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SpectraLink Wi-Fi Handsets Help Hospital Operate Mission Community Hospital Relies on Time-Saving Wireless Telephones BOULDER, Colo., March 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SpectraLink Corp. (NASDAQ:SLNK), through the SBC family of companies, is helping Mission Community Hospital improve patient care with its NetLink(TM) i640 Wireless Telephones. The recently built 150-bed hospital in Panorama City, Calif., installed SpectraLink(R) NetLink Wireless Telephones in its nursing and patient care areas to help nursing staff maintain immediate and direct contact with hospital physicians regardless of location. Working through SBC companies, Mission Community Hospital installed 28 NetLink handsets in late 2004. The NetLink i640 Wireless Telephones offer nursing staff complete mobility while keeping them accessible to patients, physicians and others. Caregivers are now more responsive and efficient in meeting patient needs. The NetLink i640 Wireless Telephones also offer a unique push-to-talk (PTT) functionality that offers hospital staff an added sense of security by letting them broadcast to multiple handsets during emergency situations. Leveraging the hospital's existing Wi-Fi network, the NetLink i640 Wireless Telephones operate at low power levels minimizing risk of interference with sensitive medical equipment. "The NetLink handsets are expected to help us save time and result in improved service to our patients," said Dr. Robert Thompson, the hospital's vice chief of staff and a pulmonary medicine physician. "With the new handsets, we expect much greater efficiencies in our process for the administration of both medications and necessary tests." Ash Dave', systems transformation advisor at Mission Community Hospital, immediately realized the benefits of a converged voice and data application. "Our patients, physicians and nursing staff are all expected to benefit from this technology offered by these unique Wi-Fi devices." About NetLink Wireless Telephones SpectraLink's NetLink Wireless Telephone portfolio is designed to meet the communication needs for enterprises of any size in an array of industries. NetLink Wireless Telephones operate as client devices on wireless LANs utilizing the IEEE 802.11b global standard, allowing converged mobile voice and data applications on a single wireless infrastructure. SpectraLink Voice Priority (SVP), a quality of service (QoS) mechanism, is employed on the wireless LAN to ensure excellent voice quality with minimal impact on data throughput. NetLink Wireless Telephones integrate with the best-selling PBX systems, and support proprietary IP protocols as well as H.323 for enterprise wireless VoIP solutions. About SpectraLink SpectraLink Corporation is the leading U.S. manufacturer and provider of wireless telephone systems for the workplace. SpectraLink distributes its products through strategic OEM partnerships and industry-leading service, equipment, and application providers, cultivating a vast customer base among industries including retail, education, healthcare, manufacturing, finance, information systems and telecommunications. For more information, visit http://www.spectralink.com/. This release may contain forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. More information about potential risk factors that could affect our results is available in SpectraLink's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2004, and subsequent Form 10-Q filings. Trademarks: SpectraLink is a registered trademark and NetLink is a trademark of SpectraLink Corporation. All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners. DATASOURCE: SpectraLink Corp. CONTACT: Robin Raulf-Sager, Public Relations Manager of SpectraLink Corporation, +1-303-583-5342, ; or Ash Dave', Systems Transformation Advisor of Mission Community Hospital, +1-818-909-3080, Web site: http://www.spectralink.com/

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