LGC Wireless Powers Pervasive Cellular Coverage at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

InterReach™ Unison System Delivers Critical Communications, Eliminates Interference Issues at World-Renowned Hospital

San Jose, Calif., March 14, 2006—LGC Wireless, the leader in advanced in-building wireless systems, today announced that its InterReach™ Unison System is now providing comprehensive in-building cellular service at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The deployment is the latest in more than 65 hospital deployments for LGC Wireless in North America, and it covers the buildings located on the Medical Center’s Main Campus, including the newly-opened Saperstein Critical Care Tower – more than 1.5 million square feet in all. As a result, the facility’s 1800 physicians and 8000 support personnel will now have indoor cellular coverage via the hospital’s two wireless service providers.

Cedars-Sinai is consistently ranked as one of the top hospitals in the United States, and quality of care is one of the primary reasons. With pervasive cellular coverage throughout its facilities, the medical center’s staff has more immediate communications capabilities which help to enhance and improve patient care.

“Our Emergency Department, Imaging, Nursing, Pathology, Facilities, and Pharmacy units all use mobile phones to improve responsiveness so they are able to spend more time actually providing care,” said David Dean, Telecommunications System Engineer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. “The LGC system ensures that cellular coverage is complete and consistent everywhere.”

One specific concern for cellular coverage in medical facilities is the potential for interference between mobile phones and telemetry equipment. When coverage is poor, phones are forced to output stronger signals that may potentially interfere with nearby medical devices. With the Unison system, however, LGC Wireless guarantees maximum-strength signals from all of its distributed antennas, which allows mobile phones to operate at their lowest power settings, eliminating interference concerns.

“Cedars-Sinai has a world-class reputation for quality medical care, and its personnel need world-class cellular coverage,” said John Spindler, vice president of marketing at LGC Wireless. “The Unison system’s ability to minimize interference with guaranteed signal strength, along with its deployment simplicity and its support for any carrier or public safety frequency, make it the perfect choice for modern health care facilities.”

LGC’s InterReach Unison system is the industry’s leading Distributed Antenna System (DAS). It uses active Ethernet-based technology and standard fiber and copper transport cabling to deliver cost-effective, high-performance wireless coverage for any frequency spectrum across areas of any size. Thanks to its active hub architecture, InterReach Unison offers non-disruptive installation, supports any frequency, and is one of the few systems on the market with full end-to-end monitoring and management. At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the InterReach Unison system supports 800, 850, 900, and 1900 MHz frequencies for the hospital’s two wireless carriers.

About LGC Wireless

With more than 5,500 deployments worldwide, LGC Wireless is the leader in extending scalable, high-performance wireless coverage inside buildings and public facilities. LGC’s products offer low-cost installation, end-to-end monitoring and management, and easy integration of emerging wireless technologies. LGC Wireless is based in San Jose, California and is privately held. For more information, please visit www.lgcwireless.com.