ICOA Powers Trump Atlantic City Resorts and Casinos
July 28 2005 - 10:53AM
PR Newswire (US)
ICOA Powers Trump Atlantic City Resorts and Casinos Company
Delivers Broadband Internet Service to 3,000 Rooms ATLANTIC CITY,
N.J. and WARWICK, R.I., July 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trump
Resorts and ICOA, Inc. (OTC:ICOA) (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 (401) 352-2368, e-mail: . For investor relations,
contact Frank Hawkins or Julie Marshall, Hawk Associates, (305)
451-1888, 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. DATASOURCE: ICOA, Inc. CONTACT:
Frank Hawkins or Julie Marshall, both of Hawk Associates,
+1-305-451-1888, or , for ICOA, Inc. Web site:
http://www.icoacorp.com/ http://www.hawkassociates.com/
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