County of Orange Implements Worldwide Wireless Sytem for Mobile Wireless Local Area Network.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers ORANGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 25, 2001 Worldwide Wireless Networks, Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB:WWWN) announced today the deployment of a pilot mobile Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network ) for the County of Orange California. WWWN designed and constructed a system for the County Civic Center that encompasses 15 buildings, including, the County Courthouse, the Central Justice Center, the County Law Library and the Santa Ana Santa Ana, city, El Salvador Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. City Hall. The system is intended to demonstrate the role that wireless Internet connectivity can play in enhancing County employees' productivity by increasing the time spent in the performance of their field duties. This pilot system will provide the foundation to determine potential applications throughout the County of Orange for employees like parole officers, building inspectors, health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract personnel and others who spend considerable time out in the field. The ability to access the County's Intranet for report processing and records access will increase the information flow to individuals and reduce unproductive time, as well as allow County employees to conduct business as though they were at their desks while working anywhere in the County Civic Center. For example, public defense attorneys, while in the Central Justice Center, would utilize the secure wireless connection from their laptops to connect to the County's Intranet. From the Intranet, the attorneys would then be able to read and respond to their e-mail, access agency databases and legal briefs Legal Briefs is an interactive television program aired on CablePulse24 and CourtTV Canada, hosted by Lorne Honickman, a lawyer and journalist, as he discusses the ins & outs of the Canadian legal system and provides free legal advice. as well as the Internet. "Given our track record with Worldwide Wireless and the wireless Internet connection we have had with them for over two years, we are confident that this system will increase employee productivity and provide the information required to develop a County-wide private network," commented Mr. Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Crawford, Orange County's Chief Information Officer. "We are confident that the County will experience cost saving and efficiencies with this mobile network that will provide the positive data required to implement this type of system countywide", stated Mr. Jerry Collazo, President and Acting CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Worldwide Wireless Networks. "Orange County's system is the model that many other county and municipal governments nationwide will look to when considering how they will contain their operational costs and improve operational efficiencies in the future. This type of system is a component of our government business model and will help leverage our public sector successes into contracts with other county and municipal governments." About Worldwide Wireless Networks Worldwide Wireless Networks is a data-centric wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. company headquartered in Orange, California The City of Orange is located in Orange County, California, United States. It is approximately 3 miles (6 kilometers) north of the county seat, Santa Ana, and approximately 32 miles (52 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles. . The Company specializes in high-speed, broadband Internet access Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just "broadband", is high speed Internet access—typically contrasted with dial-up access over modem. Dial-up modems are generally only capable of a maximum bitrate of 56 kbit/s (kilobits per second) and require the full use of a using an owned wireless network. Other products and services include frame relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. , collocation services and network consulting. The Company serves all sizes of private and public sector accounts. For more information, visit them on the Web at www.wwwn.com. The statements made in this release, which are not historical facts, contain certain forward-looking statements concerning potential developments affecting the business, prospects, financial condition and other aspects of the company to which this release pertains. The actual results of the specific items described in this release, and the company's operations generally, may differ materially from what is projected in such forward-looking statements. Although such statements are based upon the best judgments of management of the company as of the date of this release, significant deviations in magnitude, timing and other factors may result from business risks and uncertainties including, without limitation, the company's dependence on third parties, market conditions, technical factors, the availability of outside capital and receipt of revenues, and other factors, many of which are beyond the control of the company. The company disclaims any obligation to update information contained in any forward-looking statement. |
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