(COMTEX) B: New Jersey Holiday Inn Selects Solar Communications Group
B: New Jersey Holiday Inn Selects Solar Communications Group and Tut Systems
for High-Speed Internet Access; First Hotel To Test Solar's Innovative New
PCRoomLink System
RUNNEMEDE, N.J., Aug 19, 1999 (BUSINESS WIRE via COMTEX) --
SolarCommunications Group, Inc. and Tut Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:TUTS)
today announced that the Holiday Inn in Runnemede, New Jersey has
successfully deployed Solar's PCRoomLink(TM) PC and travel solutions
product and Tut's Systems' Expresso MDU system to deliver high speed
Internet access to its hotel and conference rooms over existing
telephone wires.
"We're extremely pleased that the implementation in our test property
has gone so well," said Solar Chairman and CEO Jim Rossi. "We've had a
great response from the hospitality community regarding installing
PCRoomLink. However, before we rolled out the product nationally, we
wanted to be extremely methodical to ensure that all of the aspects of
our system, such as the high-speed Internet access, functioned
flawlessly. This successful test of our high-speed Internet network now
clears the way for our next step, the introduction of our complete
PCRoomLink system within the next month in the Houstonian in Houston,
as well as our installation in several other hotels thathave already
contracted to add PCRoomLink."
"By deploying Tut's Expresso MDU and Solar's PCRoomLink, the Runnemede
Holiday Inn will be able to increase revenue, guest satisfaction and
loyalty by offering their guests a valuable in-room high-speed Internet
connection," said Sal D'Auria, President and CEO of Tut Systems. "And
because Tut's Expresso MDU uses the hotel's existing telephone wires,
Internet access can be deployed without construction disruption or
guest room downtime."
PCRoomLink(TM) is a system designed to increase business travelers'
productivity while on the road by providing them with a variety of
on-line convenience services, including access to their corporate
networks. The PCRoomLink system, which is installed in qualified hotels
free of charge, includes in-room PCs, with web-based e-mail, high-speed
Internet access and popular software applications.
The Expresso MDU system is designed to sit in the wiring closet of
hotels and other multi-tenant properties such as apartments and
commercial buildings to deliver secure, high-speed Internet access to
individual units within the building at speeds 20 times faster than a
dial-up modem.
The Expresso MDU system utilizes the existing telephone wires of a
building without disrupting voice services - allowing hotels to
maximize telecommunications revenue by delivering voice and data on a
single telephone line. Tut is a leading provider of high speed Internet
access systems for the multi-tenant unit market.
"We definitely feel that PCRoomLink's innovative amenity will give our
property a tremendous advantage over our competitors," said Bhavesh
Patel, owner of the Holiday Inn-Runnemede. "We feel that PCRoomLink
will allow us to assist our guests in being more efficient and
productive and we've already received several compliments regarding the
availability of the product."
With the successful implementation of the high-speed Internet access
aspect of Solar Communications' PCRoomLink system at their test
property now complete, Solar is beginning installations in several
other contracted hotels, including properties in Houston, New York and
Baltimore.
About Solar Communications Group, Inc.
Solar Communications Group, Inc. develops and markets a web-based
productivity solution entitled PCRoomLink(TM). This product centers on
fully functional personal computers that are planned to be installed in
hotel rooms throughout the world.
By offering a familiar PC interface, as well as e-mail, high-speed
Internet access, private on-line file storage, popular software
applications (including Microsoft Office(R)) and secure, direct links
to corporate servers, PCRoomLink allows business people to recreate
their office environment wherever they travel.
By linking their business travelers through PCRoomLink, organizations
can eliminate costly laptop purchases and support services. Solar
Communications Group, Inc. has entered into an agreement to merge with
and into Thermaltec International Corp. and, upon receipt of all
necessary regulatory and shareholder approvals, expects to consummate
that merger.
For more information, please visit Solar Communications Group's product
site on the World Wide Web, pcroomlink.com, or contact Solar
at 877/341-0000.
About Tut Systems, Inc.
Tut Systems (NASDAQ:TUTS) designs, develops and markets advanced
communications products which enable high-speed data access over the
copper infrastructure of telephone companies, as well as the copper
telephone wires in homes, businesses and other buildings.
These products incorporate Tut's proprietary FastCopper technology in a
cost-effective, scalable and easy to deploy solution to exploit the
underutilized bandwidth of copper telephone wires. The Company's
products include Expresso high-bandwidth access multiplexers,
associated modems and routers, XL Ethernet extension products and
integrated network management software.
Tut's HomeRun technology, an in-home application of FastCopper, has
been chosen by the Home Phoneline Networking Alliance (HomePNA) as the
initial specification for in-home networking over phonelines.
For more information, visit Tut's World Wide Web site at
tutsys.com or contact Tut's US Headquarters directly at
925/682-6510 or 800/998-4888.
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CONTACT: Solar Communications Group, Inc., Millville
Michael DiLeva, 877/341-0000 x4237
michael.dileva@pcroomlink.com
or
Tut Systems, Inc.
Amanda Berman, 925/692-2393
aberman@tutsys.com
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