Ascom Completes Industry's First Comprehensive ROI Study On ``Smart Integration'' for Hospitals.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Ascom(R) Wireless Solutions Inc. is pleased to announce that they have just completed and published the industry's first comprehensive ROI study demonstrating the benefits of integrating multiple hospital systems with Ascom wireless communication solutions.

The study clearly demonstrates the value of "Smart Integration" with the Ascom wireless solution by showing improvements in staff efficiency, helping ensure patient safety and satisfaction as well as increasing employee morale. Ascom engaged X-Future Consulting Group AB, a Swedish-based industrial engineering consulting firm that specializes in workflow analysis and productivity improvement services to lead the data collection and analysis efforts.

"We are pleased to have fact-based data that substantiates the real savings and benefits that can be derived through Smart Integration with multiple hospital systems, says Tom McKearney, Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Ascom Wireless Solutions, Inc. "We now have a model that hospitals can use to clearly predict and articulate the enormous benefits and savings that can be expected by each department within the hospital."

This study was performed at Sampson Regional Medical Center in Clinton, NC. SRMC has fully deployed and integrated the complete Ascom communication solution package with the hospitals MEDITECH HCIS Order Entry and LIS module, as well as their Rauland-Borg nurse call system, Johnson Controls building management system, Edwards Systems Technology smoke and fire alarm system and will soon add their Philips patient monitoring system. All of these system integrations have provided incomparable value to both administration and clinical staff within the hospital. Ascom is also actively working with Agfa on a RIS/PACS integration for SRMC.

The study is available for download on the Ascom Wireless Solutions at website at www.ascomwireless.com.

About Ascom Wireless Solutions, Inc. (AWS)

Ascom(R) Wireless Solutions (AWS) is the Americas' market leading provider of on-site wireless communication solutions, bringing smart integration to existing systems which enables greater freedom of movement, better service and increased safety in the workplace. Based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, AWS is a part of the Swiss Ascom Group, an international solution provider with comprehensive technological know-how specializing in Wireless Solutions (high-value on-site communications solutions) and Security Solutions (applications for security, communication, automation and control systems for infrastructure operators, public security institutions and the army).