SPECTRAREP AND WARNING SYSTEMS INC. ANNOUNCE TEAMING AGREEMENT

Joint Capabilities to Provide Advanced Emergency Alert Capabilities for State and Local Governments.

Chantilly VA and Huntsville AL – May 2, 2006 SpectraRep, Inc. and Warning Systems Inc. (“WSI”). announce a teaming agreement that will provide advanced capabilities in public alert and warning systems used by state and local governments, as well as businesses, schools and campus settings. The teaming agreement establishes a structure for the companies to work together to provide solutions for public alert and warning related services.  Under the agreement, the companies plan to work together on  project and technology initiatives. 

Customers now have the option of combining in a tightly integrated solution the complementary products and services of both companies.  The teaming agreement will also include technology development and collaboration efforts to enable their products to interoperate, and reduce cost and complexity for customers. 

SpectraRep’s AlertManager™ system is a comprehensive emergency information delivery system that provides rapid and targeted distribution of emergency alerts and warnings, such as EAS, Amber Alerts, weather bulletins and other notifications.    The AlertManager system delivers all-hazards alerts and warnings via satellite, DTV datacasting, and the Internet.  In addition to broadcast EAS distribution, the AlertManager system delivers emergency messages for redistribution by other communications systems, such as e-mail, text messaging devices, and cell phones.  The system can be used both for public alert and warning, as well as inter-agency or campus-wide notifications.

WSI’s product line includes the OnAlert™ FSK and AdaptAlert™ Two-Tone/DTMF Tone Alert Radios (TARs).  The WSI AdaptAlert activation system can be used to activate existing Two-Tone and/or DTMF radios and/or sirens with provided location information from a standards-based message.  WSI offers strobe and text display accessories for the hearing impaired and high noise environments.  A relay module is also available to connect TAR audio to existing public address systems and provide standard contact closures to trigger other alerting devices.  SpectraRep’s AlertManager will use WSI’s AdaptAlert to interface with existing EAS encoders, providing a conversion of text to speech that can then be broadcast over existing State relay networks. 

"This agreement provides a significant benefit to customers of both companies.  It will stimulate new products, delivering new choices for customers who want to combine alerting and notification products from multiple vendors and achieve seamless computing in a standards-based and interoperable environment,” noted Rick Ducey, SpectraRep’s President. “We look forward to this opportunity -- it provides a framework for cooperation between SpectraRep and WSI going forward."

According to Dr. Pat Hardeman WSI’s President and CEO, "Using both WSI and SpectraRep technologies will provide reliable, enhanced and cost-effective emergency notification services to governmental, commercial and educational customers.  Through joint efforts, the SpectraRep/WSI team will provide exceptional value to emergency managers and their constituents.”

Both companies’ solutions incorporate the latest version of the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP), an XML-based data format for emergency messaging that is increasingly being adopted by local, state and Federal agencies.   CAP, an approved standard of  international OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Information Standards)  body, enables the exchange of emergency alert and public warning information over data networks and computer-controlled warning systems.  The standard allows for a consistent warning message to be communicated simultaneously over different systems.  CAP is increasingly being adopted by emergency management agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, the National Weather Service and the Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey.

For more information about SpectraRep’s products and services, please visit the company website, www.spectrarep.com.  

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About SpectraRep
SpectraRep is a leading provider of solutions for the broadcast delivery of data over digital television. SpectraRep is working with broadcasters around the country to deploy wireless datacast broadband services and applications for all-hazards emergency notification, emergency management, first responder and education applications. SpectraRep® is a subsidiary of BIA Financial Network (BIAfn), a premier financial and strategic advisory services firm that has served the media and communications industries for more than two decades. For more information about SpectraRep, IncidentOne and AlertManager, visit www.spectrarep.com.

About WSI, Inc.
WSI has been in the business of providing alert and notification equipment in support of emergency management since 1991. Our systems offer web based activation of not only new technology devices but also provide new technology to existing RF systems. All of our products are made in the USA.