City of Hamilton, Ohio Will Deploy Telenetics' Omega Wireless Technology For Meter Reading.

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LAKE FOREST, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 2000

Telenetics Corporation (OTCBB:TLNT) announced today city of Hamilton, Ohio has placed initial orders to purchase Telenetics' Omega(TM) wireless technology for automatic meter reading (AMR) of its commercial and industrial customers.

Omega(TM) wireless technology is installed in several other utilities and municipalities for meter reading and substation automation including a very large installation in Pittsburgh by Duquesne Light Company. Other recent installations include: First Energy, TXU Electric & Gas, Baltimore Gas & Electric and Central Power and Light Company. In addition, several other utilities Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, Ohio, Texas, Wisconsin and Canada are testing the Omega(TM) as a wireless solution in utility automation applications.

According to Michael Armani, Telenetics' Chief Executive officer, "The cellular-based Omega(TM) technology is the ultimate solution for the utilities' commercial and industrial customers. It is also ideal for substation automation where wireless solution is the only choice. We can confidently say that wherever there is cellular coverage, our wireless technologies will provide one of the most advanced data transport solution to utilities, traffic managers, oil and gas providers and whoever is interested in a reliable way of monitoring and gathering data in an industrial environment. The continued interest by electric utilities in our Omega(TM) wireless AMR system as well as our Flat-Rate-Cellular(TM) service and the increasing interest in our new robust AirWave(TM) technology is a testimonial to the success of our wireless technologies and product offerings. In a very short period of time, our Omega(TM) wireless technology has enabled us to become a leader in and a pace-setter for the commercial and industrial AMR market. Since its introduction in August 1999, sales of Omega(TM) wireless AMR systems have increased continuously. We have only touched the surface of the potential for transportation of data through cellular networks."

The patent pending Omega(TM) wireless is designed by Telenetics to provide on-demand meter reading, outage detection and many other data acquisition capabilities using existing cellular networks. The new version of Omega(TM) is the most advanced and versatile cellular data transport unit in the market today. In addition to unlimited and reliable high speed two-way communication capability via cellular networks, Omega(TM) can store the serial number or address of the meter or any other device and in the case of a power outage or other alarm conditions, reports to a central host, pager or a web address. Omega(TM) is capable of receiving or initiating communications and transmitting data as frequently as required by the host application. The new Omega(TM) is designed to work with any type of analog or digital cellular network.

Based in Lake Forest, California, Telenetics is a leading provider of proprietary wireless data-communications solutions to the rapidly growing markets of Industrial Automation. We design products and systems that collect data from industrial devices such as meters, remote terminal units, traffic controllers, industrial controls, remote sensors, data loggers and transmit it through wireless cellular and radio frequency networks or telephone lines to a host site, direct or via the Internet. The Company intends to build the most advanced wireless data network enabling a wide range of customers to reliably and economically communicate with their remote devices. Telenetics is also a supplier and an integral part of the booming market of Wireless Internet and ISP.

Forward Looking Statement Disclosure: Certain of the statements contained in this press release are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and. Actual future results could differ materially from these statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include but are not limited to increased competition within the utility and industrial automation markets, the inability of the Company to fund its expected continued growth, adverse changes in the cellular services market and those discussed in the Company's Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 1998 and the Form 10-QSB for the nine months ended September 30, 1999.