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Tactical Wireless wins prestigious Scottish Enterprise Life Sciences innovation award

Peplink partner recognised for innovative real time data transmission from remote locations and also

shortlisted for upcoming Medilink UK Awards 2015

18th March 2015 - Tactical Wireless Limited, an innovative Peplink partner and developer of Omni-Hub™ has

won the “Innovation” category of the prestigious Scottish Enterprise Life Sciences Awards. The Awards

recognise the success and achievements of Scotland’s international ly renowned life sciences sector in areas

including innovation, investment, community engagement and collaboration.

Tactical Wireless Ltd won the Innovation award for its Omni -HubTM system– the integrated communications

hub which takes inputs from sensors, analogue and digital video sources, data and audio which can transmit

and receive using all available networks. The Scottish Life Sciences Innovation Award judges recognised Omni-

HubTM as a unique product that can transmit real -time data from remote locations, irrespective of the

challenges caused by poor connectivity from insufficient telecommunications infrastructure in remote areas.

Omni-HubTM provides an open architecture solution based on the integration of commercial off the shelf

hardware and is not dependent on any one network. Each Omni-HubTM can be networked via Tactical

Wireless ’s own secure Omni-Hub™.Net network allowing multiple Hubs to provide aggregated bandwidth,

within the Hub and over multiple Hubs. Service resil iency is enabled by the ability of the Hub to access , and

control the use of, up to 4 cellular, 2 Wi-Fi, 2 satell ite and one ADSL routes . This diversity of delivery paths is

further enhanced by the bonded WAN router technology from Peplink that splits the data between multiple

routes and multiple servers. Security is provided by encryption up to AES 256 levels across the entire network.

Additionally, Omni-HubTM manages the video content to ensure optimised use of the available bandwidth.

Scotland's l ife sciences industry already contributes more than £3 bil l ion a year to the Scottish economy with

some 650 organisations employing around 35,000 people. It is globally recognised for its high levels of

innovation – translating ideas and research into novel treatments and world-leading therapies. Julia Brown,

senior director of l ife and chemical sciences at Scottish Enterprise said: "Congratulations to this year’s winners.

Once again the quality of the candidates was outstanding and reinforced the strength of the ski l ls pool that

makes up the Scottish l ife sciences industry.”

Tactical Wireless has also made the shortlist for the Innovation category for the Medilink UK Awards 2015 that

celebrate cutting edge technologies, outstanding business achievements and internati onal success across the

UK’s Life Sciences sector. The Innovation Award category is given to companies which have developed

pioneering technology in specific sectors of healthcare and developed ground-breaking products to solve l ife

threatening problems. The awards are a nationwide competition spanning over 1,500 Life Sciences companies

and will announce the winners at a Gala Dinner on 29th April, alongside the UK’s largest Medical Device

industry event - the Med-Tech Innovation Expo 2015.

Peter Morton, TWL’s Managing Director said: “We would like to thank the judges of the Scottish Enterprise Life

Sciences Awards for recognising the technical and practical application of Omni -HubTM and look forward to

working with more organisations in real-world applications that can help deliver critical care and connectivity

to people in remote locations.”

Tactical Wireless is working closely with Professor Philip Wilson and his team, at the University of Aberdeen’s

Centre for Rural Health, to transmit l ive ultrasound from remote locations in the Highlands in a project that

allowed more than 95% of all images to retain diagnostic quality.

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