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Grayson Wireless Announces Contracts To Supply Wireless 911 Location Systems to Additional Carriers
Dobson Cellular and Eloqui Wireless Will Purchase Geometrix(R)
Systems to Provide Accurate Emergency Caller Location Information to Public Safety Agencies
BEACHWOOD, Ohio, Jan 7, 2003 - Grayson Wireless, a division of Allen Telecom Inc. (NYSE:
ALN), today announced that Dobson Cellular Systems and Eloqui Wireless have signed agreements to purchase Grayson's Geometrix(R) E911
wireless caller location system. Grayson systems will be installed in selected Dobson and Eloqui markets to provide 911 public safety agencies
with accurate caller location information on wireless calls to 911. Grayson will be the exclusive supplier of wireless 911 caller location systems
for the carriers.
The Geometrix systems to be provided under the contracts will be compatible with the TDMA (digital) and AMPS (analog) wireless network
technologies currently used by the carriers. As the carriers transition to future wireless technologies, including 3G, the Geometrix location
systems will be updated with new software to maintain compatibility. Dobson Cellular plans to overlay its current TDMA networks with
GSM/GPRS over the next two years. As Dobson implements GSM/GPRS, the Grayson location systems will be upgraded and will support
both the current and replacement network technologies and customer handsets. Similarly, Eloqui Wireless plans to convert its network from
TDMA to a new digital standard, and the Grayson location system will transition with this change, simultaneously supporting both legacy and
replacement operations.
Grayson's Geometrix system is compatible with all wireless technologies in use in the U.S. Geometrix is a network-based system that can locate
wireless 911 callers without the need to modify or replace customers' handsets. The systems to be provided under the contracts will help the
carriers meet new Federal Communication Commission Phase II E911 wireless caller location regulations. The Grayson location system
determines the position of 911 callers and automatically forwards the caller location information to public safety agencies that receive 911 calls.
The Grayson location systems will allow Dobson and Eloqui to provide locations of wireless 911 callers to emergency response centers, called
Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP), that are equipped to receive such information. Dobson and Eloqui customers and roamers will be able
to continue using their existing handsets and current 911 calling procedures. To maintain caller privacy, Geometrix systems are designed to
provide location information only when a caller initiates a 911 call. Geometrix systems are scalable for both large and small applications and are
suited to both urban and rural operations. Grayson has received recognition for its effective efforts to provide a 911 caller location solution for
all segments of the wireless market. During the past 12 months, Grayson's 911 location systems have been installed in nearly 4,500 wireless cell
sites for a variety of large and small wireless carriers. The Grayson systems already in service provide 911 caller location data for approximately
200 PSAPs.
Grayson Wireless ( www.geometrix911.com ), a division of Allen Telecom Inc., designs, builds, and markets the Geometrix system, a
state-of-the-art, scalable, cost-effective, network overlay solution intended to allow carriers to meet the FCC's stringent Phase II requirements
for wireless E911 caller location. Geometrix was the first Phase II-compliant wireless location system to be placed into commercial service and
is the market leader in network-based location systems. Geometrix works with the CDMA, GSM, TDMA, AMPS, and iDEN wireless
technologies, and is compatible with existing wireless phones in use in the United States. In addition to meeting FCC E911 requirements,
Geometrix can also provide caller-locating support for a wide variety of location-based value-added services.
About Allen Telecom
Allen Telecom Inc. ( http://www.allentele.com ) is a leading supplier of wireless equipment to the global telecommunications infrastructure
market. Grayson Wireless supplies measurement and signal processing systems for testing the performance of a wireless network,
network-based wireless caller geolocation systems for E911 and value added services. FOREM supplies sophisticated filters, duplexers,
combiners, amplifiers and microwave radios to an array of OEM customers. MIKOM focuses on providing repeaters, in- building systems and
other products that enhance both the coverage and the capacity of a wireless system. Tekmar Sistemi provides integrated low power fiber optic
and cable distributed antenna systems for indoor coverage systems. Decibel Products and Antenna Specialists manufacture land based and
mobile antennas in frequency bands that cover all of the traditional wireless networks. Comsearch offers program management, network
planning, engineering, development and installation of wireless networks worldwide.
About Dobson Cellular Systems
Dobson Cellular Systems, owned by Dobson Communications Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: DCEL), is one of the largest providers of
rural and suburban wireless communications systems in the United States. Dobson began providing wireless telephone services in 1990 in
Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle. Dobson has rapidly expanded its wireless operations with an acquisition strategy targeting rural and
suburban areas, which have a significant number of potential customers with substantial needs for wireless communications. As of September
30, 2002, Dobson's wireless systems covered a population of approximately 6.4 million and had approximately 748,900 subscribers. Dobson
Cellular Systems serves markets in portions of Alaska, Arizona, California, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and West Virginia.
About Eloqui Wireless
Eloqui Wireless is owned and operated by Tennessee RSA No. 3 Limited Partnership and based in Knoxville, TN. In operation since 1991, the
partnership's goal through Eloqui is to provide the customers of 15 middle and east Tennessee counties with unequalled customer service,
superior coverage and the latest wireless technology. Counties served by Eloqui Wireless include Campbell, Claiborne, Clay, Cumberland,
Fentress, Hancock, Jackson, Macon, Morgan, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Roane, Scott, and Trousdale.
Statements included in this press release, which are not historical in nature, are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward- looking statements regarding the Company's future performance
and financial results are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the
forward- looking statements. Factors that could cause the Company's actual results to materially differ from forward-looking statements made
by the Company, include, among others, the cost, success and timetable for new product development, including, for example, products for 3G,
E911 and power amplification; the cost and outcome of pending litigation, including, for example, a lawsuit filed by a competitor in the E911
geolocation business claiming infringement by the Company of intellectual property rights; the health and economic stability of the world and
national markets; the cost and availability of capital and financing to the Company and its customers; the uncertain timing and level of purchases
of both current products and those under development for current and prospective customers of the Company's products and services; the
impact of competitive products and pricing in the Company's markets; the impact of U.S. and foreign government legislative/regulatory actions,
including, for example, the scope and timing of E911 geolocation requirements in the U.S. markets and spectrum availability and licensing for
new wireless applications; and, the cost, timing and availability of personnel, facilities, materials and vendors required for the Company's current
and future products. Allen Telecom Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q may contain additional details
concerning these factors.
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