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ICOA Powers Trump Atlantic City Resorts and Casinos
Company Delivers Broadband Internet Service to 3,000 Rooms
Jul 28, 2005 9:53:00 AM
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. and WARWICK, R.I., July 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trump Resorts and ICOA, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: ICOA), a national provider of broadband Internet networks and managed services in high-traffic public locations, announced today that ICOA-powered broadband Internet service is now available in all 3,000 guest rooms, conference facilities and public meeting areas across the three Trump Resort properties in Atlantic City: Trump Taj Mahal, Trump Marina Hotel Casino and the Trump Plaza.

Kurt Ohlson, executive director of hotel operations at Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort, said, "Our hotel and casino guests, convention planners and companies increasingly expect and demand reliable and affordable broadband Internet access service in our facilities. We selected national provider ICOA to power this new guest and convention service due to their national scale, proven deployment and complex network management capabilities. Key to our decision was ICOA's live agent customer call center, offering 24/7/365 help desk services for our guests and convention customers."

Deployment of the service started on May 15, 2005, and was completed on July 1, 2005. Wired broadband Internet service is available in all rooms, and broadband wireless Wi-Fi service is available in all conference facilities and public areas. The Trump Taj Mahal offers 1,250 rooms, 140,000 square feet of convention and exhibit space and 22 meeting rooms. The Trump Marina Hotel Casino offers 728 guest rooms, 60,000 square feet of convention and exhibit space and 22 meeting rooms. The Trump Plaza offers 904 guest rooms, 20,000 square feet of convention and exhibit space and 12 meeting rooms.

ICOA CEO Rick Schiffmann said, "This has been one of ICOA's largest deployments to date at a single facility. This contract involved an aggressive installation time schedule in order to meet Trump Resorts' expectations of enhancing in-room and meeting/convention services with reliable broadband Internet access supported by a dedicated customer care facility."

Guests can access ICOA's broadband Internet access in-room via standard high-speed Ethernet connectivity, and in convention, meeting and public areas using their own Wi-Fi-enabled notebook computer or hand-held devices. ICOA's national service reaches across 45 states and 1,200 high-traffic public locations, including airports, quick service and quick casual restaurants, marinas, travel plazas, metrozones and higher education campuses.

About Trump

Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. is one of the world's largest operators of hotels and casinos. The Trump name stands proudly on three world-class casino hotels in Atlantic City, N.J.: Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino located in the center of the city on the famous boardwalk, Trump Marina Casino Resort located in the Marina District, and Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort, home of one of the world's largest casinos and one of the most luxurious casino-hotels ever built.

Each property is a winner of the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences Five Star award that signifies it as a premier property that meets the strict standards of the Academy. Each year the Academy bestows its International Star Diamond Award exclusively on deserving individuals and five-star establishments that are deemed to be at the pinnacle of quality. The International Star Diamond Award is the most prestigious emblem of achievement and true quality.

About ICOA, Inc.

ICOA, Inc. is a national provider of neutral-host wireless and wired broadband Internet networks in high-traffic public locations. ICOA provides design, installation, operations, maintenance and management of neutral, common-use 802.11x standard WLAN Wi-Fi hot spot and hot zone infrastructure throughout airport facilities, quick-service restaurants, universities, travel plazas, marinas, hospitality and hot zone locations. ICOA owns or operates over 1,200 broadband access installations in high-traffic locations across 45 states. For additional information, visit http://www.icoacorp.com .

An investment profile about ICOA may be found online at http://www.hawkassociates.com/icoa/profile.htm .

For more information, contact ICOA VP of Corporate Development John Balbach at [phone], e-mail: [e-mail] . For investor relations, contact Frank Hawkins or Julie Marshall, Hawk Associates, [phone], e-mail: [e-mail] . An online investor relations kit containing ICOA press releases, SEC filings, current Level II price quotes, interactive Java stock charts and other useful information for investors can be found at http://www.hawkassociates.com and http://www.hawkmicrocaps.com .

The foregoing contains "forward-looking statements," which are based on management's beliefs, as well as on a number of assumptions concerning future events and information currently available to management. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are not a guarantee of performance and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside ICOA's control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from such statements. For a more detailed description of the factors that could cause such a difference, please see ICOA's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. ICOA disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. This information is presented solely to provide additional information to further understand the results of ICOA.

SOURCE ICOA, Inc.



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