CORRECTING and REPLACING Intel Pledges 1,500 PCs, Wireless Access
Equipment, Technical Support for Hurricane Katrina Disaster
Relief Efforts; Company Working with American Red Cross to
Provide Critical Communications Support
- Sep 2, 2005 10:20 PM (BusinessWire)
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 2, 2005--In BW5611
issued Sept. 2, 2005: Please replace the headline and release with the
following corrected version due to multiple revisions.
The release reads:
INTEL PLEDGES 1,500 PCs, WIRELESS ACCESS EQUIPMENT, TECHNICAL
SUPPORT FOR HURRICANE KATRINA DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS
Company Working with American Red Cross to Provide Critical
Communications Support
Intel Corporation today announced it is coordinating the donation
of 1,500 laptop personal computers to the American Red Cross for
distribution to shelters in support of Hurricane Katrina disaster
relief efforts. In addition, Intel will donate 150 wireless Internet
access points to enable wireless local area connectivity in all
permanent shelters and is providing fifty Wi-Fi transmitters for
installation in the New Orleans downtown and airport area.
Intel employees will provide on-site technical assistance to
ensure the success of all technical deployments. The PCs will be
configured by Intel and its partners according to Red Cross
requirements to allow shelters to exchange important information with
the organization's headquarters regarding victim status, resource
needs and case management. These systems, along with broadband access,
will also provide the technology backbone that provides thousands of
hurricane victims with a means of communicating with relatives,
verifying their identity for emergency fund distribution, contacting
social services and accessing information important to their
relocation.
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- http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=51563796
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