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CDC Deploys MobileAccess Universal Wireless Solution At Renovated Campus Headquarters

Facility Leveraging Best-of-Breed Technology to Increase Convenience and Productivity of CDC Workers

Vienna, Virginia – December 5, 2005 – MobileAccess Networks, an enterprise wireless innovator, announced today that the company’s Universal Wireless Network has been installed at the newly constructed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) campus in Atlanta, Ga. The MobileAccess solution provides seamless coverage for multiple wireless applications and services, including mobile phones, BlackBerry® devices, PDAs and Wi-Fi for over 600,000 square feet, which includes 19 floors in multiple buildings.

Totaling $1.5 billion, the rebuilt CDC campus enables the agency to house many of its 9,000 employees at a secure, modern facility that combines leading-edge technology and pragmatic creature comforts. As part of the renovation project, the MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network provides a next-generation platform that delivers connectivity for a broad range of wireless technologies throughout the campus to promote increased convenience and productivity for CDC workers. In keeping with the facility’s progressive outlook, the MobileAccess solution features flexible and scalable common infrastructure that accommodates today’s multi-service wireless needs yet readily adapts to the agency’s evolving future requirements.

The MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network is ideally suited to address CDC’s cost and capability requirements. By deploying best-of-breed technology solutions like MobileAccess, CDC is not only being fiscally responsible, but capable of providing real benefits to its employees, who in turn can work more efficiently and effectively.

“The MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network is the solution of choice for customers who require seamless in-building wireless connectivity, the flexibility to support a broad range of wireless technologies, and the investment protection of a future-proof platform that adapts and scales to meet evolving wireless requirements,” said Cathy Zatloukal, president and CEO of MobileAccess. “MobileAccess is honored to play a vital role in supporting the thousands of CDC employees tasked with protecting health and safety.”

About Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the 13 major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is the principal agency in the United States government for protecting the health and safety of all Americans and for providing essential human services, especially for those people who are least able to help themselves. Since it was founded in 1946 to help control malaria, CDC has remained at the forefront of public health efforts to prevent and control infectious and chronic diseases, injuries, workplace hazards, disabilities, and environmental health threats. Today, CDC is globally recognized for conducting research and investigations and for its action oriented approach. CDC applies research and findings to improve people’s daily lives and responds to health emergencies—something that distinguishes CDC from its peer agencies.

About MobileAccess Networks

MobileAccess Networks (www.mobileaccess.com) is an enterprise wireless innovator that provides a universal platform for connecting the people and applications that drive business. The company’s intelligent infrastructure is the cornerstone for the rapidly evolving wireless workplace. With unmatched technology and expertise, MobileAccess takes the risk out of going wireless. The MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network, which has been deployed in more than 1000 hospitals, enterprises, public venues and other large-scale facilities, delivers business-quality performance, scalability, security and reliability. It also enables customers to leverage their wireless devices (cell phones, BlackBerry devices, PDAs, laptops, 2-way radios) and applications wherever necessary to conduct their business more efficiently and cost effectively.