Groundbreaking AM Gateway Platform™ is same Core Technology as new Aeronautical Solution for Emirates

London, 6 December, 2006 – Leading Remote Communications company, Altobridge (www.altobridge.com), accepted its 2006 Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Award in the field of Homeland Security for Container Applications at a ceremony last night held in London, and hosted by the world leading consulting group.

In his acceptance speech, Altobridge Director Maritime, Stephen Brunskill, told the distinguished audience of leading technological innovators, that the award had come after years of dedicated R&D to develop a solution that would meet the needs of key niche wireless aeronautical, maritime and terrestrial applications, using a new, patented gateway architecture.

The company’s pioneering multi-layered communications gateway solution — the AM Gateway Platform™— has significantly enhanced maritime security as a high-performance, cost-effective system that, in the words of an earlier F&S statement: “successfully bridges the communications gap between ships at sea and container transporting authorities”.

Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Ashwini Meena, in describing how the onboard network, created by the Altobridge solution, connects back to the terrestrial telecommunication network via a ship’s existing legacy satellite system, added that this factor alone makes such an installation cost-effective, but that it is its selective use of the satellite channel only when essential transmissions are being made that reduces overheads of traditionally ‘always-on’ satellite bandwidth and is “the most significant feature” of Altobridge’s award-winning gateway technology.

Stephen Brunskill explained that: “as well as the aeronautical, homeland security, and maritime container security markets, the Altobridge solution has also been successfully tested and deployed for general maritime, remote terrestrial, secure military and emergency first responder applications. As natural disasters, such as hurricanes, seem to be happening more frequently, the Emergency First Responder application is really gathering momentum.”

He then highlighted the success of the gateway by citing a recent announcement: “Many of you may have seen the recent news from Emirates announcing that they will be the first major airline allowing passengers to use their own mobile phones onboard their aircraft. Well, the core technology at the heart of their in-flight mobile phone system is the same Altobridge AM Gateway Platform for which we are being presented with tonight’s award.”