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To: SKIP PAUL who wrote (6859)	2/24/2000 10:49:00 PM
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PRESS RELEASE:Salient 3 Unit Adds Wireless Data Functions ( BW)(IL-SAFCO)(STCIA) SAFCO To Demonstrate Wireless Data Network Planning and Measurement Products At Wireless 2000 Business Editors, High-Tech Writers Wireless 2000, booth no. 6223 CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 2000-- First to Offer Wireless Voice and Wireless Data Quality Engineering Tools For 2.5G and 3G Networks SAFCO Technologies, Inc., a Salient 3 Communications company (NASDAQ: STCIA), today announced the addition of wireless data capabilities to its network planning, data collection and analysis tools. These new capabilities permit wireless operators to plan networks with high data traffic, monitor the performance of the wireless network with respect to data calls and deliver summary benchmarking reports on data handling statistics. SAFCO plans to showcase these new 3G-ready data tools, including WIZARD(R), WALKABOUT(TM), DataPrint(TM) and OPAS32(TM), in booth no. 6223 at Wireless 2000 (February 28-March 1) in New Orleans, Louisiana. "Wireless operators are faced with the challenge of providing data services in already congested voice networks without degrading the voice services." said Marty Singer, SAFCO president and CEO. "SAFCO's suite of 3G-ready, data-capable tools will assist wireless operators in doing exactly that." SAFCO's new DataPrint product is an automated and highly portable tool designed for the test, measurement and evaluation of wireless data communication networks with support for multiple data standards worldwide. The initial product release of the DataPrint system supports the GSM, CDMA and JCDMA wireless protocols. The DataPrint system shares the same winning form factor as SAFCO's cellular and PCS voice quality product, Portable VoicePrint(TM), introduced last year and shipped worldwide. The DataPrint system is ideal for both data network optimization and data network benchmarking. It helps RF engineers accurately and objectively measure data network performance, validate data network design, locate trouble spots and plan data network expansion. Data collected from the DataPrint system can then be easily analyzed using SAFCO's industry-leading OPAS32 post-processing software, newly enhanced with data analysis features. SAFCO recently shipped the DataPrint product to one of its major customers to assist in the validation of data quality of an IS-95B CDMA network. WIZARD, SAFCO's highly successful PC-based network planning tool, is currently used by five of the top ten wireless operators in the United States. By adding planning capabilities for data and 3G networks to its WIZARD product, SAFCO has introduced a first-to-market tool that is fully capable of planning a data network. The WIZARD product provides coverage, service quality and service reliability predictions by including traditional network modeling and mobile profile definition to accommodate predictions for different handsets with a variety of parameters, such as RF characteristics, service capability, data throughput capability and signal quality requirements. SAFCO's OPAS32 post processing and analysis tool has been enhanced for the optimization of wireless data and 3G networks with the addition of new analysis features designed specifically for these types of networks. The OPAS32 tool's versatile new feature set for wireless data and 3G networks draws conclusions by calculating additional parameters from measured data, such as maximum transmission rate, overhead from protocol and error for channel/KB. The OPAS32 tool's powerful GIS engine will allow simultaneous mapping of data and voice network performance side-by-side for comparison. Inherent analysis tools in OPAS32 including Graph and Boolean selection tools will continue to be available. The OPAS32 scripting feature provides automated report generation for data and 3G networks. Data from the OPAS32 tool can also be easily imported into SAFCO's WIZARD network planning product for propagation model tuning. A leading international supplier of wireless planning, measurement, analysis and predictive tools, SAFCO commands a global presence with products and services deployed in more than 50 countries. SAFCO is a one-stop source for tools that benchmark and improve wireless network performance, all supported by world-class network design, system engineering and training teams. For more information, visit SAFCO's website at safco.com. SAFCO is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Salient 3 Communications, Inc., a leading telecommunications equipment and services company with segments that support public, private and wireless communications network operators. For more information, visit Salient's website at salient3.com. --30--bpm/cgo* CONTACT: SAFCO Technologies Jack Seller, 773/467-2693 jfs@safco.com or Michael Musick, 773/467-2622 mdm@safco.com KEYWORD: ILLINOIS LOUISIANA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE NETWORKING PRODUCT TRADESHOW Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL: businesswire.com