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"The ability to
crosslink these systems has eliminated the middleman and the
time-consuming process of fumbling for gadgetry," said Huppe.----The Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) rules for the Unlicensed Personal
Communications Services (U-PCS ) band at 1920 - 1930 MHz will change as
of April 5, 2005. UTAM is an open industry organization pledged
to relocate incumbents presently operating in the 1910-1930 MHz band.

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The lower 5 MHz were allocated to Nextel in a swap of spectrum
at 800 MHZ and the upper 5 MHz was allocated to Advanced Wireless
Services (AWS) and will be auctioned off in the months ahead.

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As part
of the re-allocation ruling, the FCC also modified some of the Part 15
rules to accommodate other industry standards, such as DECT to operate
in the 1920 - 1930 MHz portion of the UPCS band.

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"SmartLink's building block approach to
networking and interoperability provides a seamless migration to new
technology, the elimination of a single point of failure, support of
mutual aid throughout the region and the foundation for future
expansion within the community .

SmartLink provides public safety, critical infrastructure, and
commercial markets with a cost-effective and highly flexible
software-defined network switch platform.
With the changes that take place on April 5th the UTAM procedures will
also sunset.
UTAM is responsible for overseeing the deployment of U-PCS devices and
to coordinate the relocation of the incumbent microwave facilities .

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The current Clearing Fees will be reduced from $20. All products
shipped after April 5, 2005 will pay the new $0. To date, 99% of
the microwave links have been relocated.

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"We were delighted to partner with Manchester Fire-Rescue-EMS to
provide a new two-way radio system that meets their operational and
financial requirements," said Tom Lambalot, president and CEO of
SmartLink Radio Networks . With the sunset of the rules that require users of
the band to insure that they do not interfere with point-to-point
microwave incumbents that were operating in the band, the band will
become open for a myriad of products designed for unlicensed uses. We also anticipate several new lower cost handsets to
be introduced by existing manufacturers that can leverage current
volumes and designs shipped throughout Europe.

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UTAM Announces Substantial Fee Reduction for U-PCS Product Deployments

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The SmartLink solution
supports full-featured multi -site conventional and trunked networking,
as well as interoperability of disparate radio systems , irrespective
of frequencies or protocol.J.00 to $0. to insure that any product deployments in the band would
not cause any harmful interference and to manage the collection of
fees in order to pay for the cost of the relocation.
These changes do not impact the amount of spectrum available for the
types of U-PCS products deployed to date.

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, a supplier of two-way radio
networking and interoperability solutions, today announced that it has
implemented a radio interoperability solution for Manchester
Fire-Rescue-EMS (MFRE) in Manchester, Connecticut.

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The SmartLink system provides interoperability with the
surrounding Hartford County fire systems on low band VHF and seamless
mutual aid throughout the capital region with the 800 MHz system of
the 8th Utility District's stand-alone fire station.S."

About SmartLink Radio Networks Inc. Implementation of a SmartLink system
leverages existing communications infrastructure and allows seamless
migration to future industry and defacto standards.
Given the impact of the FCC rule changes, UTAM has announced a
reduction in UTAM fees associated with clearing the band for U-PCS
use. All existing U-PCS systems
that operate in the 1920 - 1930 MHz band remain unaffected and more
importantly the band remains committed to existing enterprise and
upcoming residential U-PCS products.

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SmartLink Interoperability in Action

During a recent two-alarm fire in Manchester's 8th district, the
SmartLink system allowed officials to simultaneously announce an
evacuation command to both MFRE and the 8th Utility District as the
dangerous situation rapidly escalated. Products will only have to comply with the FCC Part 15
rules for unlicensed devices, however manufacturers will still have to
pay a clearing fee for use of the band.

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These FCC rule changes have made the 1920 - 1930 MHz band very
attractive for new and existing enterprise multi-cell manufacturers as
well as numerous new residential single cell manufacturers.
The FCC also recently announced the re-allocation of the
asynchronous unused portion of the Unlicensed PCS band (1910 - 1920
MHz).

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Allows MFRE to Migrate to New Communications System
Cost-Effectively; Interoperability Proves Value in Recent
Multi-Agency Fire Response

SmartLink Radio Networks Inc. Additionally,
SmartLink's platform gives MFRE the ability to communicate with every
school in the city as well as Manchester Memorial Hospital.
The project was subsidized by a grant made possible by the
Firefighters Investment and Response Enhancement (FIRE) Act. To manage the
transition, UTAM established a product certification process designed
to insure that products would not cause any interference and also
required manufacturers to enter product deployments into a data base.org /

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SmartLink's softswitch-based solution consists of a new UHF system
located at the Manchester Police Department's tower site."
The U-PCS band was allocated by the FCC in 1995 for use by
unlicensed devices, however, in order for the band to be utilized,
over 1,200 point-to-point microwave links had to be relocated. The actual FCC ruling
and changes to the Part 15 rules can be viewed at the following URL:
http://hraunfoss.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-04-219A1.

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At this instant, cross-linked
communication between responders on top of and in the burning building
was not possible with the previous legacy VHF network. The
Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program is administered by the U.

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"In a
situation as dangerous and unpredictable as a fire, the value of
instant communication is immeasurable.com

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The system architecture is both flexible
and scalable and provides customers a choice of "best in class" RF
technologies and vendors.

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Manchester Fire-Rescue -EMS Chooses SmartLink Radio Networks Inc. Platform for Interoperable Radio Communications

smrlink . In addition, manufacturers
will be assessed a one time fee of $50K to help offset a portion of
the expense UTAM has incurred in clearing the band.

About UTAM

UTAM is a non-profit agency designated by the Federal
Communications Commission to oversee frequency coordination in the
Unlicensed PCS spectrum.
For more information, visit http://www.

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This discrete system supports special
events within the community, such as the Fourth of July celebration
and the Thanksgiving Road Race, which attract tens of thousands of
visitors. According
to Mike Stima, Managing Director of UTAM, "with these FCC rule changes
and the resulting reduced UTAM fees , we fully expect numerous
manufacturers to enter the market with exciting new products for
residential use.

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MFRE chose
SmartLink to support communications throughout the 60,000-person
community because of its interoperability, flexibility and
cost-effectiveness. "With SmartLink's assistance, we
obtained a grant and implemented a comprehensive radio networking and
interoperability solution that required minimal upfront costs and
allows future integration with the communication systems of
surrounding communities and other Manchester organizations. To provide a
migratory path from VHF to UHF, MFRE 's legacy VHF system was
integrated into the SmartLink network, and now serves as a redundant
backup to the primary system. For more
information, contact us or visit www. Those not relocated by the
April 5, 2005 date will become secondary users.

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"Communications issues contribute to a large majority of
firefighter deaths each year, so it was critical for the SmartLink
system to be as seamless as possible," said Dan Huppe, battalion
chief, Manchester Fire-Rescue-EMS. MFRE can
provide incident commanders at those locations with information about
situations several minutes before responding to fire alarms, medical
emergencies and bomb threats.
Fire Administration (USFA), part of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA), and assists rural, urban and suburban fire departments
throughout the United States.pdf.

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per radiating unit effective April 5, 2005. To
manage this transition, the FCC appointed a frequency coordinator,
UTAM, Inc.