December 9, 1998

For Immediate Release

(BW) (MOBILE AREA NETWORKS) Hotel's Laptop-Toting Guests Access the Internet wirelessly and at High Speed.

Computer Editors and Hospitality Writers

ORLANDO-- (BUSINESS WIRE)--December 9, 1998--Business travelers staying at Starwood Hotels' Westin Waltham-Boston,  now have super-fast, wireless Internet access from anywhere in the hotel, thanks to the mobiLAN®® system installed by Mobile Area Networks, Inc.

Mobile Area Networks pioneered the mobiLAN® concept, which is designed to make life easier for business travelers. These "road warriors" can quickly connect to the Internet and Local Area Networks (LANs) from their laptop computers. And they can do so anywhere in and surrounding the hotel--even in the full-service health club. In addition, documents can be printed wirelessly to the hotel printer and workgroup members can communicate with each other via wireless networks.

Best of all, mobiLAN® is faster than a speeding bullet, transmitting data at a breathtaking T-1 speed of 1.5 million bits per second. Using a standard dial-up modem, a laptop computer can download a 22-megabyte file in about 6 hours. But the same laptop using mobiLAN® will do the job in approximately 8 minutes or less.

With the addition of Westin Waltham-Boston to its list of hotel clients, Mobile Area Networks, Inc. now covers more than 2,000 guest rooms across the country. These hotels are discovering the value of promoting mobiLAN®'s high-speed, unlimited Internet connectivity as an amenity to attract more business guests.

"It's so easy to sell," said Rick Jansen, the hotel's comptroller. "Guests who see a demonstration book it immediately. Also, there is no lead or set-up time, no wires to run and no outside arrangements to be made."

"The mobiLAN® service brings Internet access out of the office and onto the road for business travelers," added George Wimbish, president of Mobile Area Networks, Inc.

Mobile Area Networks, Inc. (http://www.mobilan.com) is the first to offer high-speed wireless Internet, LAN and defined Intranet access for laptops. The company creates a bridge to the future for hotels, convention centers, universities and other locations where computer users need fast, reliable, mobile connectivity.