market for telematics, ATX Technologies, Inc., announced today
plans to open a second voice and data interaction center in the central or
southeastern United States.  The company plans to open the telematics response
center in 2002 to accommodate new automotive clients.  ATX is currently adding
nearly 15,000 subscribers per month and expects this number to double by the
time the new center is occupied.
    ATX Technologies, the leading independent telematics service provider to
the automotive market, currently operates a telematics response center in the
Dallas-Fort Worth area.  ATX is actively searching for a second location and
expects to make a decision by third quarter of this year.
    According to Hal Jensen, ATX's chief operating officer, the company
expects to employ approximately 150-200 employees in the new facility, which
will handle as many as one million subscribers.
    "This new center will integrate the latest in telematics technology,
focusing on scalability and customer relationship management," said Jensen.
"This will be a state-of-the-art facility."
    Telematics is a rapidly growing in-vehicle technology that integrates
wireless communications, location identification technology and off-board
database and computing functions providing drivers with a variety of safety,
security, navigation and convenience services.
    ATX Technologies, Inc. is headquartered in Dallas.  ATX provides leading-
edge telematics services for mobile applications including automatic collision
notification, location-based emergency response and roadside assistance,
stolen vehicle tracking, navigation and other location-based information
services.  The company pioneered in-vehicle and automotive aftermarket
applications of telematics beginning in 1995 and in 1999 introduced
telematics services in handheld wireless devices.  ATX customers include
Mercedes-Benz, Ford, Nissan Motor Corporation's Infiniti division, Jaguar,
and Lincoln-Mercury.  Strategic alliances include Siebel Systems, IBM and
Sirius Satellite Radio.  For more information, visit http://www.atxtechnologies.com .