Intrado Extends Life-Saving E9-1-1 Services to Texas Rural Markets; Texas Tier 3 Wireless Service Providers Bring E9-1-1 to Over 100,000 Subscribers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LONGMONT, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 2004 Intrado Inc. (Nasdaq:TRDO), North America's leading provider of 9-1-1 infrastructure systems and services, and experts in engineering and managing complex integrated data and telecommunications solutions, announced new contracts with eight new Tier 3 market operators to provide E9-1-1 Phase I and/or II services. Intrado(R) E9-1-1 services will enable wireless operators in Texas to serve their subscribers more efficiently with enhanced emergency services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' . New wireless operators include Cellular One of Amarillo, Five Star Wireless, Peoples Wireless, Plateau Wireless, Poka Lambro Telecommunications, Wes-Tex Telecom, West Central Wireless and XIT Cellular. The operators have purchased a combination of hosted Phase I and II services and in some cases, Position Determination Equipment (PDE PDE Pennsylvania Department of Education PDE Plug-In Development Environment PDE Partial Differential Equation PDE Phosphodiesterases PDE Personal Digital Entertainment PDE Pulse Detonation Engine PDE Product Data Exchange PDE Present-Day English ) services from Intrado. Now these rural operators can deliver on the accuracy and availability requirements set forth by the FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. E9-1-1 mandate. With Intrado, rural operators, regardless of size, air interface and subscriber base, can quickly benefit from Intrado hosted solutions by reducing the need for costly capital expenditures. "We are excited about our new relationships with these Texas Tier 3 operators and look forward to helping them serve their subscribers with high quality, reliable emergency services for CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. , TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) A satellite and cellular phone technology that interleaves multiple digital signals onto a single high-speed channel. For cellular, TDMA triples the capacity of the original analog method (FDMA). and GSM," said Dan Hoskins, senior vice president of the Intrado Wireless Business Group. "Intrado is helping rural wireless carriers in Texas and throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. meet these challenges by providing cost-effective access to the same reliable, accurate and high-quality E9-1-1 services provided to subscribers in urban markets." About Intrado A pioneer in emergency communications since 1979, Intrado Inc. (Nasdaq:TRDO) is now in its 25th year. Intrado is North America's leading provider of 9-1-1 infrastructure, systems and services, as well as innovative solutions for telecommunications providers and public safety organizations. The Company's unparalleled industry knowledge in systems engineering of complex, integrated data and telephony environments and in critical operations management reduces the effort, cost and time associated with providing reliable information for 9-1-1, safety and commercial applications. Intrado has received International Organization of Standardization International Organization of Standardization, n.pr a nongove-rnmental federation of worldwide bodies that publishes international agreements covering a broad range of services and technologies to promote the use of common standards across the world. (ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. ) 9001-2000 certification. Additional information on Intrado, its products and services, and past press releases can be found at the Company's Web site: www.intrado.com. |
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