Bennett Joins Maritime Telecommunications Network as VP of Technical Services.Business Editors/Technology Writers MIRAMAR, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2000 Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN MTN A short-form for Medium Term Note. MTN Medium term notes issued by corporations, much like shorter-term commercial paper. MTN See medium-term note (MTN). ), the leader in maritime communications and a subsidiary of ATC ATC Air Traffic Control ATC Average Total Cost ATC Certified Athletic Trainer ATC At the Center (Hartford, Maine retreat center) ATC Applied Technology Council ATC All Things Considered Teleports Inc., today announced that Ronald Bennett has joined the company as Vice President of Technical Services. He will report to Sr. VP and General Manager Bradford Briggs and will serve on MTN's leadership team. Ron Bennett, 53, joined MTN from Advanced Communications System, Inc., where he served as Systems Engineer for the past 5 years. There he performed as Technical Consultant for the Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM NEXCOM Navy Exchange Service Command NEXCOM National Executive Committee NEXCOM Next Generation Air-To-Ground Communication ) and implemented NEXCOM's personal telecommunications service and the first ever-commercial personal e-mail system installed on Navy ships. For 2 years prior to that, he served as Principal Analyst at C-Cubed Corp., where he supported Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command by assessing how commercial satellites could be implemented to support digital transmission of data, voice, and imagery for Navy ships. He joined the Navy in1972 and enjoyed a long career as a Naval Officer for more than 20 years with experience in the industry of satellite connectivity and equipment. He retired from the Navy in 1993, but still maintains close relationships with the Navy organization. According to MTN's Sr. VP and General Manger, Bradford Briggs, "Ron Bennett has in-depth experience in the critical disciplines of management, operations, government regulations and safety, technical satellite expertise, and over 2 decades of communications experience. He will prove to be an invaluable part of our leadership team as he demonstrates a standard of `Operational Excellence' to MTN customers by maintaining a high level of technical services." Bennett received a B.A. in English at Florida Atlantic University “FAU” redirects here. For other uses, see FAU (disambiguation). Florida Atlantic University, also referred to as FAU or Florida Atlantic, is a public, coeducational research university with its main campus in Boca Raton, Florida, United States. and his M.S. in Telecommunications Systems Management Telecommunications Systems Management (also Telecommunication Systems, Telecommunications Management, Network Management) is an interdisciplinary area of study offered at some universities to fill the need for a liaison between the technical aspect and the at the Naval Postgraduate School The Naval Postgraduate School is a graduate school operated by the United States Navy. Located in Monterey, California, it grants primarily master's degrees plus some doctoral degrees to its students, who are mostly active duty officers from U.S. and foreign military services. . Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), the leader in maritime communications, provides C-Band voice, fax, data and Internet communications as well as Inmarsat services to the cruise and offshore industries throughout the world. MTN also provides ship-to-shore live video and radio broadcast capabilities in C- or Ku-Band. MTN is owned by its parent company ATC Teleports Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of American Tower Corporation Formed in 1995, American Tower Corporation is a publicly held company (NYSE: AMT) that is a leading owner and operator of wireless and broadcast communications sites in North America. Today American Tower owns and operates over 30,000 sites in the United States, Mexico and Brazil. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AMT See vPro. ). More information is available at www.mtnsat.com. This press release contains "forward-looking statements" concerning future expectations, plans or strategies that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. American Tower Corporation, "the Company," wishes to caution readers that certain factors may have affected the Company's actual results and could cause results for subsequent periods to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement made by or on behalf of the Company. Such factors include, but are not limited to (i) substantial capital requirements and leverage principally as a consequence of its ongoing acquisitions and construction activities, (ii) dependence on demand for wireless communications, use of satellites for Internet data transmission, and implementation of digital television, (iii) the success of the Company's tower construction program and (iv) the successful operational integration of the Company's business acquisitions. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequently occurring events or circumstances. |
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