'Wi-Fi' Wireless Broadband Provider ICOA Retains Hawk Associates for Investor Relations and Financial Media Relations 'Neutral-Host' ICOA Networks in Airports, Panera Bread, Marinas and Hot Zones Serving over 20 Million WARWICK, R.I., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ICOA, Inc. (OTC:ICOA) (BULLETIN BOARD: ICOA) , a leading provider of neutral-host wireless broadband Internet networks and managed services in airports, restaurants and marinas, announced today that it has engaged Hawk Associates to provide investor relations and financial media relations. Hawk Associates CEO Frank N. Hawkins, Jr. said, "ICOA is focused on rapidly growing the company through highly-screened and complementary acquisitions and scalable organic growth from its vertically-focused subsidiaries serving airports, restaurants, marinas and hospitality locations such as hotels and convention centers. In addition to seven airports and 34 marinas, ICOA manages the largest non-subscriber Wi-Fi network in the U.S. for Panera Bread in over 325 quick casual restaurant locations. The company's neutral-host open architecture solutions allow the rapidly growing customer base of major aggregators, such as iPass and Boingo, integrated roaming access to ICOA-powered locations. ICOA's highly experienced management team has begun to execute its plan for growth through vertical expansion and targeted acquisitions and we look forward to helping communicate new developments to investors." George Strouthopoulos, chief executive officer of ICOA, said, "Hawk Associates is the premier investor relations agency working with microcap companies on Wall Street today. Frank Hawkins and Julie Marshall and the Hawk team have a strong track record of introducing microcap companies to the investment community and building a highly effective investor communications program. We look forward to working with them as we execute ICOA's strategy for growth." About ICOA, Inc. ICOA, Inc., (OTC:ICOA) (BULLETIN BOARD: ICOA) located in Warwick, RI, is a leading provider of neutral-host wireless and wired broadband Internet networks in high traffic public locations. ICOA, Inc. provides design, installation, operations, maintenance and management of neutral, common-use 802.11x standard WLAN Wi-Fi Hotspot and Hot Zone infrastructure throughout airport facilities, quick service restaurants, marinas and hospitality locations, as well as high speed Internet terminals (WebCenter3000(TM)). ICOA currently operates or manages over 410 installations serving more than 20 million, including 325 Panera Bread locations, the San Francisco International Airport (SFO), Spokane International Airport (GEG), the Greater Baton Rouge, Louisiana Airport (BTR), Sacramento International Airport (SMF), Manchester Airport (MHT), Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (SAV), Fresno- Yosemite International Airport (FYI), 34 Marinas in California and Rhode Island's Newport Harbor 'Hot Zone'. For additional information, please visit http://www.icoacorp.com/ . An investment profile about ICOA may be found online at http://www.hawkassociates.com/icoa/profile.htm . About Hawk Associates, Inc. Hawk Associates is a full-service national investor relations and financial media relations consulting firm serving clients in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Canada. For more information, contact John Balbach at 415-776-6695. For investor relations information, contact Frank Hawkins or Julie Marshall, Hawk Associates, at (305) 852-2383, email: . Detailed information about ICOA, Inc. can be found on the website http://www.icoacorp.com/ . An online investor kit containing ICOA press releases, SEC filings, current price Level II 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: Hawk Associates, Inc. CONTACT: John Balbach of ICOA, Inc., +1-415-776-6695; or investor relations, Frank Hawkins or Julie Marshall, both of Hawk Associates, +1-305-852-2383, or Web site: http://www.icoacorp.com/ http://www.hawkassociates.com/icoa/profile.htm http://www.hawkassociates.com/ http://www.hawkmicrocaps.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/133897.html

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