Aether Systems Signs Wireless Mobile Data Contracts With Sheriffs Offices in Oklahoma and Tennessee.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers OWINGS MILLS, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2001 Sheriffs Offices Plan to Link Mobile Government Communication System With Neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. Towns and Cities Aether aether: see ether, in physics and astronomy. Aether god of whole atmosphere. [Gk. Myth.: Jobes, 42] See : Air Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:AETH), a leading provider of wireless data products and services, has announced that Sheriffs Offices in the states of Oklahoma and Tennessee Tennessee, state, United States Tennessee (tĕn`əsē', tĕn'əsē`), state in the south-central United States. have purchased the company's flagship mobile law enforcement product, PacketCluster(R) Patrol(TM). The Sheriffs Offices plan to use the wireless data system to mobilize mo·bi·lize v. 1. To make mobile or capable of movement. 2. To restore the power of motion to a joint. 3. To release into the body, as glycogen from the liver. their own departments as well as to share information with other county agencies and area Police Departments. "Sheriffs Offices are often responsible for public safety across entire counties, and need to coordinate their efforts with other agencies. PacketCluster(R) Patrol provides these Sheriffs Offices with the ability to share essential law enforcement information in real-time with neighboring agencies and jurisdictions," said Dave Rosi, Vice President, Mobile Government division, Aether Systems. "By using Aether's mobile law enforcement product, forward thinking departments such as Oklahoma County and Knox County There are nine counties named Knox County in the United States, all apparently named after Henry Knox:
Officers will use PacketCluster to broadcast key announcements across a county's entire wireless data network. For example, if a child is missing in one department's jurisdiction, a description of the child is broadcast to agencies across the county so that all officers are on the lookout for in search of; looking for. See also: Lookout the child. If one jurisdiction has the description of a suspect fleeing the scene of a robbery, an officer can silently communicate that description to other departments so that the information cannot be heard over radio scanners. Oklahoma County The Oklahoma County Sheriffs Office in Oklahoma City Oklahoma City (1990 pop. 444,719), state capital, and seat of Oklahoma co., central Okla., on the North Canadian River; inc. 1890. The state's largest city, it is an important livestock market, a wholesale, distribution, industrial, and financial center, and a farm , Ok., looked to Aether's wireless data solution to mobilize its department. Once the system is deployed, Oklahoma County anticipates using it for regional disaster coordination and many messaging functions. Real-time critical information can be sent from car-to-car to Oklahoma County deputies and to officers in surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. agencies. Oklahoma County anticipates that Aether's wireless data solution will continue to incorporate future technology. "In the future, we'd like to link our system to the neighboring cities of Norman and Edmond as well as other agencies in the metropolitan Oklahoma City area," said Sheriff John Whetsel. "Once all systems are connected, we'll be able to coordinate our efforts and resource deployment during regional disasters and any other emergency situations." Knox County The Knox County Sheriffs Office, located in Tennessee, replaced its previous mobile information system with Aether's PacketCluster Patrol. Aether's product will allow Knox County to share information with both the City of Knoxville's Police Department and neighboring Blount County Blount County is the name of two counties in the United States:
"Aether's ability to provide connectivity between Knox County and several surrounding agencies and its reasonable cost and overall value made it the right choice for us," said Knox County Sheriff Tim Hutchison Tim Hutchinson is an Australian Rules Football player. He is a 196cm (6' 4½") development long term ruckman and key forward for the Kangaroos. Hutchison had groin problems in 2005 after playing for Port Adelaide Magpies and only managed to play in two games for the season . "The open architecture of the PacketCluster products leaves the door open for us to incorporate future technologies such as barcode readers See bar code reader. and digital imaging. When you couple the product quality with the support we received from Aether, the choice was clear." About Aether Systems, Mobile Government Aether's Mobile Government division provides market leading mobile computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings products for the public sector. Aether created the division following the acquisitions of Cerulean ce·ru·le·an adj. Azure; sky-blue. [From Latin caeruleus, dark blue; akin to caelum, sky.] Noun 1. Technology, Inc.(R) and Sunpro Corporation. The Cerulean product line is designed to meet the needs of the mobile law enforcement community and the Sunpro product line is designed to meet the needs of fire and EMS communities. These products are used by more than 2,700 public safety agencies across law enforcement and fire/EMS. Aether's Mobile Government division also plans to offer additional wireless mobile applications to meet the needs of other segments of the public sector, across federal, state and local agencies. For more information, call 1-800-400-6311. About Aether Systems, Inc. Aether Systems helps enterprise customers improve efficiency and profitability by providing the services, software and support necessary to extend existing and future business applications from the desktop to any wireless device. Through Aether Fusion(TM), Aether's wireless enabling technology foundation, Aether develops, deploys and manages wireless solutions built on industry standard technology and backed by Aether's expertise in wireless hosting, software and services. Aether provides the business world with a single source for reliable, scalable and cost effective wireless solutions. For more information, please visit www.aethersystems.com. PacketCluster is a registered trademark of Cerulean Technology, Inc. This press release includes forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. based on current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions about Aether that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the ability of Aether to successfully develop the products and services described in this release. These risks and other risk factors are described in Aether's most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Aether undertakes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements contained in this press release. |
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