PRESS RELEASE 11.17.05
ZUNICOM SUBSIDIARY ALPHANET HOSPITALITY SYSTEMS INSTALLS AUTOMATED BUSINESS CENTERS AT THE WALDORF ASTORIA
Carrollton, T X – (Business Wire) – November 17, 2005 – AlphaNet Hospitality, Inc., a wholly-owned sub sid iary of Zunicom, Inc., recently installed The Office product at the renowned New York hotel, The Waldorf Astoria.
“AlphaNet values its continued relationship with The Waldorf Astoria,” stated Ian Edmonds , Executive Vice Pre sid ent of Zunicom. “Over the past decade, we’ve been privileged to provide multifunction business machines in each of The Waldorf’s guest rooms and we are very pleased with the new installations of The Office here.”
Working within a Windows XP environment, The Office allows guests access to features offered by Microsoft Office and a variety of other programs to meet their business needs. Through four work stations operated by credit card, guests have the ability to copy, fax, print, scan and access the Internet. A high level of security is employed wherein the system utilizes a virtual C drive which is rebuilt between users thus eliminating all traces of the previous session.
The Waldorf Astoria currently has The Office services available during normal business center hours, and will soon expand to 24/7.
About AlphaNet
Zunicom's operations through AlphaNet ( www.alphanet.net) consist of the sale of business communication, productivity, connectivity and wireless internet solutions to the hospitality industry through licensing agreements. AlphaNet's product offerings include T he InnRoom Business Center™, a private in-room facsimile and printing service, and T he Office™, a 24-hour unattended self-serve credit card activated hotel business center providing hotel guests with 24-hour convenient access to various business office services. Laptop Connect™ allows hotel guests the ability to connect their laptops to high-speed internet access points located within the hotel by connecting a supplied cable. Laptop Connect™ also offers a hotspot for users wishing to access the internet through the wireless network feature on their laptop. Similarly, AlphaNet's WaveLan™ solution essentially enables hotels to provide their guests with public area wireless internet access in any number of locations including lobbies, meeting rooms, lounges, bars and restaurants.About Zunicom
Headquartered in Carrollton , T exas , Zunicom ( www.zunicom.com) manages two wholly owned sub sid iaries, Universal Power Group, Inc. and AlphaNet Hospitality Systems, Inc. T he Zunicom Group of Companies currently has approximately 70 employees.This release contains a number of forward-looking statements concerning the current expectations as to future results of operations, future growth and future performance of Zunicom, Inc. within the meaning of T he Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially depending on the various factors set forth under the caption "Forward-Looking Statements" in the company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 and accordingly, should be read in conjunction with the company's SEC filings.
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Mimi Tan
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