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9/3/2002


Loea Corporation "Virtual Fiber" Links Approved by GSA FTS for Sale by Marshall Communications to the Federal Government

Sales approved to the Department of Defense

Washington DC, Oct. 00, 2002 - Loea Corporation's "virtual fiber," which uses high-frequency "pencil beams" to send data at gigabit speed, has been approved by the Federal Technology Service of the Government Services Administration (GSA) for sales by Marshall Communications Corporation to federal government agencies, including the Department of Defense.

Loea's fiberless technology transmits data at 1.25 gigabits per second, the equivalent of 650 T1 lines or 1,000 DSL broadband connections. It originally was developed for military use with passive millimeter wave cameras, which allow planes and helicopters to see through fog. In addition to unprecedented speed, the wireless point-to-point system provides 99.999% weather reliability with little to no interference up to a mile, costs one-third to one-fifteenth of a fiber network and can be installed in a day

"The fiberless links offer a quick, reliable and cost-effective alternative to fiber. Loea technology can be used for extension of fiber, local area network extensions, alternative access and redundancy to current fiber networks or for disaster recovery," said Lou Slaughter, president and CEO of Loea Corporation.

"I see many applications for this technology within the federal government and specially within the Department of Defense," said Sonny Marshall, president and CEO of Marshall Communications. "I can see it being used as a redundant communications link for federal buildings or as an alternative to fiber where fiber connections are needed now but installation has been delayed."

The Loea transceiver dish transmits the "pencil" beams through windows and can be placed inside an office or conference room, or on a rooftop. The wireless beams communicate at very high frequency - 71 to 76 gigaherz By comparison, a cell phone operates in the range of 800 megahertz to 1.2 gigaherz Each beam is only about half a degree wide and is very low power - 30 milliwatts, about the same as an illuminated watch. The pencil beams allow many links to be deployed in a given area for business or residential use with little to no interference. The links work in fog and rain and are up and running more than 99.999% of the time, typically measured over a year, at link distances of a mile.

Loea's technology also is in place at the University of Hawaii, which is using a 2.7-mile fiberless high-speed link to connect students and researchers at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology on Coconut Island, the state's designed marine laboratory refuge, with the University's Windward Community College campus on the island of Oahu. In addition, it is being installed between the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility and the Navy's radar site on Makaha Ridge, on the Island of Kauai, Hawaii.

Loea's fiberless system presents a new spectrum frontier, Slaughter said. The technology can be deployed immediately for federal government applications. He said that in June, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rule-Making, beginning the process to license use of the technology by the private sector.


About Loea Corporation

Loea Corporation, with its principal office in Hawaii and with offices in California and Massachusetts, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Trex Enterprises Corporation, which is based in San Diego, California. For more than 20 years, Trex has conducted research for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).


About Marshall Communications Corp.

In business since 1991, Marshall Communications Corp is a "Best of Breed" systems integrator specializing in secure broadband communications and streaming media over WANs/LANs (including satellite DVB/IP networks). Marshall is a high tech small government contractor that provides "one-stop" shopping and cost effective turnkey systems to its customers.