College Station, Texas To Implement Motorola Wireless Data Solution.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 1998--Motorola announced that it will implement a wireless data solution in the City of College Station, Tex., that will give public safety personnel access to mission-critical information while in the field. The wireless data network will be adopted by College Station police, fire and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) departments whose personnel serve more than 62,500 residents, including 43,000 Texas A&M University students, throughout a 25-mile radius of the city. The new system will complement College Station's existing Motorola SMARTNET(TM) 800 MHz voice two-way radio system.

Prior to the wireless data system, dispatchers were burdened with routine voice inquiries and officer safety was compromised due to lack of timely information about warrants and other facts when stopping vehicles.

The new wireless data system will utilize software applications integrated by Motorola including:

-- Mission-critical database access will enable in-vehicle and motorcycle-mounted computers to interface with city and state criminal databases, giving public safety personnel access to information without tying up voice radio channels. Remote database inquiry capabilities could result in improved officer safety, increased arrests of criminals and the unburdening of dispatchers from routine inquiries.

-- Unit-to-unit messaging enhances the voice system by enabling officers and emergency personnel to communicate more efficiently and accurately by sending and receiving text messages between mobile computers. Sending text messages directly can help eliminate errors that occur when voice communications must be repeated and remembered without text back-ups. In addition, an interface to the department's 900 MHz paging system will allow personnel in the field, using mobile computers, to send alphanumeric text messages to anyone with a pager.

"Very often governmental agencies implement a given technology with little, if any, means of enhancement. However, with careful evaluation, cities can plan for flexibility and stability in the implementation of technology to maximize their return on investment," said Lt. Scott McCollum of the College Station Police Department. "The installation of the Motorola wireless data system will help provide the City of College Station with the foundation required for increased employee safety, effectiveness and efficiency."

The contract with Motorola includes the initial purchase of a 19.2 kbps Motorola Private DataTAC(TM) network with 33 Motorola Mobile Workstation 520 ruggedized computers and 8 Motorola PRM 660(TM) Portable Radio Modems. College Station's wireless data project is scheduled to be completed in 1999.

The system was tested at Motorola's Customer Center for Systems Integration (CCSI) in June to help secure the system's coverage and capacity performance. CCSI, a 30,000 square-foot facility located at Motorola headquarters in Schaumburg, IL, is the initial staging site for customers to thoroughly test wireless communications networks before shipment from the factory to installation sites for field testing and full deployment.

Motorola is one of the world's leading providers of wireless communications, semiconductors and advanced electronic systems and services. Major equipment businesses include cellular telephone, two-way radio, paging and data communications, personal communications, automotive, defense and space electronics and computers. Communication devices, computers and millions of other products are powered by Motorola semiconductors. Motorola's 1997 sales were $29.8 billion.

Private DataTAC, SMARTNET and PRM 660 are trademarks of Motorola, Inc.

Contact Motorola toll-free for additional information at 1-800-247-2346 or visit our website at www.mot.com/wirelessdata

    CONTACT:  Motorola
               Mike Doheny, 847/576-6931
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               College Station Police Department
               Scott McCollum, 409/764-3651