AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION, ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXPO 2004, ORLANDO, Fla. (June 15, 2004) - Microwave Data Systems (MDS), a world leader in industrial, wireless, networking solutions with applications in the supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), public safety, automation, telecommunications, and online transactional markets, together with full-service partner Intracom Inc., today announced the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) has selected the MDS iNET 900 for communications in their Automated Dam Data Acquisition and Alert Reporting Systems (ADDAARS). MDS iNET radios will be networked as part of an island wide effort to provide Ethernet, and remote data acquisition to water reservoirs and regional offices around the island.
ADDAARS software platform together with MDS iNET high-speed data transfer will provide PREPA and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) real-time measurements of rainfall and reservoir water levels year around. The MDS iNET will allow PREPA and the USGS to communicate data and control information from remote units to an existing Ethernet and fiber network, which is part of the Network and Information Technology Monitoring Center in San Juan. The MDS iNET is a long-range, high-speed, secure, wireless IP/Ethernet and Serial solution. It integrates the functionality of multiple devices into one solution and allows multiple users to run multiple applications and protocols.
This enables customers to bring mission-critical, revenue-generating data from fixed assets, such as utility meters, over Ethernet and/or Serial gateway onto corporate networks. "Because the MDS iNET is an IP, Ethernet and Serial solution, it can easily integrate with almost any network allowing data to be brought onto an enterprise-wide Ethernet network," noted Intracom President Miguel Aponte. "We're pleased that the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority selected the MDS iNET and that our successful relationships allowed us to be involved in this project."
About Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) is a public corporation and government agency founded in 1941. PREPA produces, transmits and distributes, practically all the electric power used in Puerto Rico. It is one of the major, public, electric power corporations in the United States.
About Intracom Inc. Intracom Inc., founded in 1998 and based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is an MDS full-service partner dedicated to provide wireless network integration, custom application design, sales and technical support. Intracom's primary mission is to define key industrial market applications, prepare custom design review systems and provide turnkey implementation.
About Microwave Data Systems
Microwave Data Systems Inc., headquartered in Rochester, N.Y., designs and manufactures networked high-speed, point-to-multipoint, and medium- and low-capacity point-to-point industrial, microwave radios for use in oil and gas, utility, lottery, traffic monitoring, public safety, and telecommunication provider industries.
Learn more about the company at www.microwavedata.com .