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DataPath MobiLink™ Enables High-Bandwidth Communications on-the-Move for Military Vehicles


Integrated Satellite COTM and Land Mobile Radio Capabilities Provide Military Personnel and First Responders with Seamless Over-the-Horizon Communications Capabilities

Duluth, Ga. — August 12, 2008 — DataPath, Inc., a leading provider of satellite and wireless communications networks around the world, introduces DataPath MobiLink™, an easy-to-deploy communications on-the-move (COTM) solution that delivers cost-effective, mobile network-centric warfare and first responder capabilities. MobiLink incorporates standard communications electronics and delivers them in a newly designed, compact package that enables integrated UHF/VHF land mobile radio (LMR) and satellite COTM, transforming almost any U.S. military vehicle into a command post on wheels.

MobiLink features an innovative system that mounts on a standard SINCGARS MT-6352 tray in military vehicles. A hub vehicle equipped with MobiLink supports high-bandwidth capability to send and receive video, data and voice communications between many vehicles and users. MobiLink offers an everything-over-IP (EoIP) network link and establishes a robust local wireless network anywhere it is needed to go.

MobiLink operates with the push-to-talk simplicity of LMR systems, combining ease of use with beyond-line-of-sight capability. Because it is preprogrammed, using MobiLink requires no specialized satellite communications (SATCOM) training. Therefore, the frontline fighter or first responder is free to focus on the mission at hand rather than the communications equipment.

“MobiLink enables a mobile command post by providing the increased, on-the-move bandwidth needed to support and process voice, data, short wave infrared, night vision, and UAV reconnaissance video applications,” said Dave Helfgott, president and CEO of DataPath. “This empowers frontline fighters and commanders with greater speed, mobility and situational awareness. MobiLink’s advanced COTM technology makes it easier for them to do their jobs more effectively.”

“DataPath is the leading innovator in providing solutions to the over-the-horizon mobile communications problem,” said Brad Curran, a senior industry analyst at Frost & Sullivan and a retired signals intelligence/electronic warfare chief for the U.S. Marine Corps. “Their willingness to deploy with the troops gives them a unique understanding of operational communications needs and the ability to integrate new equipment and techniques with existing technology.”

Features and benefits of DataPath MobiLink

- On-the-move performance: 1 Mbps throughput at up to 85 miles per hour.
- Exceptional size, weight and power (SWaP): repackaged electronics maintain LMR capability and add SATCOM while fitting in the existing space in a standard SINCGARS tray in military vehicles.
- Integrated LMR and SATCOM: operates through a seamless, radio-like push-to-talk system.
- Easy to use and set up: constant mobile satellite connectivity means personnel do not need to stop for SATCOM set-up and tear-down; basic push-to-talk, LMR-like operation enables anyone to easily use the system in the field.
- Flexibility: works with any satellite COTM antenna, modem and baseband equipment; includes the option of a low-profile antenna for a highly deployable solution.
- Control: the MaxView® Network Management System is embedded software in the system for optimal management and control of one or many COTM systems.
- Embedded router: enables EoIP high-capacity communications.

For more information, please visit www.datapath.com/mobilink.

About DataPath, Inc.
DataPath is a global leader in creating satellite-based network solutions that solve customers’ toughest communications challenges. We specialize in enabling highly complex, video-intensive communications networks that are critical to the operations of military, civilian government and commercial organizations. Even in the most urgent time frames and extreme conditions, we establish and maintain communications anywhere and deliver total network control through our communications solutions, MaxView® network control software and comprehensive services. SWE DISH Satellite Systems AB, a Stockholm-based, global leader in the design and manufacture of mobile satellite communications systems, is a wholly owned subsidiary. DataPath is headquartered in Duluth, Ga., U.S.A. and operates via more than two dozen offices and distributor locations around the world. For more information, visit www.datapath.com.

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