Axispoint, Inc. Joins MobileAccess Partner Ecosystem
Universal Wireless Network to Serve as In-Building Wireless Cornerstone for Customers & New Revenue Opportunity for VAR
Vienna, Va.—August 26, 2008—MobileAccess, a leading global provider of enterprise wireless solutions, today announced that Axispoint, Inc., one of the fastest growing IT services companies in the United States, has joined the MobileAccess partner network as a Value Added Reseller (VAR). Under the terms of the agreement, Axispoint will provide the MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network as a key offering in the company’s extensive wireless solutions set.
Axispoint offers a comprehensive approach to wireless technology, built around its Mobility Design Consulting process. Using this unique methodology, Axispoint can engineer, build and support a complete wireless environment for their customers. With the addition of the MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network to its existing suite of offerings, Axispoint can now offer a scalable and future-proof infrastructure that supports an increasingly diverse set of wireless applications and services.
The partnership will allow Axispoint and MobileAccess to extend their unique service offering to customers across multiple vertical markets. Axispoint, recognized as a 2008 Vertical Partner of the Year by Cisco Systems, has strong traction in the healthcare, education and retail sectors. The MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network has been deployed in more than 1,000 facilities including premier hospitals, Super Bowl stadiums, college campuses and enterprise buildings worldwide.
“We always look for ways to be innovative, and the MobileAccess technology is very attractive because we can help our customers turn a single infrastructure investment into a platform for ongoing wireless services and application adoption,” said Frank Scanga, executive vice president of Axispoint. “By serving as a flexible, future-proof platform for our customers, the MobileAccess infrastructure will help us expand our wireless solution set to increase market share and revenue. It’s a win-win situation for us and our customer base.”
“At Axispoint, we’ve always taken a holistic approach to solving our clients’ business problems,” said Ed Carmody, director of Mobile Business Solutions at Axispoint. “Recent entrants into the wireless integrator space think the world begins and ends with WiFi®. They forget that cellular, paging, two-way radio systems, 3G and beyond are key to their customers’ mission-critical business operations. By partnering with MobileAccess, we can provide a truly unified wireless architecture that for the first time provides a comprehensive solution to support these services.”
Axispoint holds advanced certifications in wireless local area networks (LAN) and wireless mesh technologies and is recognized for delivering superior customer service when implementing innovative solutions. MobileAccess, a member of the Cisco Technology Development Program (CTDP), provides Wire-It-Once™ technology that complements Axispoint’s best-of-breed expertise enabling the two companies to deliver comprehensive, adaptive wireless solutions to their joint customers.
“With years of experience and an arsenal of innovative solutions, Axispoint is adept at designing wireless networks that efficiently and effectively support leading-edge technology,” said Cathy Zatloukal, CEO of MobileAccess. “Axispoint is an ideal partner for MobileAccess, both in terms of our goals for growth and target markets. Together, we can address customers’ skyrocketing demand for pervasive wireless networks by providing a solution that ensures reliable connectivity and open infrastructure for future applications.”
About MobileAccess
MobileAccess is a global provider of enterprise wireless solutions that connect the people and applications that drive business. The MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network is a platform for delivering multi-service wireless connectivity in large public venues and facilities such as airports, hospitals, hotels, manufacturing plants, office buildings and sports venues. With its advanced Wire-It-Once™ technology, MobileAccess provides facility-wide coverage for Wireless LAN (WLAN), Mobile WiMAX and public safety radio, among other wireless services, over a single infrastructure. Thousands of organizations worldwide rely on MobileAccess to power life saving, time saving and money saving wireless applications every day. MobileAccess customers include Aladdin Resort and Casino, Clarian Health, Ford Field, Grande Lakes Orlando, Hearst Corporation, Lehman Brothers, Melbourne (Australia) Airport, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Royal Dutch Shell and University of Phoenix Stadium. For an online demo, visit www.mobileaccess.com.
About Axispoint
Axispoint, Inc. is a full service technology solutions company focused on providing its customers innovative software and network solutions. Axispoint specializes in providing: technology and business process consulting; application development; network infrastructure; wireless solutions; and IP Telephony/ Convergence to a wide range of industries and clients. Axispoint works in close partnership with its clients to provide the right customized solutions that add real economic value. The marriage of strong network capability with software expertise and technology management enables Axispoint to offer its clients a total integrated solution. For more information, visit www.axispoint.com.
Comcast Center Deploys MobileAccess for Advanced, Seamless Wireless Communications
Universal Wireless Network Powers Multi-Service Wireless Coverage
Vienna, Va.—August 20, 2008—MobileAccess, a global provider of enterprise wireless solutions, today announced that Comcast Center, developed, owned and operated by Liberty Property Trust, has deployed the MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network to enable comprehensive wireless communications throughout Comcast’s headquarters. Standing at nearly 1,000 feet high, the 58-story, 1.2 million square foot Comcast Center is the tallest building in Philadelphia and among the world’s most technologically advanced skyscrapers. The MobileAccess solution ensures an advanced communications experience inside the building, delivering robust signal coverage for Philadelphia’s major wireless operators while simultaneously providing pervasive support for Cisco Wireless LAN.
The eco-friendly Comcast Center is a showcase of innovative technology with Comcast Corporation serving as its lead tenant. The facility features a sustainable building design with the goal of achieving Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. It incorporates an advanced, energy-efficient lighting system based on color-programmable LEDs, and boasts the world’s largest Tuned Liquid Column Damper for stability and vibration control. The MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network supports cutting-edge wireless technology with an adaptable and future-proof fiber-optic infrastructure.
“Constant and instantaneous communication is now a must-have in the workplace,” said Charlie Cerino, vice president of new services technology, Comcast Corporation. “As a leading communications company, we felt it was essential to provide our mobile workforce with excellent wireless coverage throughout our corporate headquarters. For a sophisticated facility like Comcast Center, where space efficiency and aesthetics are paramount, the MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network was an ideal fit – just a single infrastructure supports all of our wireless services and applications. Plus, with the expandability of the MobileAccess solution, we can easily add emerging wireless technologies without disrupting the building’s environment.”
The MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network ensures robust indoor coverage for multiple wireless carriers, devices and applications in Comcast Center and overcomes any barriers from the building’s energy-efficient exterior glass, which is known to impede radio signals and limit wireless coverage within a facility. With reliable cellular and wireless coverage, Comcast Center management staff, tenant occupants and visitors can now utilize their mobile phones, PDAs and other mobile devices anywhere throughout the property.
In addition, Comcast utilized the MobileAccess network to activate a public and private Wi-Fi network from Cisco, enabling employees and guests to use their laptops and Wi-Fi devices anywhere throughout the Comcast office spaces. By deploying the Cisco Unified Wireless LAN solution over the MobileAccess WLAN infrastructure, Comcast was able to cluster the Cisco access points in secure, accessible wiring closets, rather than placing them within ceiling cavities, which increases reliability and reduces operational costs.
“In buildings of this size and height, cellular coverage from external carrier facilities tends to be spotty and unreliable once you get above the 15th floor; but with the MobileAccess solution, we’ve eliminated all dead spots and conflicting signal areas,” said Fred Dougherty, vice president, portfolio technology at Liberty Property Trust. “The in-building wireless infrastructure complements and reinforces our commitment to maintain a technologically advanced, high performance building. With more than 3,000 employees and guests working in Comcast Center on a daily basis, excellent and consistent wireless signal coverage is essential for our customers’ business and for managing the facility’s daily operations.”
“Liberty Property Trust’s Comcast Center is one of the most high-tech, eco-friendly skyscrapers on the east coast,” said Cathy Zatloukal, president and CEO of MobileAccess. “The MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network is a perfect match for this sort of environment – it delivers a full range of wireless services over an unobtrusive infrastructure that has minimal impact on building resources and is aesthetically pleasing at the same time. The efficiency and flexibility of the solution is why MobileAccess has become the standard for this new generation of advanced, intelligent buildings.”
About MobileAccess
MobileAccess is a global provider of enterprise wireless solutions that connect the people and applications that drive business. The MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network is a platform for delivering multi-service wireless connectivity in large public venues and facilities such as airports, hospitals, hotels, manufacturing plants, office buildings and sports venues. With its advanced Wire-It-Once™ technology, MobileAccess provides facility-wide coverage for Wireless LAN (WLAN), Mobile WiMAX and public safety radio, among other wireless services, over a single infrastructure. Thousands of organizations worldwide rely on MobileAccess to power life saving, time saving and money saving wireless applications every day. MobileAccess customers include Aladdin Resort and Casino, Clarian Health, Ford Field, Grande Lakes Orlando, Hearst Corporation, Lehman Brothers, Melbourne (Australia) Airport, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Royal Dutch Shell and University of Phoenix Stadium. For an online demo, visit www.mobileaccess.com.
About Comcast Corporation
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (http://www.comcast.com) is the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services. With 24.6 million cable customers, 14.4 million high-speed Internet customers, and 5.6 million Comcast Digital Voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable systems and in the delivery of programming content. Comcast's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, The Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One, ten Comcast SportsNet networks and Comcast Interactive Media, which develops and operates Comcast's Internet business. Comcast also has a majority ownership in Comcast-Spectacor, whose major holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia.
About Liberty Property Trust
Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LRY) is a leader in commercial real estate, serving customers in the United States and United Kingdom, through the development, acquisition, ownership and management of superior office and industrial properties. Liberty's 74 million square foot portfolio includes more than 700 properties which provide office, distribution and light manufacturing facilities to 2,100 tenants.
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MobileAccess Awarded More Than $15 Million in New Hospitality Projects in First Half of 2008
Robust, Multi-Service Wireless Coverage Now Represents Table-Stakes in Hospitality
Vienna, Va.—August 11, 2008— MobileAccess, a leading global provider of enterprise wireless solutions, today announced it was awarded over $15 million in new in-building wireless projects within the hospitality industry in the first half of 2008. In this highly competitive industry, wireless is becoming a key differentiator, enabling hoteliers to provide leading-edge amenities to their guests while also boosting their own operational efficiencies. As a result, a record number of resorts, casinos and hotels are making the strategic decision to purchase and deploy the MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network to ensure support for a full range of current and future wireless applications.
In addition to its success with a broad array of hospitality customers including M Resort in Las Vegas, Bear Creek Mountain Resort & Conference Center in Pennsylvania, Grand Lakes in Orlando, and Peppermill Hotel Casino in Reno, MobileAccess continues to have strong growth across key verticals. For instance, in the healthcare market, more than 30 new facilities have recently committed to deploying the MobileAccess infrastructure - bringing the total to more than 300 hospitals. More importantly, all of these new Universal Wireless Network customers are rolling out multiple wireless services and applications including nearly twenty million square feet of Cisco WLAN coverage.
“The wireless infrastructure for any major facility, whether it is a mega resort on the Vegas strip or a cutting-edge teaching hospital, has become a strategic IT decision,” said Cathy Zatloukal, president and CEO of MobileAccess. “Our record growth in hospitality, continued momentum in healthcare and overall traction is driven by our ability to deliver an enterprise-grade, future-proof platform that supports all of the traditional cellular services as well as public safety, Wi-Fi and even WiMAX networks over a single infrastructure. It is not surprising to see a rapid increase in the scale, scope and volume of deals in a competitive and cutting-edge industry like hospitality.”
The MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network is ideal for the hospitality industry. The solution provides seamless and cost-effective coverage for the wireless applications and services expected by wireless-enabled guests. Leveraging proven interoperability with wireless LAN solutions, MobileAccess can help deliver a host of Wi-Fi powered applications, including VoWi-Fi, asset tracking, building automation and even gaming applications.
MobileAccess’ Wire-It-Once™ technology also provides support for two-way radios for security, first responders and building operations like housekeeping and maintenance along with pervasive coverage for the wireless voice and data networks of all the major carriers. This architecture equips a resort or hotel with a wireless backbone that will keep them on the cutting edge of technology now and well into the future.
About MobileAccess
MobileAccess is a global provider of enterprise wireless solutions that connect the people and applications that drive business. The MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network is a platform for delivering multi-service wireless connectivity in large public venues and facilities such as airports, hospitals, hotels, manufacturing plants, office buildings and sports venues. With its advanced Wire-It-Once™ technology, MobileAccess provides facility-wide coverage for Wireless LAN (WLAN), Mobile WiMAX and public safety radio, among other wireless services, over a single infrastructure. Thousands of organizations worldwide rely on MobileAccess to power life saving, time saving and money saving wireless applications every day. MobileAccess customers include Aladdin Resort and Casino, Clarian Health, Ford Field, Grande Lakes Orlando, Hearst Corporation, Lehman Brothers, Melbourne (Australia) Airport, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Royal Dutch Shell and University of Phoenix Stadium. For an online demo, visit www.mobileaccess.com.
Flagging Interference: Hospitals are Leveraging Technology to Keep Wireless Networks Free of Interference
Hospitals are Leveraging Technology - and Getting Creative - to Keep Wireless Networks Free of Interference
Flagging Interference
Hospitals are leveraging technologies — and getting creative — to keep wireless networks free from interference
When Fernando Martinez came to Broward Health (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) as the new CTO in the fall of 2007, he had his work cut out for him. Martinez, who had previously served as CIO at Mercy Hospital in Miami, said his orders were simple at Broward: solve the wireless interference problems at the multi-facility, 716-bed health system.
The task may have sounded simple, but what lay ahead of Martinez was anything but. As soon as he began analyzing the wireless system, he found that the issues had previously been addressed by deploying more radios rather than tuning them.“There was a lack of obsolescence in capacity planning where networking was concerned,” says Martinez. “It was kind of like poking-hole wireless diagnostics, which led to a proliferation of wireless devices and radios and that resulted in a lot of interference.”
The first step was to conduct a survey. But before that could even begin, Martinez and his staff had to transition from the earlier version of Cisco's (San Jose, Calif.) network to the current technology — the Cisco Spectrum Expert Wi-Fi — which integrates with Cisco's Unified Wireless Network to deliver spectrum intelligence for Wi-Fi networks. It could then be leveraged to troubleshoot sources of interference.
Once the architecture was in place, Martinez was able to run spectrum analysis. Not surprisingly, a great deal of noise was detected in the wireless space; so much, in fact, that he and his staff began to turn off radios in order to obtain a better read, according to Martinez. As soon as they were able to accurately identify the location and number of radios, they began turning off radios and powering down those that were left on. Martinez was then able to utilize more advanced tools to examine and measure activity by device and by channel to more effectively zero in on areas of interference.
According to John Collins, director of engineering compliance at the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE, Chicago), conducting spectrum surveys is essential to maintaining a healthy wireless network, particularly since outside devices such as laptops and Blackberries are regularly brought into hospitals by patients and visitors, where they can radiate information and take up space in the hospital airwaves.
“The devices by themselves don't really cause a problem; they're kind of low-level power things,” says Collins. “However, when all these devices come into hospitals, there is a noise level involved with that, and you may not know about it because it's electronic. But if you have a spectrum analyzer, you can see the basic noise level start to increase, and this eventually will cause problems, unless it's controlled,” he explains.
Once Martinez was able to identify the problems, he quickly devised and began testing a proposed solution. A number of devices at Broward were operating on 802.11B and 802.11G, which use the 2.4 GHz ISM (Industry Science and Medicine) frequency band, and offers just three non-overlapping channels. As a result, they are more likely to experience interference issues, he says. With that in mind, Martinez began to move a few devices, starting with the wireless carts, onto the 802.11A band, which operates with a frequency of 5 GHz or higher, and offers eight non-overlapping channels.
“Because clinical carts have access to the most sensitive or critical information, we chose those devices to pull to a different frequency, just from a workflow optimization point of view,” says Martinez. “It gave us a lot more flexibility to then deal with the remaining devices that were competing for 802.11 B/G traffic, so that worked out well.”
Martinez and his staff are looking to move more devices off of 802.11 B/G, which he says will allow “an opportunity to more tactfully design how channelization issues could be minimized. Part of what we're doing in the redesign process is collapsing in the other devices. Using the tools we have, we're able to architect them. We know where we have the capacity to integrate them and bring them in.”
The ultimate goal, he says, is to have one network to manage and monitor.
However, because Broward is part of a multihospital system, spectrum analysis needs to be performed at each individual facility. When fixing a problem as complicated as wireless interference, he says, CTOs and CIOs won't find a one-size-fits-all solution.
“A wireless survey for a facility is a wireless survey for that particular facility, not for the enterprise,” says Martinez. At Broward, “each one of the facilities has proven to have a uniqueness to the way it was cabled, the way it was built, and what devices existed that create interference. Your work is not done until you examine each facility independently.”
Once that has been done, Martinez says, the IT staff can look for common threads. As the enterprise wireless network is designed, CTOs and CIOs can build on those commonalities and begin to architect, design, and engineer based on the one-offs from each facility.
Frequency hopping, one facility at a time
At Memorial Health System (Colorado Springs, Colo.), the IT team is looking to build off the success of a one-off experiment with frequency-hopping telemetry to create a new standard of best practices across the network.
Last spring, when Memorial Hospital North opened its doors — marking the first time in 30 years the system opened a new facility — CIO Tom Kerwin opted to make the 98-bed facility a test site for ApexPro FH, a frequency hopping system from GE Healthcare (Chalfont St. Giles, United Kingdom) that enables data to be securely managed and distributed without communication failures such as interference. If the technology proved successful, it would equal one fewer facility that would have to be retrofitted with wireless technology.
“We found that it had more integrity hopping between frequencies,” said Kerwin, adding that plans are now in place to extend the technology to other facilities in the network.
ApexPro operates on GE's Carescape Enterprise Access wireless platform utilizing a distributed antenna system that is powered by Vienna, Va.-based MobileAccess' Wire-it-Once infrastructure. It works by using a bidirectional, frequency-hopping, spread-spectrum infrastructure that allows it to move around the spectrum in order to avoid interference and other communication failures throughout the facility.
“We designed the system to have coverage everywhere, so when we talk about ubiquitous coverage, this really provides that, as opposed to stand-alone telemetry systems,” says Kerwin. The GE system doesn't restrict the installation of antennas to ceilings, which he says is difficult to maintain once the network expands. “With this package, we're able to do it everywhere, which allowed the caregivers continuous monitoring capabilities throughout the facility.”
Another key component in the design was redundancy, which was built in for back-up purposes, according to Bob Barrett, director of information services at Memorial. In places where telemetry is used, there are two antennas, and failover was designed and implemented specifically so that in the event that one antenna fails, the second picks up the signal and prevents the loss of data, he says.
Perhaps the biggest advantage Kerwin has seen with the frequency hopping system is its ability to manage segmentation between the different frequencies. “The way that it's architected is it handles the interference issues,” he says. “You don't have to worry about any bleed-over between WiFi and pagers.”
According to Kerwin, the clinicians at Memorial North are very satisfied with the cell phone coverage offered by the new network, which is critical since a number of them use cell phones throughout the day to communicate with patients.
“It's raised the bar on the expectations from a clinical perspective,” says Kerwin. “We want continuous monitoring capabilities, we want to have cell phone coverage throughout the facility in any location, our pagers need to go off wherever we are, and realistically there's no way to solve this problem without installing a system like this.”
In addition to telemetry and cell phone service, the Carescape Enterprise Access wireless platform also has capabilities to run public safety communications and RFID, a factor that was an important selling point for Kerwin. “Whenever we can buy one solution and use it over and over again in a variety of settings, those are the things that we like to do — leverage that infrastructure, not rebuild it every time for every solution.”
The staff at Memorial is looking to expand the technology to Memorial Hospital Central, a 619-bed facility, in the near future to improve communications at that location.
Adds Kerwin, “Our goal is to say that if you're a physician, no matter where you are, you can communicate.”
--Fernando Marinez & Tom Kerwin
Healthcare Informatics
MobileAccess Opens New Office in Dubai
Strengthens regional presence as demand for indoor wireless solutions intensifies in UAE and Gulf markets
August 03, 2008
MobileAccess Networks, a leading global provider of multi-service indoor wireless solutions for operators and hospitality establishments, has announced today (August 03, 2008) the opening of its new regional office in Dubai Internet City (DIC), the world's largest managed ICT cluster. The move has been part of MobileAccess' ongoing expansion program across the Middle East, providing a wide range of solutions to address the growing demand for scalable and reliable indoor wireless services and applications.
The new MobileAccess office is located on the 18th floor of the Business Central Tower in DIC, enabling the company to enhance the delivery of services and to provide better accessibility to its clients. The new facility is a key step towards consolidating MobileAcces' regional presence and takes advantage of the ongoing widespread adoption of wireless solutions by mobile operators and enterprises operating in the Middle East. Heading the new Mobile Access office is Mario Maas, Director of International Business Development for MobileAccess who has been one of the leading business and industry figures in the region.
"MobileAccess is stepping up its efforts to expand its presence in the Middle East, particularly in the booming Gulf region. Dubai Internet City will serve as a highly strategic base for our activities in the region because of its advanced IT infrastructure and rapid adoption of new technology. The UAE in general has been recognised as one of the leaders in the Middle East and North Africa in terms of e-readiness, and we are making a determined bid to capitalise on this favourable situation," said Cathy Zatloukal, President and CEO of MobileAccess.
MobileAccess was the first indoor coverage solutions provider to offer integrated support for Wireless LAN (WLAN) and, more recently, for Mobile WiMAX services. The company provides support for all wireless services simultaneously over one intelligent infrastructure, facilitating cellular voice and data services (GSM, DC-1800 and UMTS) from multiple operators, WLAN, Mobile WiMAX, Building Automation and other wireless services such as RFiD. Leveraging its impressive line of innovative, multi-service indoor wireless solutions, MobileAccess has become a popular choice among operators and enterprises in the hospitality sector.
On top of its comprehensive line of solutions, MobileAccess also provides world-class training programs to transfer knowledge and further empower clients in handling MobileAccess solutions. The company also extends a full line of support services to help clients in all technical aspects of its products and services.
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About MobileAccess
MobileAccess is a global provider of enterprise wireless solutions that connect the people and applications that drive business. The MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network is a platform for delivering multi-service wireless connectivity in large public venues and facilities such as airports, hospitals, hotels, manufacturing plants, office buildings and sports venues. With its advanced Wire-It-Once™ technology, MobileAccess provides facility-wide coverage for Wireless LAN (WLAN), Mobile WiMAX and public safety radio, among other wireless services, over a single infrastructure. Thousands of organizations worldwide rely on MobileAccess to power life saving, time saving and money saving wireless applications every day. MobileAccess customers include Aladdin Resort and Casino, University of Phoenix Stadium, Clarian Health, Ford Field, Grande Lakes Orlando, Hearst Corporation, Lehman Brothers, Melbourne (Australia) Airport, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Royal Dutch Shell, and University of Phoenix Stadium. For an online demo, visit www.mobileaccess.com.
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MobileAccess Partners with Enersus to Deliver State-of-the-Art Wireless Infrastructure to Australian Customers
Enersus Deploys MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network at Chatswood Mall, Tullamarine Airport and Parramatta Justice Precinct
VIENNA, Va.—May 15, 2008—
MobileAccess, the global provider of enterprise wireless solutions, today announced
it has broadened its international business through a partnership with
Australia-based Enersus, a value added reseller (VAR) and system integrator
(SI) specializing in cellular, Wi-Fi, WiMAX and Voice over Internet Protocol
(VoIP) solutions. By working with Enersus, MobileAccess is meeting the growing
demand for its Universal Wireless Network solution from customers worldwide,
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Airports are built with heavy construction materials that
can impede the flow of radio frequency (RF) signals and interfere with voice
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The Parramatta Justice Precinct includes the new Children’s
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Westfield Chatswood is a premier shopping and entertainment
center in the heart of downtown
“These deployments reflect the steady momentum that
MobileAccess is experiencing in the international market,” said
About Enersus
Enersus is a value added distributor and system integrator specializing in
Cellular, Wi-Fi (2.4 & 5GHz), WiMAX and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
solutions. Enersus provides resellers and customers with custom next generation
solutions that address every aspect of deployment in the various industry types
ranging from the residential and small office environment to the enterprise and
service provider environment. Focusing on best of breed wireless technologies
and specialty wireless products, Enersus works with business and technical
clients to integrate and deploy wireless and voice networks for any application.
For more information, please visit www.enersus.com.
About MobileAccess
MobileAccess is a global provider of enterprise wireless
solutions that connect the people and applications that drive business. The
MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network is a platform for delivering
multi-service wireless connectivity in large public venues and facilities such
as airports, hospitals, hotels, manufacturing plants, office buildings and
sports venues. With its advanced Wire-It-Once™ technology, MobileAccess
provides facility-wide coverage for Wireless LAN (WLAN), Mobile WiMAX and
public safety radio, among other wireless services, over a single
infrastructure. Thousands of organizations worldwide rely on MobileAccess to
power life saving, time saving and money saving wireless applications every
day. MobileAccess customers include Aladdin Resort and Casino,
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Sprint and MobileAccess Bring Pervasive Wireless Technology to New M Resort, Spa and Casino in Las Vegas
Opening in spring 2009, M Resort will incorporate the latest progressive wireless technology
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. April 29, 2008 The M Resort, Spa and Casino has teamed with Sprint (NYSE: S) and MobileAccess to add wide-ranging, wireless technology to its infrastructure. The resort is incorporating enhanced communication technology during its construction phase to ensure that guests and employees receive optimum levels of service.
Sprint’s Converged Network Solutions (CNS) team will deliver a universal communications system for M Resort, allowing integrated access to wireless voice and data services, mobile phones, BlackBerry devices, PDAs and laptops throughout the resort. “The M Resort management team has been working with Sprint and MobileAccess for some time to develop the right program to fit our property needs. We look forward to continuing this rewarding partnership,” said Joseph A. Magliarditi, chief operating officer and executive vice president of M Resort.
The state-of-the-art M Resort has a footprint of nearly two million square feet, including 92,000 square feet of gaming and 60,000 square feet of meeting and conference space situated on 90 acres of land. The Sprint CNS in-building solution will bring seamless, always-on, wireless coverage to individuals visiting or working in different parts of the vast facility, which will include 390 guest rooms and suites, restaurants and the resort’s spa and gaming areas. The systems will ultimately contribute to M Resort’s goal of utilizing advanced technology features to provide the highest level of luxury services and amenities to its guests.
“The M Resort will be equipped with the latest communications technology to accommodate the needs of our guests, as well as our team members, from the moment we open our doors,” said Rob Willis, M Resort vice president of Information Technology. “By embracing wireless technology now, we can make a decisive impact on all aspects of our operations.”
Sprint CNS selected the MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network as its in-building wireless platform for distributing multiple wireless services throughout the M Resort property; both in the front- and back-of-house areas. In addition, the Universal Wireless Network will provide pervasive coverage for the two-way radios used by fire, police and other first responders, which is an advanced measure used to assist in public safety.
The MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network will serve as the single wireless infrastructure for M Resort, supporting multiple wireless services, applications and devices, despite dense building materials that traditionally impede wireless transmissions in large-scale luxury buildings. With its “Wire-It-Once” architecture, MobileAccess also provides the built-in flexibility to accommodate future wireless requirements.
“Given the multitude of guests, tourists, business professionals, employees and others that are going to visit or work at M Resort, the need for strong wireless and data coverage is essential,” said Darlene Braunschweig, vice president of CNS for Sprint. “By evaluating these needs first-hand, we can equip M Resort with a multi-service infrastructure that provides dependable coverage for all of its wireless data and voice services.”
“By building always-on, seamless wireless coverage from the ground-up, M Resort will stand out as a cutting-edge luxury destination from day one,” said Cathy Zatloukal, chief executive officer of MobileAccess Networks. “Due to the competitive nature of the hospitality market and the importance of high-end services and amenities in a luxury resort, the ability to provide seamless support for wireless applications for both guests and staff is critical. With the Sprint and MobileAccess solution, M Resort opens its doors with an adaptive, state-of-the-art communications network already in place, ensuring a world-class experience for its guests now and well into the future.”
Sprint is a leader in providing enhanced in-building and campus-wide network consulting, integration and fixed mobile convergence solutions. Sprint designs, deploys and maintains wireless networks and mobility solutions that deliver the productivity and efficiency of voice and data communications to virtually anywhere a business and its employees need them. The Converged Network Solutions team at Sprint offers 24/7 technical support and manages all stages of the customer-deployment process, from the initial requirements assessment through installation and deployment with consultant-grade methods, procedures and tools. For more information about Sprint CNS, please visit www.sprint.com/cns.
About Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including two robust wireless networks serving approximately 54 million customers at the end of 2007; industry-leading mobile data services; instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. For more information, visit www.sprint.com.
About MobileAccess
MobileAccess is an enterprise wireless innovator that provides a universal platform for connecting the people and applications that drive business. The MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network is the key to widespread wireless connectivity in hospitals, office buildings, public venues and other large-scale facilities. The company’s intelligent, in-building infrastructure delivers business-quality performance, scalability, security and signal reliability to more than 1000 customers, including Fortune 1000 companies such as Lehman Brothers and Hearst Corporation, leading healthcare facilities such as Northwestern Memorial and Clarian Health, as well as many public sector customers such as Aladdin Resort and Casino, ALLTEL Stadium, American University, and the Oakland International Airport. For more information, visit www.mobileaccess.com.
About M Resort
M Resort, Spa and Casino is located on approximately 90 acres of land at the southeast corner of St. Rose Parkway and Las Vegas Boulevard. Situated higher in elevation than other resort-casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, the M Resort will provide optimal views of the world-famous Las Vegas skyline from its guest rooms, suites, conference center and restaurants. The resort features 390 exceptionally appointed guest rooms and suites, 92,000 square feet of gaming and more than 60,000 square feet of meeting and conference space in addition to a variety of luxury amenities including many dining and entertainment options as well as a state-of-the-art spa and fitness center offered to provide local and out-of-town guests with an unrivaled South Strip experience.
MobileAccess Intensifies its Global Expansion to Middle Eastern Markets
Company’s solutions address growing demand for high-speed wireless applications within large-scale facilities in the region
March 11, 2008
MobileAccess Networks, a leading global provider of multi-service in-building wireless solutions for operators and enterprises, today launched its Middle Eastern operations with a local office presence in Dubai. Building on its success in other markets, the company has initiated a global expansion strategy into high-growth markets to address the increasing demand for accessible and reliable indoor connectivity for wireless services and applications.
With its innovative Universal Wireless Network solution, MobileAccess is a leading pioneer of indoor wireless solutions. This modular, multi-service wireless platform not only provides simultaneous coverage for mobile services such as GSM, DCS-1800, and UMTS, but also was the first indoor coverage solution to offer integrated support for Wireless LAN (WLAN) and, more recently, for Mobile WiMAX services. Moreover, MobileAccess networking solutions are inherently broadband, allowing clients to easily and quickly accommodate both current and future wireless requirements without costly overlay networks.
As part of its global expansion program, MobileAccess has commenced intensified marketing initiatives in the Middle East to cater to the rapid adoption of wireless technologies and applications in the region. The UAE has been a particularly strong market as the country has been ranked number one in the Arab World in the 2006/2007 World Economic Forum/INSEAD Global Information Technology Report's Network Readiness Index, according to the latest Madar Research study.
"MobileAccess offers an innovative universal platform that connects the people and the applications that power business enterprises. We provide wireless connectivity that empowers all components of any business facility, a very critical feature particularly among hospitals, business centres, office buildings, public venues and other large-scale facilities wherein fast and easy access to resources located in different areas is a necessity," said Cathy Zatloukal, president and CEO of MobileAccess.
"With our modular multi-service platform, MobileAccess maximises client investments as our solutions support all wireless services simultaneously over one intelligent infrastructure, facilitating cellular voice and data services from multiple operators, WLAN, Mobile WiMAX, building automation, and many other wireless services and applications. Without a doubt, wireless indoor connectivity is rapidly becoming an expected amenity within business facilities, and it is our mission to enable clients in the Middle East to prepare sufficiently for this transition," added Zatloukal.
MobileAccess features the Universal Wireless Network, which allows enterprises to enjoy the highest levels of flexibility, scalability and performance through comprehensive wireless indoor connectivity regardless of the client's choice of carrier, location or selected technology. Moreover, MobileAccess solutions can easily accommodate new wireless technologies, optimising the client's expansion initiatives, facilitating migration from GSM to UMTS, Mobile WiMAX, LTE and WLAN.
"With its rich features, the MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network has been deployed in some of the world's largest facilities and most prominent public venues. We likewise expect a strong response from the region's high-growth markets such as UAE and the rest of the Middle East. From planning, designing, deployment, commissioning and maintaining in-building wireless solutions, MobileAccess extends a full range of services that will help enterprises maintain their competitive advantage," said Mario Maas, director of international business development for MobileAccess.
On top of its comprehensive line of solutions, MobileAccess also provides world-class training programs to transfer knowledge and further empower clients in handling MobileAccess solutions. The company also extends a full line of support services to help clients in all technical aspects of its products and services.
About MobileAccess
MobileAccess is a global provider of enterprise wireless solutions that connect the people and applications that drive business. The MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network is a platform for delivering multi-service wireless connectivity in public venues and facilities such as airports, hospitals, hotels, manufacturing plants, office buildings and sports venues. With its advanced Wire-It-Once™ technology, MobileAccess provides facility-wide coverage for Wireless LAN (WLAN), Mobile WiMAX and public safety radio, among other wireless services, over a single infrastructure. Thousands of organizations worldwide rely on MobileAccess to power life saving, time saving and money saving wireless applications every day. MobileAccess customers include Aladdin Resort and Casino, University of Phoenix Stadium, Clarian Health, Ford Field, Grande Lakes Orlando, Hearst Corporation, Lehman Brothers, Melbourne (Australia) Airport, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and Royal Dutch Shell. For more information, visit www.mobileaccess.com.
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World Wide Demand for In-Building Wireless and Strategic Partnerships Propel MobileAccess' Growth
MobileAccess Expands International Business; Mobile WiMAX Offering Exemplifies Product Innovation
Vienna, Va.—March 4, 2008— MobileAccess, a leading global provider of enterprise wireless solutions, today announced record performance in 2007 with equipment sales growth of nearly 50 percent and continued profitability. MobileAccess cites increased worldwide demand for its Universal Wireless Network solution, product innovation and strategic partnerships as the driving forces behind its accelerated growth. Enterprise companies increasingly view wireless applications and services as must-have capabilities, so they are adopting the MobileAccess solution strategically, knowing that its adaptable architecture will keep pace with future wireless innovations.
“MobileAccess’ investment in key areas has advanced growth across vertical and geographic markets, fueling our increased revenue and profitability in 2007,” said Cathy Zatloukal, president and CEO of MobileAccess. “With industry leading partners, such as Sprint and GE Healthcare, and a roster of customers that represent some of the world’s most technologically advanced buildings, MobileAccess has established a solid foundation for rapid and sustained growth and innovation.”
As part of its aggressive international growth strategy, MobileAccess expanded its operations and sales in EMEA to address bourgeoning worldwide demand for its Universal Wireless Network solution, particularly in rapidly growing areas such as Eastern Europe and the United Arab Emirates. With an established footprint of state-of-the-art facilities such as airports, hospitals, hotels, manufacturing plants, office buildings and sports venues, companies and wireless service providers worldwide recognize that MobileAccess’ Wire-It-Once™ technology ensures a future-proof wireless infrastructure and supports diverse wireless requirements.
Along with international expansion, MobileAccess continued to build on its momentum in key vertical markets such as healthcare and hospitality. In 2007, the company deployed its Universal Wireless Network at some of the nation’s leading medical facilities such as Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, George Washington University Hospital and the University of Pennsylvania Health System’s three hospitals.
At the same time, MobileAccess significantly increased its presence in the hospitality and gaming industry, where wireless has become a vital tool for enhancing the guest experience and streamlining operations. Reflecting that trend, Grande Lakes Orlando resort and Peppermill Hotel Casino implemented MobileAccess throughout their respective properties in 2007, enabling over two million square feet of wireless coverage. In 2008, MobileAccess plans to work side-by-side with hoteliers and applications vendors to drive converged networking solutions through industry organizations such as the Hotel Technology Next Generation (HTNG) Forum.
In 2007, MobileAccess continued to lead the industry in product innovation with a new class of solutions that feature increased intelligence and smarter antenna technology, positioning the company for the more complex wireless service offerings of the future. In particular, the company introduced and deployed the first, integrated in-building solution for Mobile WiMAX. The MobileAccess WiMAX module seamlessly integrates with the company’s Universal Wireless Network offering customers a cost-effective migration path to the latest technology entering the market. Correspondingly, MobileAccess joined the WiMAX Forum® to ensure interoperability and to boost awareness within the industry that a low-cost, high-performance solution is available to ensure high-quality indoor coverage for Mobile WiMAX.
The company announced further portfolio expansion with an enhanced Wireless LAN (WLAN) solution which provides a simpler path for enterprises to deliver WLAN services over the MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network. Customers can apply the same, familiar WLAN design rules they have already mastered to their MobileAccess deployment – enterprise customers can seamlessly transform their WLAN designs into multi-service wireless solutions. This transparent approach helped MobileAccess expand its WLAN ecosystem in 2007, with approvals from leading WLAN equipment and applications providers including Aruba, Ascom, Colubris, Meru Networks, Polycom and Trapeze.
About MobileAccess
MobileAccess is a global provider of enterprise wireless solutions that connect the people and applications that drive business. The MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network is a platform for delivering multi-service wireless connectivity in large public venues and facilities such as airports, hospitals, hotels, manufacturing plants, office buildings and sports venues. With its advanced Wire-It-Once™ technology, MobileAccess provides facility-wide coverage for Wireless LAN (WLAN), Mobile WiMAX and public safety radio, among other wireless services, over a single infrastructure. Thousands of organizations worldwide rely on MobileAccess to power life saving, time saving and money saving wireless applications every day. MobileAccess customers include Aladdin Resort and Casino, Clarian Health, Ford Field, Grande Lakes Orlando, Hearst Corporation, Lehman Brothers, Melbourne (Australia) Airport, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Royal Dutch Shell and University of Phoenix Stadium. For an online demo, visit www.mobileaccess.com.
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Sparrow Health Deploys Combined Solution
Meru Networks and MobileAccess Partner to Certify Interoperability of WLAN Over In-Building Wireless Platform
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 25, 2008 – Recently completed interoperability testing of Meru Networks wireless LANs and the MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network in-building platform has verified that together the combined solutions offer an in-building WLAN deployment alternative that enhances wireless security while simplifying WLAN maintenance for hospitals, enterprises and other large facilities.
Under the auspices of Meru's VoIP Unplugged Program and the MobileAccess Alliance Partner Program, the two companies certify the successful operation of Meru's Air Traffic Control™ wireless LAN technology over the MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network. When the technologies are combined in a customer site, Meru wireless access points (APs) can be clustered in telecommunications wiring closets, where they are more secure and easier to maintain than on ceilings where they are typically placed.
Sparrow Health System, a Michigan-based regional network of hospitals with more than 500 beds, uses an integrated Meru WLAN deployment over a MobileAccess wireless infrastructure. Robert Parsons, Sparrow Health's chief technology officer, said, "The combination of these two technologies is in my estimation one of the best wireless solutions on the market. With Meru's single-channel approach to WLANs, users get uninterrupted connectivity because they don't have to hop from channel to channel when they roam. Together with the MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network, this makes for a combined solution that addresses all three of our major requirements for wireless: accessibility, reliability and security."
The MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network uses a hybrid fiber/coax cabling infrastructure and discrete broadband antennas to deliver pervasive wireless coverage for multiple wireless services, including wireless LAN. The Meru APs in the wiring closet send 802.11 a/b/g signals to MobileAccess WLAN modules, which combine those signals with RF signals from other wireless services and distribute the combined services to antennas, mirroring the behaviors and coverage footprint of a conventional, AP-on-the-ceiling WLAN deployment.
"In sensitive environments like hospitals, it's important to prevent hospital disruption caused by routine maintenance of APs on ceilings and the increased infection risks caused by the removal of ceiling tiles," said Cathy Zatloukal, MobileAccess president and CEO. "With our combined solution, hospitals can provide reliable wireless coverage for WLAN and other wireless services without sacrificing operational efficiency and patient safety."
Kamal Anand, Meru's senior vice president of marketing and corporate strategy, said the integration of Meru and MobileAccess technologies "results in a cost-effective multi-service solution that spreads infrastructure costs across multiple wireless services without making the customer give up any of the features or versatility for which Meru WLANs are known. In particular, the integration maintains the integrity of Meru's unique 'virtual cell' wireless technology, which automatically selects a single channel for enterprise-wide use, eliminating co-channel interference and the costly channel planning that plague legacy networks."
About MobileAccess
MobileAccess is an enterprise wireless innovator that provides a universal platform for connecting the people and applications that drive business. The MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network is the key to widespread wireless connectivity in hospitals, office buildings, public venues and other large-scale facilities. The company’s intelligent, in-building infrastructure delivers business-quality performance, scalability, security and signal reliability to thousands of customers, including Fortune 1000 companies such as Lehman Brothers and Hearst Corporation, leading healthcare facilities such as Northwestern Memorial and Clarian Health, as well as many public sector customers such as Aladdin Resort and Casino, Arizona Cardinals Stadium, American University and the Oakland International Airport. For an online demo, visit www.mobileaccess.com.
About Meru Networks
Meru Networks develops and markets wireless infrastructure solutions that enable the All-Wireless Enterprise. Its industry-leading innovations deliver pervasive, wireless service fidelity for business-critical applications to major Fortune 500 enterprises, universities, healthcare organizations and local, state and federal government agencies. Meru's award-winning Air Traffic Control technology brings the benefits of the cellular world to the wireless LAN environment, and its WLAN System is the only solution on the market that delivers predictable bandwidth and over-the-air quality of service with the reliability, scalability and security necessary to deliver converged voice and data services over a single WLAN infrastructure. Founded in 2002, Meru is based in Sunnyvale, Calif. For more information, visit www.merunetworks.com or call (408) 215-5300.
Company contact:
Rachna Ahlawat
Meru Networks, Inc.
408-916-1466
rahlawat@merunetworks.com
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MobileAccess Emerges as the In-Building Wireless Standard for Hospitals
Diverse Partner Ecosystem Facilitates & Accelerates Adoption of Reliable, Universal Wireless Infrastructure
Orlando, FL (HIMSS,
Booth #1829) — February 25, 2008 — MobileAccess, a leading global
provider of enterprise wireless solutions, today announced that its Universal
Wireless Network has been deployed in more than 150 leading medical facilities
nationwide, totaling more than 75 million square feet. Fueled by an extensive
ecosystem of channel and technology partners, MobileAccess delivers a
cutting-edge infrastructure solution that can be rapidly and cost-effectively
deployed to enable a variety of wireless applications. MobileAccess will showcase its
support for medical applications operating over a variety of wireless
technologies, including Telemetry (WMTS), Wi-Fi and MobileWiMAX, in Booth #1829.
“Communication is a fundamental aspect of decision making
and is essential for enhancing the productivity, accuracy, and ultimately, the
quality of patient care,” said Cathy Zatloukal, president and CEO of
MobileAccess. “We have long understood the power of a universal wireless
infrastructure to transform care giving and have been ahead of the curve in
developing a scalable, future-proof architecture able to meet the diverse needs
of the healthcare market. Now, through strong partnerships and advanced
technology, MobileAccess has become a cornerstone for the wireless hospital.”
Clinicians, patients and visitors expect seamless access to wireless devices and applications throughout hospital facilities. For hospital IT teams, this translates into a clear mandate for deploying proven technology that meets existing needs and provides a painless migration path to future requirements. As a result, MobileAccess and its partners are at the core of a wide array of enterprise-wide deployments for major hospitals including:
Sparrow Health System
in
To
ensure the accessibility, reliability and security of its wireless
infrastructure, Sparrow Health System has commenced installation of Meru
Networks wireless LAN technology and the MobileAccess Universal Wireless
Network throughout the recently built
Powered by MobileAccess and its
Wire-it-Once™ infrastructure, CARESCAPE Enterprise Access enables the hospital
to quickly adapt to emerging wireless requirements and expansions without
disrupting operations or interrupting services. The solution provides reliable
performance for telemetry, cellular phone service, public safety
communications, and radio frequency identification (RFID) over a single,
integrated, wireless platform that enables critical patient data to be securely
coordinated, managed and distributed without the communications failures,
interference or interruptions associated with un-integrated systems.
Seeking a multi-service
infrastructure to support voice and data communications over a variety of
wireless technologies including cellular, Wi-Fi, and Telemetry (WMTS), Hoag
opted to work with Sprint (NYSE:S) and MobileAccess for the installation of a
multi-service wireless network that provides ubiquitous coverage throughout the
511-bed acute care hospital. Sprint leverages the MobileAccess Universal
Wireless Network to provide Hoag Memorial with pervasive, multi-service
in-building and campus-wide wireless coverage for their current and future
mobile applications. The MobileAccess
platform offers reliable, facility-wide access to a full range of wireless
offerings available on the Sprint National Network and Nextel National Network.
To deliver pervasive
coverage for all major wireless operators and to ensure support for cellular
voice and data services, including more than 8,000 internal pagers, 1,100
Blackberry devices, and uncounted visitor cell phones, Florida Hospital selected the MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network for
three hospital sites. With this flexible system in place at three of the seven facilities so far,
About MobileAccess
MobileAccess is a global provider of enterprise wireless solutions that connect
the people and applications that drive business. The MobileAccess Universal
Wireless Network is a platform for delivering multi-service wireless
connectivity in large public venues and facilities such as airports, hospitals,
hotels, manufacturing plants, office buildings and sports venues. With its
advanced Wire-It-Once™ technology, MobileAccess provides facility-wide coverage
for Wireless LAN (WLAN), Mobile WiMAX and public safety radio, among other
wireless services, over a single infrastructure. Thousands of organizations
worldwide rely on MobileAccess to power life saving, time saving and money
saving wireless applications every day. MobileAccess customers include Aladdin
Resort and Casino,
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GE Healthcare Announces Deployment of ApexPro FH Telemetry System
In-building wireless platform and powerful telemetry system support improved, efficient delivery of vital patient information
WAUKESHA, WI, FEBRUARY 19, 2008 ― GE Healthcare announced today that Memorial Hospital North is the first healthcare institution to deploy ApexPro® FH, a spread-spectrum frequency hopping telemetry system, on its CARESCAPE™ Enterprise Access™ in-building wireless platform. The solution provides the hospital with a single, integrated, wireless platform that enables critical patient data to be securely coordinated, managed and distributed without the communications failures, interference or interruptions associated with un-integrated systems.
Opened in April 2007, Memorial Hospital North of Colorado Springs, Colorado showcases a full range of patient-centric innovations, including state-of-the-art operating suites, private patient rooms, medical libraries and high-speed, wireless Internet access for visitors. CARESCAPE Enterprise Access furthers the hospital’s commitment to innovation by providing a secure, comprehensive platform for wireless voice and data communications. Using CARESCAPE Enterprise Access, clinicians can access critical patient information and communicate more effectively which supports better patient care. Powered by MobileAccess and its Wire-it-Once™ infrastructure, CARESCAPE Enterprise Access enables the hospital to quickly adapt to emerging wireless requirements and expansions without disrupting operations or interrupting services.
Memorial Hospital North deployed CARESCAPE Enterprise Access to provide reliable performance for telemetry, cellular phone service, public safety communications, and radio frequency identification (RFID). Recently, Memorial Hospital North added ApexPro FH without disrupting operations or interrupting services. GE’s medical telemetry system provides Memorial North with a large-capacity (up to 640 patients) wireless patient monitoring system with significant protection from signal interference and dropout. The system uses a bi-directional, frequency-hopping, spread-spectrum infrastructure, allowing it to “hop around” the frequency spectrum to help prevent interference. By helping to protect life-critical patient data transmissions from interference, dropout and downtime, the solution supports optimal patient care by helping to support better caregiver communication and productivity.
“As a pioneer in patient-centered innovations, we implemented CARESCAPE Enterprise Access and GE’s medical telemetry system to ensure that we were leveraging the best technology available to support our aggressive patient care objectives,” said Tom Kerwin, chief information officer, Memorial Health System. “We’ve been very pleased with the results. With our CARESCAPE solution, clinicians report that they have easier, faster access to critical patient information, which is helping them respond to patients faster and make better, more informed care decisions. From our perspective, there’s no better outcome.”
Clinicians in high-acuity environments require reliable, uninterrupted access to critical patient information. GE Healthcare is addressing this need with its CARESCAPE portfolio; a new approach to patient monitoring that integrates patient monitoring devices, communications networks and IT systems to provide easy access to patient information from a variety of devices - wireless, desktop or bedside. The CARESCAPE portfolio is intended to help clinicians act earlier in the care process to preserve and improve patient care.
“The CARESCAPE portfolio demonstrates our focus on providing customers with innovative products and services that work together to help clinicians deliver quality patient care,” said David Ataide, Vice President & General Manager of GE Healthcare Monitoring Solutions. “We share Memorial Hospital North’s commitment to superior patient care and are pleased that their experience with CARESCAPE reflects these shared goals.”
ABOUT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NORTH
Memorial Health System is a leading employer and provider of comprehensive health care services in southern Colorado. As a self-supporting city enterprise, Memorial receives no tax subsidy, yet treats everyone regardless of ability to pay. Being locally-owned and operated means all health system revenues are reinvested into the health system and programs to create a healthier community.
In April, 2007, Memorial Health System opened the first new hospital in Colorado Springs in more than 30 years, Memorial Hospital North. A patient-centered environment is central to the design of the new hospital, with a two-story atrium lobby and views of Pikes Peak. Patient-centered medical libraries and wireless, high-speed internet access help guests stay informed and connected. For more information on Memorial Health System, log onto www.memorialhealthsystem.com.
ABOUT GE HEALTHCARE
GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient care. Our expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, performance improvement, drug discovery and biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies is helping clinicians around the world re-imagine new ways to predict, diagnose, inform, treat and monitor disease, so patients can live their lives to the fullest.
GE Healthcare's broad range of products and services enable healthcare providers to better diagnose and treat cancer, heart disease, neurological diseases and other conditions earlier. Our vision for the future is to enable a new “early health” model of care focused on earlier diagnosis, pre-symptomatic disease detection and disease prevention. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, GE Healthcare is a $17 billion unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE). Worldwide, GE Healthcare employs more than 46,000 people committed to serving healthcare professionals and their patients in more than 100 countries. For more information about GE Healthcare, visit our website at www.gehealthcare.com.
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Super Bowl Attendees Score Reliable Wireless Access with MobileAccess
MobileAccess’ Universal Wireless Network supports multiple
wireless services,
devices and applications
used by fans, media, staff and first
responders at the
What: More than 73,000
fans and 3,000 working media attending Super Bowl XLII will have reliable wireless access and Wi-Fi service throughout the 1.7
million square foot state-of-the-art
Who: The MobileAccess
network overcomes the service challenges associated with heavy construction materials that
can impede the flow of radio frequency (RF) signals and degrade the wireless
voice and data services. Dead zones are eliminated and weak signals are
strengthened to ensure reliable communications. MobileAccess’
modular Wire-it-Once™ architecture securely houses access points in the
stadium’s existing wiring closets, delivering wireless voice, data and Wi-Fi
services to discrete antennas throughout the stadium over a single fiber/coax
cabled infrastructure.
When: Super Bowl Sunday, February 3, 2008
MobileAccess was previously deployed at three other Super
Bowl stadiums: Reliant Park in
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Business Communications Review: Bringing Cellular Indoors
While WLAN vendors and early adopters smooth out voice over WiFi systems, some organizations are turning to in-building cellular
MobileAccess Strengthens Global Market Presence with EMEA Sales Headquarters
IT and Telecom Veteran Mario Maas to Head In-Building Wireless Leader’s Business Development in the Region
“This is the ideal time for MobileAccess to bolster its position in EMEA and capture the burgeoning market for advanced in-building solutions in that region,” said Alex Rogers, principal at HarbourVest Partners, a long-standing investor in MobileAccess. “The company has tremendous momentum with a successful growth history, a healthy balance sheet and a differentiated product offering, so conditions are perfect for an aggressive expansion into new markets.”
From its new office in the
“We are focusing on EMEA because a confluence of events is
heightening demand for a flexible wireless infrastructure solution like
ours. The emergence of Mobile WiMAX in
EMEA will accelerate the need for robust in-building wireless coverage. In addition, the development of tall
buildings in Western Europe and the strong economic development in the Middle
East will create a surge in the number of large facilities seeking a
state-of-the-art solution for their critical wireless services and
applications,” said
“Operator strategy, regulatory trends, technology developments,
market dynamics and end-user demand for multiple wireless services are all key
factors in MobileAccess’ decision to accelerate its focus on EMEA,” said
About MobileAccess
MobileAccess is an enterprise wireless innovator that provides a universal
platform for connecting the people and applications that drive business. The
MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network is the key to widespread wireless
connectivity in hospitals, office buildings, public venues and other large-scale
facilities. The company’s intelligent, in-building infrastructure delivers
business-quality performance, scalability, security and signal reliability to
thousands of customers, including Fortune 1000 companies such as Lehman
Brothers and Hearst Corporation, leading healthcare facilities such as
Northwestern Memorial and Clarian Health, as well as many public sector
customers such as Aladdin Resort and Casino, ALLTEL Stadium, American
University and the Oakland International Airport. For more information, visit
www.mobileaccess.com.
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Sprint and MobileAccess Team to Deliver Pervasive, Multi-Service Wireless Connectivity
Businesses Benefit from Universal In-Building and Campus-Wide Access to Wireless Voice and Data Applications
RESTON, Va. and VIENNA, Va. – October 16, 2007 – Today, large enterprises must address the mobile connectivity, communication and collaboration needs of both their road warrior and corridor warrior populations. Sprint (NYSE: S) and MobileAccess are working together to deliver a universal infrastructure for enterprise-wide access to wireless voice and data applications. Sprint is leveraging the MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network to provide businesses, such as Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, with pervasive, multi-service in-building and campus-wide wireless coverage needed for their current and future mobile applications.
“Businesses demand strong wireless coverage not only for Sprint services, but for all their corporate mobile applications and they want it delivered over one seamless communications infrastructure to simplify network management and enhance productivity of employees,” said Darlene Braunschweig, vice president of Custom Network Solutions for Sprint. “By working with MobileAccess, we are able to equip our customers with a single scalable, multi-service infrastructure that provides dependable coverage for all of the wireless data and voice services that drive their cell phones, laptops, public safety radios and future applications.”
Having reliable in-building wireless voice and data applications is no longer a convenience; it is a necessity for increasing corporate productivity and efficiency. Sprint and MobileAccess are offering universal in-building and campus mobile solutions tailored to the needs of customers in education, financial services, healthcare, government, manufacturing, public safety and utilities, among others.
“In-building networks represent a strategic market opportunity for wireless service providers,” said Cathy Zatloukal, president and CEO of MobileAccess. “Desktop and traditional wired communication systems are taking a back seat to wireless devices and applications, creating new and expanded customer opportunities. By teaming up to meet the new wireless needs of the enterprise, Sprint and MobileAccess are laying a state-of-the-art foundation that will address our customers’ technology requirements now and well into the future.”
An example of a business that is benefiting from the joint solution is Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, California. Sprint is using the MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network to provide multi-service wireless coverage throughout the 511-bed acute care, not-for-profit hospital. With this deployment, Sprint offers reliable, facility-wide access to the full range of wireless offerings available on its Nationwide Sprint PCS Network and Nextel National Network, using a multi-service infrastructure. Hoag can support voice and data communications over secure cellular, as well as WiFi and using telemetry infrastructure that requires only one installation. The solution strengthens Hoag’s reputation as a state-of-the-art community hospital because the combined offering enables clinicians, physicians and caregivers to communicate among each other, access patient information throughout its campus, and the reliable wireless coverage allows hospital visitors to communicate more effectively and with ease.
Sprint is a leader in providing enhanced in-building and campus-wide network consulting, integration and fixed mobile convergence solutions. Sprint designs, deploys and maintains wireless networks and mobility solutions that deliver the productivity and efficiency of voice and data communications to virtually anywhere a business and their employees need them. The Custom Network Solutions team at Sprint offers 24/7 technical support and manages all stages of the customer deployment process, from the initial requirements assessment through installation and deployment with consultant-grade methods, procedures and tools. For more information about Sprint CNS, please visit www.sprint.com/cns.
About Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including two robust wireless networks serving 54 million customers at the end of the second quarter 2007; industry-leading mobile data services; instant national and international walkie-talkie capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. For more information, visit www.sprint.com.
About MobileAccess
MobileAccess is an enterprise wireless innovator that provides a universal platform for connecting the people and applications that drive business. The MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network is the key to widespread wireless connectivity in hospitals, office buildings, public venues and other large-scale facilities. The company’s intelligent, in-building infrastructure delivers business-quality performance, scalability, security and signal reliability to more than 1000 customers, including Fortune 1000 companies such as Lehman Brothers and Hearst Corporation, leading healthcare facilities such as Northwestern Memorial and Clarian Health, as well as many public sector customers such as Aladdin Resort and Casino, ALLTEL Stadium, American University, and the Oakland International Airport. For more information, visit www.mobileaccess.com.
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MobileAccess CEO to Participate in Mobile WiMAX Panel at Interop
Cathy Zatloukal to Discuss the Considerations for Bringing Mobile WiMAX Indoors
WHO: Cathy Zatloukal, President and CEO, MobileAccess
WHAT: Panel discussion about Mobile WiMAX
WHEN: Thursday, October 25, 2007 from 2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. ET
WHERE: Interop New York 2007, The Javits Center, New York, NY
The panel, which will be moderated by David Strom, president, David Strom Inc., will focus on the issues and concerns associated with the upcoming Mobile WiMAX network rollout. The session will also explore the best practices for implementing Mobile WiMAX and explore its relationship with Wi-Fi and cellular services.
Cathy Zatloukal will discuss how enterprises can prepare for the coming Mobile WiMax network rollout. In particular, she will explain how to meet end-user expectations of ubiquitous high-quality service by maintaining consistently strong coverage throughout public venues and other large facilities such as airports, casinos, hospitals, hotels, office buildings, shopping malls and sports stadiums. Cathy will also discuss methods for providing highly-scalable, high-speed access to a variety of state-of-the-art mobile applications, including localized personal information alerts, streaming audio/videoconferencing, content on demand and advanced mobile commerce.
Any media or analysts interested in speaking with Cathy Zatloukal should contact David Resnic or Erin Zwirn of Schwartz Communications at either 781-684-0770 or mobileaccess@schwartz-pr.com.
About Cathy Zatloukal
With almost 20 years of management and engineering experience in the telecommunications industry, Cathy Zatloukal brings a unique set of skills to her leadership position with MobileAccess. She joined the company in 2000 as President, and led the company to its current position as a leading provider of converged wireless enterprise networks. Cathy’s performance with MobileAccess led her to be promoted to the CEO position in late 2003, where she now oversees all domestic and international activities. Prior to joining MobileAccess, Cathy served as general manager for wireless office operations at Hughes Network Systems, a Hughes Electronics Corporation company. She also has 14 years of senior technical and product management experience at AT&T/Lucent.
About MobileAccess
MobileAccess is an enterprise wireless innovator that provides a universal platform for connecting the people and applications that drive business. The MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network is the key to widespread wireless connectivity in hospitals, office buildings, public venues and other large-scale facilities. The company's intelligent, in-building infrastructure delivers business-quality performance, scalability, security and signal reliability to thousands of customers, including Fortune 1000 companies such as Lehman Brothers and Hearst Corporation, leading healthcare facilities such as Northwestern Memorial and Clarian Health, as well as many public sector customers such as Aladdin Resort and Casino, ALLTEL Stadium, American University and the Oakland International Airport. For more information, visit www.mobileaccess.com.
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MobileAccess Brings WiMAX Indoors with First Integrated MIMO Product Release
First In-Building WiMAX Solution of Its Kind Will Spur Early Adoption by Reducing Deployment Costs
CHICAGO (WiMAX World) — September 24, 2007—MobileAccess,
the foremost enterprise wireless innovator, today announced that its award-winning,
multi-service in-building wireless solution is now WiMAX-ready with a MIMO
product introduction. The innovative solution aims to change the economics of
WiMAX and spur early adoption by providing the highest business-quality indoor
WiMAX performance and reducing deployment costs by up to 50 percent. The first
in-building WiMAX solution of its kind, the MobileAccess WiMAX module
seamlessly integrates with the company’s Universal Wireless Network to provide
a plug-and-play solution that delivers WiMAX services over existing
MobileAccess deployments. At the same time, it is well suited for the thousands
of deployments planned by Mobile WiMAX operators around the world.
Mobile WiMAX will enable an array of new applications that
will transform business. As users
prepare for its availability, MobileAccess will meet their expectations of
ubiquitous high-quality service by maintaining consistently strong coverage
throughout public venues and other large buildings such as airports, casinos, hospitals,
hotels, office buildings, shopping malls and sports stadiums. The newly enhanced
Universal Wireless Network solution overcomes the physical limitations of
conventional building infrastructures and provides highly-scalable, high-speed access
to a variety of state-of-the-art applications enabled by Mobile WiMAX,
including localized personal information alerts, streaming
audio/videoconferencing, content on demand and advanced mobile commerce.
“The focus on WiMAX up to now has been on fixed solutions that
provide only last mile connectivity to the home,” said Cathy Zatloukal, CEO of
MobileAccess. “However, carriers have made great strides toward rolling out Mobile
WiMAX. Our new solution will be instrumental in bringing the services inside
buildings because it eliminates the need for customers to install a cabled
infrastructure dedicated to supporting WiMAX. With our Universal Wireless
Network, they can tap the potential of 4G speeds and services when and where
they will need it.”
The new solution enables existing MobileAccess customers to
seamlessly add the Mobile WiMAX module into their telecom closets and turn on new
wireless services over their existing Universal Wireless Network. New customers of MobileAccess’ flexible
fiber/coax-based in-building wireless solution can just as easily add Mobile
WiMAX capabilities, in addition to other wireless services such as cellular
voice, public safety radio, wireless LAN and wireless medical telemetry, over
the same shared infrastructure.
“MobileAccess’ WiMAX solution enables current customers such
as Akridge to have an instant migration path to next-generation wireless services,
such as building automation, without the need for an infrastructure overhaul or
new cabling,” said Tommy Russo, director of information technology for Akridge
Real Estate Services. “This capability will allow MobileAccess customers in the
multi-tenant building and retail markets to continue to reap the financial and
operational benefits of a well-coordinated infrastructure approach that
supports the growing spectrum of wireless services.”
“Mobile WiMAX will offer myriad benefits to the education
market,” said Hassan Marvi, director of technology operations at
To learn more about MobileAccess’ Mobile WiMAX capabilities,
visit booth 763 at the WiMAX World Conference. The event is being held at
About MobileAccess
MobileAccess is an enterprise wireless innovator that provides a universal
platform for connecting the people and applications that drive business. The
MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network is the key to widespread wireless
connectivity in hospitals, office buildings, public venues and other
large-scale facilities. The company's intelligent, in-building infrastructure
delivers business-quality performance, scalability, security and signal
reliability to thousands of customers, including Fortune 1000 companies such as
Lehman Brothers and Hearst Corporation, leading healthcare facilities such as
Northwestern Memorial and Clarian Health, as well as many public sector
customers such as Aladdin Resort and Casino, ALLTEL Stadium, American
University and the Oakland International Airport. For more information, visit www.mobileaccess.com.
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MobileAccess Joins WiMAX Forum
Enterprise Wireless Innovator Supports Future Development of Mobile WiMAX Technology
CHICAGO (WiMax World)—September 24, 2007— MobileAccess, the leading provider of in-building universal wireless solutions, today announced that it has joined the WiMAX Forum®, an industry-led non-profit organization committed to promoting and certifying interoperable WiMAX™ products. MobileAccess, which had earlier announced Mobile WiMAX MIMO support on its Universal Wireless Network, delivers a single, flexible, highly scalable broadband infrastructure for in-building deployments of wireless services.
The WiMAX Forum is dedicated to supporting a standards-based, common platform that fosters rapid innovation of interoperable products. The collaboration promoted through forum membership is designed to drive price and performance levels for new components and services not achievable with proprietary solutions. WiMAX technology is designed to assist service providers across global markets distribute economical broadband data, voice and video services to both residential and business customers.
“As part of the WiMAX Forum, MobileAccess is working with other key industry members to ensure the interoperability of Mobile WiMAX solutions and to cost effectively accelerate the rollout of new networks,” said Cathy Zatloukal, CEO of MobileAccess. “The key to the success of Mobile WiMAX will be pervasive in-building support for services and applications. Our goal in joining the WiMAX Forum is to ensure we are working in synch with the industry to deliver high quality, seamless in-building Mobile WiMAX solutions to drive adoption across a myriad of enterprises and venues.”
About WiMAX Forum®
The WiMAX Forum® is an industry-led, not-for-profit organization formed to
certify and promote the compatibility and interoperability of broadband
wireless products based upon the harmonized IEEE 802.16/ETSI HiperMAN standard.
A WiMAX Forum goal is to accelerate the introduction of these systems into the
marketplace. WiMAX Forum Certified products are interoperable and support
broadband fixed, nomadic, portable and mobile services. Along these lines, the
WiMAX Forum works closely with service providers and regulators to ensure that WiMAX
Forum Certified systems meet customer and government requirements. Through the
WiMAX Forum Global Congress Events Series of premier trade shows and
conferences, the WiMAX Forum is committed to offering a hands-on business and
education experience with meaningful networking opportunities to drive
worldwide adoption of WiMAX technology and deliver wireless broadband Internet
services anytime, anywhere. For more information, visit the trade show link at
www.wimaxforum.org.
"WiMAX Forum" is a registered trademark of the WiMAX Forum.
"WiMAX," the WiMAX Forum logo, "WiMAX Forum Certified" and
the WiMAX Forum Certified logo are trademarks of the WiMAX Forum. All other
trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.
About MobileAccess
MobileAccess is an enterprise wireless innovator that provides a universal
platform for connecting the people and applications that drive business. The
MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network is the key to widespread wireless
connectivity in hospitals, office buildings, public venues and other
large-scale facilities. The company's intelligent, in-building infrastructure
delivers business-quality performance, scalability, security and signal
reliability to thousands of customers, including Fortune 1000 companies such as
Lehman Brothers and Hearst Corporation, leading healthcare facilities such as
Northwestern Memorial and Clarian Health, as well as many public sector
customers such as Aladdin Resort and Casino, ALLTEL Stadium, American University
and the Oakland International Airport. For more information, visit
www.mobileaccess.com.
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MobileAccess to Present at IIR's In-Building Solutions Middle Eastern Summit
Session to Focus on Future Proofing In-Building Wireless Solutions for Mobile Technologies
“With the modern building boom underway
in
The session, to be delivered by
Earlier this fall, MobileAccess opened
an office in the
About MobileAccess
MobileAccess is a global provider
of enterprise wireless solutions that connect the people and applications that
drive business. The MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network is a platform for
delivering multi-service wireless connectivity in large public venues and
facilities such as airports, hospitals, hotels, manufacturing plants, office
buildings and sports venues. With its advanced Wire-It-Once™ technology,
MobileAccess provides facility-wide coverage for Wireless LAN (WLAN), Mobile
WiMAX and public safety radio, among other wireless services, over a single
infrastructure. Thousands of organizations worldwide rely on MobileAccess to
power life saving, time saving and money saving wireless applications every
day. MobileAccess customers include Aladdin Resort and Casino, ALLTEL Stadium, Clarian
Health, Ford Field, Grande Lakes Orlando, Hearst Corporation, Lehman Brothers,
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GE Healthcare and Sprint Deliver Enhanced Wireless Connectivity to Hospitals Across North America
Patients, Visitors and Care Providers Benefit from Secure, Reliable Voice and Data Communications
WAUKESHA, WI, and Reston, VA, August 14, 2007 ― Uninterrupted communication within a hospital is a
requirement for physicians, patients and visitors and is essential to quality
care. Sprint (NYSE: S) and GE Healthcare
announced today their collaboration to provide in-building wireless
communications services to hospitals in
Historically,
the use of mobile phones in hospitals has been limited due to unreliable
wireless support and the risk of interference between wireless phones and
medical equipment. Using the new combined offering, physicians and caregivers
will be able to communicate amongst each other and securely access patient
information from almost anywhere in the facility.
The new
in-building cellular communications network from GE Healthcare and Sprint’s
Custom Network Solution (CNS) team leverages GE’s CARESCAPE™ Enterprise Access™,
a single, universal wireless platform powered by MobileAccess, and includes
Sprint handsets. This solution will
provide hospitals with a comprehensive platform for voice and data
communications over secure cellular, Wi-Fi and telemetry infrastructure that
requires only one installation. Using the combined offering, clinicians,
patients and hospital visitors can communicate more efficiently and with ease.
“Sprint CNS provides scalable
coverage and a high-capacity platform for wireless voice and data services on
the Sprint National Network and Nextel National Network, enhancing the mobility
and productivity of staff at hospitals and other businesses,” says Darlene
Braunschweig, vice president of CNS at Sprint. “We are very excited to partner
with GE Healthcare to provide differentiated and innovative mobile solutions
that are critical for every business. This new solution facilitates constant
communication of secure information amongst hospital staff; an aspect very
critical to patient care.”
GE CARESCAPE Enterprise Access, built on