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January 2008
1st Annual Outlook: 95 Industry Leaders Throughout the Channel Offer their
Predictions for 2008, Vertical Systems Reseller
PacStar CEO, Robert Frisbee, provides insight into some of the major challenges facing federal, state and local governments, and disaster responders in 2008.

December 10, 2007
No towers? No problem. LGS, PacStar cell phone solution goes anywhere the Army Reserve goes, Washington Technology
The Army Reserve Command at Fort McPherson, Ga., awarded contracts to two companies to develop an integrated solution that would allow the military to launch cellular service quickly in any area.

November 2007
Critical Communications, Homeland Defense Journal
Delivering advanced communications in difficult areas is vital for mission success whether it is on the battlefield or a region hit by a devastating hurricane. “This has
always been our focus...” said Robert Frisbee, CEO of PacStar, a leading technology-based systems integrator providing total communications solutions.

November 21, 2007
IT touted at TIDES tour, Pentagon highlights IT for disaster response, Government Computer News
The Pentagon showcased a range of technologies today used to manage the consequences of natural disasters and other events that displace people, in an exhibition titled Transportable Infrastructures for Development and Emergency Support (TIDES).

November 2007
Afghanistan Army Moves From Messengers to Microchips, Signal Magazine
Internet protocol-based communications offers beleaguered country’s military efficient and secure systems... The equipment chosen for this scenario was the PacStar 5500, a U.S. military-certified highly specialized communications system.

October 11, 2007
Military Information Technology interview with PacStar CEO Robert Frisbee
MIT and Robert Frisbee discuss PacStar, what key benefits it provides and what the company has planned for the future.

September 2007
PacStar wins 2007 Vertical Systems Reseller Magazine All Star VAR Award
VSR's Annual Recognition of Top Achievers in Select Vertical Markets. Excelling as a vertical VAR means mastering multiple domains: technology as well as the issues and demands of a specific business category – not to mention the challenges of managing and growing a business.

August 2007
LGS and PacStar provide tactical-base-station router to U.S. Army Reserve
Command, Military & Aerospace Electronics
Engineers at LGS, a subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent, and Pacific Star Communications (PacStar), have joined hands to provide a rugged, portable cellular solution to the U.S. Army Reserve Command (USARC) at Fort McPherson, Ga.

August 2007
Rapid Response Reserves, MIT.com
The U.S. Army Reserve Command (USARC) is implementing a rapid response cellular solution based on equipment provided by LGS and PacStar.

July 2007
PacStar Scores $12.3M, Portland Business Journal
Two years ago, PacStar Inc. took outside funding for the first time to shift from reselling communications equipment to manufacturing systems of its own design.

June 14, 2007
Mobile Communications System and Satellite Network Enables First Responders
to Restore Service to Devastated Areas Quickly, TalkSatellite.com
In time for the start of the 2007 hurricane season, PacStar and Spacenet Inc. are working together to create the Emergency Preparedness Integrated Communications (EPIC) system, a mobile emergency response solution...

April 2007
Tough Terrain Technology, Military Information Technology
An Air Force/CENTCOM deployment is providing a comprehensive communications platform to the Afghan National Army (ANA), setting up a deployable, high bandwidth training network. The system is based on the PacStar 5500…

March 26, 2007
Technology Companies Meet in D.C. to Discuss Disaster Response, The Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey)
Dealing with disasters, it seems, is a growth industry. As the world's top technology companies converged on Washington last week for the annual tech-for-government trade show, major players were focusing on providing a host of systems to be deployed in the wake of disasters, natural or otherwise.

March 21, 2007
Vendors Unveil Crisis-Ready Communication Systems At FOSE Show, GovernmentVAR
An officer in the fields of Iraq needs to call headquarters and let someone know the coordinates of his location. A firefighter arrives at the site of a crippling tornado and needs to contact emergency medical services to send reinforcements. Under such circumstances, how can government ensure communication is even a possibility?

March 20, 2007
Sphere's Sphericall IP-PBX Earns U.S. Department of Defense Certification, TMCnet.com
Companies today setting out to choose an IP-PBX have many choices, as well as many critical considerations such as security, performance, and ROI. How to know which product best meets those and other requirements? One way to shorten the list is to look at vendors whose products have earned industry or government certification.

March 7, 2007
Military integrator offers nodes for remote systems, Network World
Need to get high-bandwidth, reliable network nodes up quickly in far-flung locations? Take a look at PacStar, a network integrator that specializes in delivering leading-edge network systems to difficult places.

March 2007
PacStar 3500, RuggedPCReview
PacStar is a technology systems integrator that provides total communications solutions to the military as well as governmental and commercial customers. The PacStar 3500 is not so much a separate computer as a deployable network communications terminal in an airline carry-on-sized box that provides the full communications capabilities of a small office anywhere in the world.

Dec. 5, 2006.
Texas Guard goes wireless for rapid response, Federal Computer Week
To help it respond to disasters, the Texas National Guard has started to use Fortress Technologies’ rapid response communications kit based on low-cost commercial Wi-Fi and WiMax technologies from Nortel Networks and strong encryption gear and software from Fortress.

Sept. 27, 2006
iMove Adopts PacStar Technologies to Create Deployable Wide-Area Surveillance for Intelligence Community, Government Technology
PacStar has entered into an agreement with iMove, Inc. to customize and deliver intelligent, ruggedized deployment cases enabling iMove to create deployable wide-area persistent surveillance solutions for Department of Defense and intelligence community (IC) force protection missions.

September 22, 2006
From reseller to maker, Portland Business Journal
When PacStar raised outside funding for the first time last year, it was to help the company make a challenging shift from telecom equipment supplier to telecom equipment manufacturer. That strategic shift recently gained some momentum.

August 10, 2006
SphereCSE IP PBX Development Platform Announced at VoIP Developer Conference, TMCnet.com
At TMC’s VoIP Developer Conference 2006 today, Sphere Communications announced availability of the SphereCSE Communications Service Engine. The new solution is an IP PBX software development platform that targets OEMs and ISVs.

July 13, 2006
Headquarters in a Box, Military Information Technology
In the age of network-centric operations, there are few imperatives on the battlefield greater for commanders than mobility and the ability to quickly achieve information dominance. Mobile military command posts are playing a greater role in Army and Marine Corps efforts to better achieve those results.

July 13, 2006
Afghan Infrastructure, Military Information Technology
CENTCOM has selected portable, secure communications systems provided by PacStar for the Afghan National Army (ANA). The ANA will use seven PacStar 5500 units, which deliver wired/wireless voice, data and video to any location from anywhere in the world…

July 7, 2006
PacStar to deploy 5500 system for Afghan National Army, DMAsia
The US Central Command (CENTCOM) has selected PacStar to deploy seven of its mobile communications systems for the Afghan National Army (ANA). The ANA will use PacStar's 5500 to create a secure ommunications infrastructure to support counter-terrorism and border control activities, along with other key anti-insurgency responsibilities.

May 30, 2006
Satellites keep rescuers in touch, Washington Times
When the going gets tough on Earth, it's time to switch up to the satellite. Hurricane season starts Thursday, and satellite companies are vying for billions of dollars in government contracts, saying they can provide reliable communications for police, fire, ambulance and rescue crews during emergencies.

March 15, 2006
Satellites keep rescuers in touch, Signal Magazine
Connectivity is a key requirement for today’s highly mobile war fighters and first responders. The PacStar 5500 is a rapidly deployable communications system designed to provide high-bandwidth voice, data, video and Internet protocol networking.

March 13, 2006
Ready for disaster, Washington Technology
As the storm surge began to spill over and lay waste to New Orleans’ levees, the flood waters wiped out much of the city’s communications systems that the wind and rain hadn’t destroyed. Mississippi’s Gulf Coast didn’t fair any better. But despite the devastation, a little more than a week after the storm, Steve Anspach had eight phone lines ready to go…

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