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(COMTEX) B: The Business Press, San Bernardino, Calif., technology column
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Apr 11, 2005 (The Business Press - Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News via
COMTEX) -- Local firm to unveil 'wireless' airship

Sanswire Networks LLC in San Bernardino is unveiling a prototype April 12 of its
high-altitude airship that will launch later this year to rain cellular, voice,
data and video signals over 126,000 square miles. Sanswire, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of GlobeTel Communications Corp. in Pembroke Pines, Fla. (Nasdaq:
GTEL), ultimately wants to launch "thousands" of the 300 to 400 foot-long
airships to function as high-altitude telecommunications platforms, Leigh
Coleman, GlobeTel's president, said April 7.

"They're a lot cheaper than satellites. They are satellite replacement
vehicles," he said.

The company hopes to launch the ship from Edwards Air Force Base in July or
August, contingent on approvals from regulating agencies, he said.

Sanswire will transport attendees of the April 12 unveiling from the San
Bernardino Hilton to its hangar at San Bernardino International Airport, where
50 to 60 employees have constructed the prototype ship called Sanswire One.

The prototype ship is 50 feet high, 60 feet wide and just under 200 feet long,
Coleman said.

Sanswire plans to build the Sanswire Two full-size ship in Palmdale and launch
the craft from Edwards. The ship, at 400 feet long, will be constructed of
aluminum and will blast to 65,000 feet above the earth.

The ships will float for approximately 18 months before being returned for
upgrades with the latest technology.

The company is looking to hire individuals with aerospace and lightweight
construction experience.

Sanswire plans to build "very large" manufacturing facilities for the ships,
Coleman said.

"Our plans are to launch at Edwards Air Force Base under the direction of NASA
and the Air Force. Each agency will have to approve the flight plan before the
launch date. By launching it from Edwards, we will be using non-FAA regulated
air space which should expedite the flight safety approval process," Timothy M.
Huff, GlobeTel's chief executive officer, said in a release.

Coleman declined to reveal the costs associated with Sanswire One or its funding
sources.

Sanwire parent company GlobeTel is an international telecommunications firm
specializing in voice-over-IP, international telecommunications services and
wireless bank account access via mobile phones.

GlobeTel has 30,000 shareholders.

Federal nabs servers

Federal Edge Inc., a Riverside company that provides computers, electronic data
storage, three-dimensional computer graphics and other technology to federal,
state and local governments, has agreed to re-sell a Carlsbad firm's network and
computer server backup products.

Arkeia Corp. in Carlsbad announced the deal April 4. Arkeia provides computer
file backup and recovery products for offices that use Linux systems.

"Being able to provide our government and military customers with complete data
protection for their Linux and UNIX servers is an important differentiator for
us," Cindra Stolk, Federal Edge's president, said in a release.

The deal will broaden Arkeia's market share, particularly among federal
agencies, Rick DiViesti, Arkeia's director of sales, said in the release.

The Arkeia Network Backup features 64-bit Linux support for Intel, Itanium and
support of Kernel 2.6 Linux distributions. Arkeia Server Backup works with tape
autoloaders.

Darla Martin Tucker at [phone] or dtucker@the bizpress.com


By Darla Martin Tucker
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