Aliante Station Casino + Hotel is First in North Las Vegas to Meet the Newly Adopted Public Safety Communication Codes

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Mon May 11, 2009 7:00am EDT

Sprint and MobileAccess Deliver Seamless, Reliable Mobile Connectivity Across
the Casino
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(Business Wire)--
The Aliante Station Casino + Hotel is teaming up with Sprint (NYSE:S) and
MobileAccess to provide a comprehensive in-building wireless infrastructure and
communications solution for its guests and team members. With 202 hotel rooms
and suites, 14,000 square feet of meeting space, six restaurants and multiple
entertainment venues, the new Aliante Station will ensure always-on reliable
wireless coverage for a variety of applications throughout its entire facility. 

"This solution gives Aliante Station a competitive edge in a town full of
high-tech resorts," said Van Baltz, Chief Technology Officer for Station
Casinos, the company that owns and operates Aliante Station. "The new
infrastructure provides an added benefit to our guests by ensuring nearly
continuous wireless coverage no matter what device they`re using and enables our
team members to stay connected wherever they are in the facility. The
multi-service distributed antenna system (DAS) also puts Aliante Station at the
forefront of public safety in Clark County by providing support for critical
public safety cellular and radio operations." 

The multi-service in-building wireless system is the first in North Las Vegas to
include capabilities for all major cellular carriers, in-house two-way radio,
Wi-Fi, VoIP and public safety radio all on a single DAS infrastructure. This new
technology also makes Aliante Station the first casino to meet the updated
public safety communications codes for Clark County and the City of North Las
Vegas. 

This breakthrough design built by Sprint`s Converged Network Solutions (CNS) and
MobileAccess ensures high-speed network services with wall-to-wall 802.11a/b/g
Wi-Fi, providing guests and staff with uninterrupted, seamless connectivity for
mobile devices. The system also supports the latest in high speed 4G
technologies, such as WiMAX, and has the scalability to support new or
additional wireless services in the future without the need for any additional
infrastructure. Furthermore, the system delivers building-wide, two-way radio
coverage for fire, police and other first responders, ensuring that Aliante
Station meets strict fire protection ordinances for the City of North Las Vegas.


"Thousands of people who visit or work at the casino and hotel use a wide range
of wireless services. This makes the ability to support a multitude of
communications applications on a reliable network very critical," says Mike
Fitz, vice president, converged solutions at Sprint. "We have provided a
complete solution powered by our dependable Now network, that not only meets
Aliante Station`s communications needs today, but also prepares for future
technologies such as Sprint 4G, which lets employees and guests extend their
Internet experience beyond the walls of their office or home." 

"MobileAccess is a leader in providing reliable, flexible wireless coverage to
the hospitality industry," said Cathy Zatloukal, chief executive officer of
MobileAccess. "Our Encover in-building wireless solution suite accommodates the
communications needs of a diverse clientele and staff, providing top hotels like
Aliante Station a distinct competitive edge in a highly visible market. By
equipping hotels with a single infrastructure for all wireless voice and data
services, we`re helping our customers deliver a world-class experience to their
guests." 

Sprint serves Aliante Station Casino + Hotel through its newly formed Business
Markets Group (BMG). Composed of more than 4,000 sales, support, marketing and
operations personnel, Sprint`s BMG is dedicated solely to enterprise, general
business and public sector customers. BMG delivers wireless, wireline and
converged solutions for companies, drawing on the nation`s most dependable 3G
mobile broadband network,* 4G capabilities that are well ahead of Sprint`s
competition, the fastest national push-to-talk network, and a comprehensive
solutions portfolio of devices and applications. 

For more information on Sprint business solutions, visit www.sprint.com/business
or contact your Sprint account team. 

For more information about Sprint CNS, please visit www.sprint.com/cns. 

About Sprint Nextel

Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline
communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers,
businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for
developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including two
wireless networks serving more than 49 million customers at the end of the first
quarter of 2009; industry-leading mobile data services; instant national and
international walkie-talkie capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone.
For more information, visit www.sprint.com. 

About MobileAccess

MobileAccess is a global provider of reliable wireless coverage solutions for
carrier and enterprise customers, ensuring life, time and money saving critical
applications are available wherever and whenever they are needed. The Encover
suite of products serve as the platform for delivering multi-service,
future-ready wireless connectivity in enterprises and large public venues and
has become an industry standard in key markets including healthcare, hospitality
and higher education. MobileAccess` advanced Wire-It-Once architecture ensures
facility-wide indoor coverage for current and future cellular and enterprise
wireless voice and data services, including Wireless LAN (WLAN), Mobile WiMAX
and public safety radio, all over a single infrastructure. Thousands of
organizations worldwide rely on MobileAccess including: Clarian Health, the
Comcast Center, Fontainebleau Las Vegas, Ford Field, GAN Tower (Paris), Grand
Lakes Orlando, the Dutch Parliament building (Netherlands), Hearst Corporation,
M Resort, Spa and Casino, Melbourne Australia Airport, Northwestern Memorial
Hospital, Royal Dutch Shell and the University of Phoenix Stadium. MobileAccess
is headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, and has offices in Europe and the Middle
East. For more information, please visit: www.mobileaccess.com. 

About Aliante Station Casino + Hotel

Opened on November 11, 2008, the $662 million Aliante Station is conveniently
located off Clark County`s 215 at 7300 Aliante Parkway in North Las Vegas. It
offers 202 hotel guest rooms and suites; six restaurants and a food court to
satisfy every taste bud and budget; 14,000 square feet of meeting, banquet and
convention space; Regal Cinemas` 16-screen movie theatre; Access Showroom, a
600-plus-seat entertainment concert venue and an array of popular gaming choices
including traditional table games, a poker room, state-of-the-art race and
sports book and slot machines. Aliante Station is a 50/50 partnership between
subsidiaries of Station Casinos, Inc. and the Greenspun Corporation. For more
information about Aliante Station, visit www.AlianteCasinoHotel.com. 





Sprint
Sukhi Sahni
703-592-7779
sukhi.sahni@sprint.com
or
Schwartz Communications
Marisa Borgasano
781-684-0770
mobileaccess@schwartz-pr.com

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