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National Institutes of Health to Install InnerWireless® System for Uniform In-building Wireless Coverage of the New Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center

InnerWireless will enable a guaranteed wireless signal throughout world’s largest clinical research complex for unconditional use of BlackBerry ® devices and cellular phones

De RICHARDSON, Texas and WASHINGTON – May 17, 2005 – InnerWireless ®, Inc., today announced that it will install the InnerWireless unified broadband wireless distribution platform in the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) new Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center (CRC) to empower wireless interpersonal communications devices, such as government-issued BlackBerry ® devices. In addition, the NIH plans to expand the use of the system to empower wireless medical telemetry devices, pagers, 802.11 wireless data and two-way radios for first responder communications. The NIH selected InnerWireless because of its ability to support a full range of wireless interpersonal, clinical and building services and applications via an engineered, guaranteed and managed environment .

InnerWireless has a market leading and proven solution that enables guaranteed wireless coverage throughout large buildings and hospitals, which are traditionally hostile to wireless signals because of stout construction materials that absorb, distort or misdirect radio frequency signals. Rather than repeatedly installing and maintaining multiple, discrete wireless systems, the CRC can distribute all of its wireless services with InnerWireless’ unified platform. InnerWireless will help the CRC reduce capital and operating expenditures, while further enhancing public and patient safety.

InnerWireless is a subcontractor on this project to prime contractor SRA International, Inc. (NYSE: SRX) of Fairfax , Virginia . SRA is a leading provider of information technology services and solutions to clients in national security, civil government, and health care and public health and has a long history of support for wireless technologies at the NIH. SRA was awarded the contract under the Chief Information Officer Solutions and Partners 2 Innovations (CIO-SP2i) contract.

The new Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center is connected to the existing Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center , and the two buildings form the NIH Clinical Center , which is the world’s largest clinical research complex. Designed to be a highly flexible and cutting-edge facility, the Center promotes translational research – that is, the transformation of scientific laboratory research into applications that benefit patient health and medical care.

“The National Institutes of Health’s Clinical Center complex maintains the tradition of rapidly moving biomedical findings from the laboratory into the mainstream of medical practice, and InnerWireless is delighted to be working with this leading medical facility, by facilitating wireless coverage throughout the Center,” said Ed Cantwell, president, CEO and chairman of InnerWireless. “The design of the Center reflects the parallel priorities of patient care and clinical research, accommodating the physical requirements of the latest medical technology while providing a friendly atmosphere and efficient environment for patients and clinical investigators. Our InnerWireless distribution platform will aid in maintaining this environment, as it provides enterprise-wide and guaranteed wireless coverage, enabling instant access to vital data and resources through BlackBerry devices, cellular phones and other wireless applications.”

The InnerWireless system acts like a wireless utility, supporting a full range of wireless applications and services, including wireless LANs, personal communications services (PCS), BlackBerry, cell phones, PDAs, and two-way radios for property maintenance, first responders and security. InnerWireless is used in some of the country’s most recognizable buildings, including the 2.8 million-square-foot Time Warner Center in Manhattan ; Children’s Memorial Hospital of Chicago; and New York City ’s Rockefeller Center Concourse.

About SRA International, Inc.
SRA is a leading provider of information technology services and solutions -- including strategic consulting; systems design, development, and integration; and outsourcing and operations management -- to clients in national security, civil government, and health care and public health markets. The Company also delivers business solutions for text and data mining, contingency and disaster response planning, information assurance, environmental strategies, conflict management and dispute resolution, enterprise systems management, and wireless integration.

About InnerWireless
InnerWireless ® deploys its unified broadband wireless distribution platform in hospitals and large commercial buildings to support a full range of wireless services and applications. InnerWireless, which guarantees wireless coverage inside buildings ranging in size up to 10 million square feet, is properly engineered to accommodate wireless systems essential for:

  • Interpersonal Communications including PCS/cellular, messaging/personal data, enterprise voice, and paging
  • Clinical Operations including wireless infusion therapy/medical administration, enterprise/clinical data, WMTS and portable patient monitoring, and people and asset tracking
  • Building Operations including building automation, security and first-responder communications, and push-to-talk radios

For more information about InnerWireless, see www.InnerWireless.com