TORONTO, April 12, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Wireless Age Communications, Inc. (OTCBB:WLSA), a leading supplier of solutions to the Canadian wireless industry, announced today that its Wireless Works operating unit has partnered with a national tool distributor's franchisees throughout the Niagara Region to test mobile broadband data transfer to their fleet of sales/delivery trucks.
As the fleet of vehicles roams from one customer to the next, each truck's Airspan Mobile Access radio will search for the strongest signal from Wireless Works existing wireless broadband access network.
With download speeds in excess of 1 Mbps and uploads of 512K, the new technology will create a "virtual mobile office" in every vehicle. The Wireless Works network supports the vehicle connecting directly to the company via a secure private LAN. The network allows the driver/salesman using his laptop computer to place orders, receive and transmit e-mail and access to sales materials which otherwise would not be available until the end of the work day and often require a second visit to the client's premises to secure the order.
The goal of the project is to reduce sales time. With mobile broadband, complex sales orders can be placed immediately without later needing to be re-keyed. Order confirmations are immediate.
This is believed to be the first 'live, in-field' test of mobile use of fixed wireless broadband technology in Canada.
David McKinnon, Chief Technology Officer at Wireless Age stated, "Mobile broadband is anticipated to be of high interest to businesses with employees operating from vehicles in the field who wish to keep their staff better informed through high speed exchange of data, images, time sensitive reports, immediate sales order entry and secure payment transactions"
Wireless Works' networks (Land Mobile Radio, Microwave and Wireless Broadband) provide carrier grade wireless voice and data networks to public safety, institutional, industrial, agricultural sector, businesses and consumers throughout the Niagara Region.
CONFERENCE CALL SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 20, 2006
An investor conference call will be held at 4:15 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Thursday, April 20, 2005. Wireless Age's CEO and CFO will host the call.
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About Wireless Age Communications Inc.
Wireless Age Communications Inc. owns and operates four Strategic Business Units.
Wireless Age retail outlets sell next generation wireless products and services to business and individual end users in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Wireless Source distributes prepaid phone cards, wireless accessories, land mobile radios, batteries and ancillary electronics products to dealers throughout North America. mmwave does specialty distribution and network engineering and integration, for carriers and manufacturers of communications equipment in Canada. Wireless Works operates broadband public access and private networks in Southern Ontario, and develops and deploys consumer and commercial products for those networks.
The company is a recognized leader in the wireless industry in Canada and is a member of the WiMax forum, as well as a very active member of the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association.
Wireless Age has an investment in Midland International Corporation, which plans to market low cost, wireless devices including cellular phones.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on currently available competitive, financial and economic data and management's views and assumptions regarding future events. Such forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain. Wireless Age Communications, Inc. cannot provide assurances that the matters described in this press release will be successfully completed or that the company will realize the anticipated benefits of any transaction. Actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to: global economic and market conditions; the war on terrorism and the potential for war or other hostilities in other parts of the world; the availability of financing and lines of credit; successful integration of acquired or merged businesses; changes in interest rates; management's ability to forecast revenues and control expenses, especially on a quarterly basis; unexpected decline in revenues without a corresponding and timely slowdown in expense growth; the company's ability to retain key management and employees; intense competition and the company's ability to meet demand at competitive prices and to continue to introduce new products and new versions of existing products that keep pace with technological developments, satisfy increasingly sophisticated customer requirements and achieve market acceptance; relationships with significant suppliers and customers; as well as other risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those detailed from time to time in Wireless Age Communications, Inc. SEC filings. Wireless Age Communications, Inc. undertakes no obligation to update information contained in this release. For further information regarding risks and uncertainties associated with Wireless Age Communications, Inc.'s business, please refer to the risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in Wireless Age Communications, Inc.'s SEC filings.