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GLENTEL Business Division Continues to Grow with Multiple Large Million-Dollar Projects to Start 2013
(Canada Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
BURNABY, BC, Dec. 27, 2012 /CNW/ - GLENTEL Inc.'s (TSX: GLN) Business
Division continues its growth by signing four major contracts to start
the 2013 year. Contracts include a $6 million project with The United
Counties of Leeds and Grenville that will help upgrade the region's
fire services communications system, a multimillion-dollar
Manufacturers Rep Agreement (MR) with Motorola to upgrade security
systems for the federal government, a $2.1 million joint venture with
Tait Communications to improve emergency services communications for
residents of Yellowknife, and a $1 million communications project at
Jansen Lake mine in Saskatchewan, which is slated to be the world's
largest potash mine.
"These successful multiple projects show the Business Division's
specialized expertise in providing turnkey private network
communications solutions for our diverse customers from government,
public safety and mining," stated Cary Skidmore, GLENTEL's Executive
Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer.
The $6 million dollar project with Leads and Grenville will upgrade the
region's fire departments' original analogue equipment with state of
the art and reliable digital voice and paging communications systems
using Motorola's mobile radio P-25 solution. The United Counties of
Leeds and Grenville project, the single largest contract in the
Business Division's history, will allow for more reliable service by
individual fire departments and first responders. The new system will
include a Global Positioning System (GPS) locator that will help keep
track of first responder vehicles and identify locations of fires.
Under the $2.1 million radio network agreement between the city of
Yellowknife and Tait Communications, GLENTEL will be responsible for
replacing and consolidating three existing radio systems used by
individual departments into one centralized communications system. This
will help emergency personnel address increasing demand for services by
upgrading their voice and data equipment. This upgrade will be crucial
in responding to any type of emergency from first responders/ambulance
to a larger-scaled emergency. Extreme cold weather in Yellowknife,
which is known to compromise the safety of its citizens, is the
catalyst for this centralized communications system.
Under the multimillion-dollar Manufacturers Rep Agreement (MR) with
Motorola, the largest MR in Canadian history, GLENTEL will focus on the
deployment, installation and servicing of the security upgrade for the
Government of Canada. Motorola will be the primary driver of the $10
million contract, which will see the partnership install and distribute
a new antenna system to help aid in public safety.
Australian miner BHP Billiton Ltd. is developing the world's largest
potash mine, estimated at a cost of $14 billion. GLENTEL will be
responsible for building the towers and installing a MotoTRBO solution,
a digital Motorola 2-way radio voice and data communications system.
The initial phase represents the first of four mines to be developed on
the above portion of the mine. The potash deposit is believed to be the
size of the city of Montreal.
About GLENTEL
GLENTEL (TSX: GLN) is the largest independent multi-carrier mobile phone
retailer in Canada and a leading provider of innovative and reliable
telecommunications services and solutions in North America. Founded in
1963 and headquartered in Burnaby, BC, Canada, GLENTEL comprises four
operating divisions - Retail Canada, Retail U.S., Retail Australia and
Business - that service thousands of consumers and commercial
communications customers. The company operates over 1,180 stores
worldwide, with more than 330 locations in Canada located nationally in
retail malls, Costco Wholesale stores, and business centers; more than
210 Diamond Wireless retail locations in the United States; 428
Wireless Zone retail locations in the United States; and more than 210
retail locations in Australia. In addition, Target Canada has licensed
the operation of over 125 mobile communications sales and service
kiosks within its stores to GLENTEL under the brand Target Mobile®,
commencing in 2013. To its business and government customers, GLENTEL
offers wireless service, rental equipment, satellite and terrestrial
network systems and wireless asset monitoring. GLENTEL offers a choice
of network carrier and wireless device or mobile phone to Canadian and
Australian consumers and offers the family of wireless products and
services of Verizon Wireless in the United States. GLENTEL operates its
business under the trading names GLENTEL Wireless, WIRELESSWAVE, WAVE
SANS FIL, Tbooth Wireless, La Cabine T Sans Fil, WIRELESS etc., SANS
FIL etc., Mac Station, Diamond Wireless and Wireless Zone - Verizon
Wireless National Premium Retailers in the USA, and Allphones in
Australia.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this release relating to matters that are not historical
fact are forward-looking statements based on current expectations,
forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties that
could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially. Factors
that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not
limited to, general economic conditions, changes in technology,
reliance on third-party manufacturing, managing rapid growth, limited
intellectual property protection, and other risks and uncertainties
described in GLENTEL's public filings with securities regulatory
authorities.
NO STOCK EXCHANGE, SECURITIES COMMISSION, OR OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITY
HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN.
For a copy of GLENTEL's annual report or for additional information,
visit www.glentel.com or www.sedar.com.
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