To: Stock Watcher who wrote (10621 ) 6/16/1999 9:17:00 PM From: edde Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 52051
TLNT late news LAKE FOREST, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 1999--Telenetics Corp. (OTC BB:TLNT - news) Tuesday announced that Alabama Power has agreed to beta test Telenetics' newly released AirWave(TM) cellular automatic meter reading (AMR) modules at 200 hard-to-reach residential meter sites. Upon the successful conclusion of the test, Alabama Power, which provides electricity to nearly 1.3 million users in the southern two-thirds of the state, has indicated its intention to install AirWave(TM) in thousands of hard-to-reach residential meters. Ten to fifteen percent of the approximately 290 million utility meters in North America are categorized as hard-to-reach. The AirWave(TM) cellular communications module fits inside a utility meter or other remote monitoring or data acquisition device. Used in conjunction with Cellemetry® Data Services, a patented communications technology originally developed by Bell South, AirWave(TM) provides reliable, low cost, two-way communications to monitor or read equipment such as hard-to-reach utility meters and remote control and measurement devices. AirWave(TM) incorporates a patent pending antenna inside the meter. The Airwave(TM) solution reads meters as frequently as the energy provider desires and reports meter tampering and power outage detection. Alabama Power is one of five U.S. utilities operated by Southern Company (NYSE:SO - news), the nation's largest producer of electricity. Telenetics is a leader in the design and manufacture of proprietary data-communications solutions for utility and industrial automation applications. Telenetics is a pioneer in providing communications solutions to major manufacturers of meters, RTU's, controls and measurement devices. With the introduction of Omega(TM) automatic meter reading cabinets and subsequent $6.8 million contract with Duquesne Light Company of Pittsburgh (Nasdaq:DQE - news) in 1998, Telenetics introduced a unique cellular solution for commercial and industrial meter reading automation. While Omega is intended for the commercial and industrial meter reading applications where large amount of data is transferred and polled, AirWave(TM) is designed to be installed inside residential meters with smaller size data transfer. It is specifically designed for hard to reach meters.