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Active Control to install first MSHA-approved ActiveMine(TM) network

posted on Mar 18, 2009 03:00AM

Just reposting this in the "Press Release" section. Thanks to Dawgs for the original post.

Attention Business Editors:

Active Control to install first MSHA-approved ActiveMine(TM) network
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50 node Wi-Fi mesh network to be installed in underground coal mine in
West Virginia
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TSX-V: ACT

TORONTO, March 18 /CNW/ - Active Control Technology Inc. (TSX-V:ACT)
today announced that it will install its first MSHA-approved ActiveMine(TM)
network. The new system, to be installed in a West Virginia underground coal
mine next month, will consist of a 50-node network, making it the largest
MSHA-approved underground Wi-Fi network anywhere.
The installation will mark the first time a coal mine has deployed a full
Wi-Fi standards-based communications network. This means that with ActiveMine,
the premier wireless voice communications and tracking system for mines, the
mine can utilize any Internet Protocol-based application over its network.
"ActiveMine's open standard frees mines from being locked into
proprietary and antiquated wired networks," said Steve Barrett, President and
CEO, Active Control. "We have brought the Internet to mining and made it 100
percent wireless, making possible a world of new applications and devices for
mines."
The new system will replace a pre-MSHA approved ActiveMine system which
has been in operation since May 2008 in a non-gassy area of the mine.
ActiveMine's Wi-Fi telephones are expected to receive MSHA approval soon.

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About ActiveMine

The ActiveMine communications, data and tracking system enables monitoring
of production, personnel and equipment in all types of surface and underground
mining environments, including coal and hard rock mines. ActiveMine is
positioned to bring to mining what the Internet brought to the world. The
system is designed to:

- Provide the world's first standards-based Wi-Fi + IP network for the
underground mining industry with a 54Mb wireless backhaul.
- Provide full duplex, clear voice communications and tracking as
required by law in US underground coal mines.
- Provide ample bandwidth to move existing legacy applications onto a
single standards-based network, eliminating multiple proprietary
networks.
- Enable the deployment of an unprecedented array of new IP-based
applications in mines - applications that are not possible with
proprietary and antiquated wired networks.
- Enable the deployment of any Wi-Fi device in mines, thereby driving the
availability of new devices, controlling costs, and freeing mine
operators from being locked into proprietary technology.
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About Active Control Technology

ACT designs and markets wireless network control and communication
systems for buildings and mining. Located in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, the
company trades publicly on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol ACT. For
more information, visit the company's website at www.activecontrol.com.

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Get more out of your mine.(TM)
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The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: This press release
contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties,
which may cause actual results to differ materially from the statements made.
When used in this document, the words "may", "would", "could", "will",
"intend", "plan", "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect" and similar
expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such
statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are
subject to such risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause our actual
results to differ materially from the statements made, including those factors
discussed in filings made by us with the Canadian securities regulatory
authorities. Should one or more of these risks and uncertainties, such as
changes in demand for and prices for the products of the Company or the
materials required to produce those products, labour relations problems,
currency and interest rate fluctuations, increased competition and general
economic and market factors, occur or should assumptions underlying the
forward looking statements prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially
from those described herein as intended, planned, anticipated, or expected. We
do not intend and do not assume any obligation to update these forward-looking
statements, except as required by law. The reader is cautioned not to put
undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.

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For further information: Steve Barrett, President & C.E.O., Active
Control Technology Inc., Tel.: (905) 670-5500 ext. 202, Fax: (905) 592-9691,
Email: [email protected]; Website: www.activecontrol.com; Don
Hogarth, Hogarth Communications Inc., Tel.: (416) 565-8920, Email:
[email protected]

Source: http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/a...

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