AVeL-TECH Announces Contract with Motorola

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For Immediate Release

AVeL-TECH Announces Contract with Motorola

to Provide Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Police Department with a Computer Aided Dispatch System

CANADA, QUEBEC, MONTREAL, Apr. 27 -/E-Wire/-- AVeL-TECH today announced that it had signed a contract with Motorola (NYSE:MOT) to supply a computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system for the Washington Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Police Department. The Police Department has an authorized strength of 303 sworn and 23 civilian personnel. Officers provide a variety of law enforcement and public safety services on the Metrorail and Metrobus systems in the Washington Metropolitan Area.

WMATA announced last December, the signing of a major business initiative with Motorola to install a new Comprehensive Radio Communications System for the Agency's Police, Bus, Rail and Maintenance Departments.

Motorola will provide and install its Premier-MDC â¢ mobile data system to work in concert with the AVeL-TECH supplied AVeL-CADâ¢. This mobile data system provides public-safety users with wireless access to the CAD and record management systems.

The WMATA serves a population of 3.4 million people via rail and bus networks within a 1500 square mile area that includes Washington D.C. and parts of Maryland and Virginia.

AVeL-TECH Background Information

Based in Canada, AVeL-TECH designs and commercializes a complete suite of products for mission critical organizations, including computer aided dispatch (AVeL-CADÃ¤), automatic vehicle location (AVeL-NETÃ¤), message switch (RadioGATEÃ¤) and vehicular applications (MobiCADÃ¤).

AVeL-TECH's products have been designed to conform to the highest standards set forth by public safety organizations requiring uncompromized robustness to handle uninterrupted life-saving operations.

The AVeL-NET product line is modular and can be articulated around most operational requirements. AVeL-NET is available in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French and is currently used by several Police, Ambulance, Fire departments and Governmental Agencies in North America, Latin America and Europe.

AVeL-NET, AVeL-CAD, RadioGATE and MobiCAD are trademarks of AVeL-TECH Incorporated.

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) is a global leader in providing integrated communications and embedded electronic solutions. Sales in 2000 were $37.6 billion. For more information, visit http://www.motorola.com.

http://www.aveltech.com

http://www.motorola.com

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