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Bowie State University Advances Campus Safety with e2Campus Emergency Notification System

New system will send SMS text messages of urgent news to students’ mobile phones

LEESBURG, VA – September 6, 2006 – Omnilert LLC, the leading provider of selective mass communications, today announced that Bowie State University in Bowie, Maryland has advanced campus safety with the roll-out of the e2Campus mass notification system. Bowie State will tap the power of text messaging by using the e2Campus Web-based service to communicate emergency news to the cell phones of students, faculty and staff.

Ernest L. Waiters, Police Chief and Director of Public Safety at Bowie State said, “Bowie State University Department of Public Safety in partnership with the Division of External Relations and the Division of Student Affairs and Campus Life is providing faculty, staff and students with instant notifications of all university closings and pending emergencies facing Bowie State University.”

About e2Campus
Endorsed by Security On Campus Inc. and used by schools around the country, e2Campus is the Web-based mass notification system that enables school officials to self-administer and send time-sensitive messages for a fraction of the cost and complexity of existing notification solutions. There is no traditional software to install, no hardware to buy and no additional phone lines needed. A school can set up a secure notification system in minutes to send routine, urgent or emergency notifications to their entire campus community or groups, such as multiple campuses, residence halls, staff-only or sports news. e2Campus instantly and simultaneously sends mass alerts to a subscriber's mobile phone (via SMS text message), BlackBerry, smart phone, wireless PDA, text pager, e-mail account and relevant Web page. To learn more, visit www.e2Campus.com online.

About Omnilert, LLC
Omnilert LLC is the leading provider of selective mass communications for sending time-sensitive information to large groups of people. The self-service, Web-based system enables a single person to communicate timely information to thousands of people anywhere, anytime, on any device. It is ideal for announcing school closings, game cancellations, weather warnings, terrorist alerts, and marketing promotions. The system is built around a reliable SMS text messaging system that sends content directly to a mobile phone, as well as an e-mail address, Web page, pager or wired phone. Omnilert Text and Voice solutions are sold under the names e2Campus, Amerilert, RainedOut and through resellers. The privately held company is headquartered in Leesburg, Va., and at http://www.omnilert.com online.