August 15, 2005

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AirGATE Technologies
August 15, 2005
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Agenda

• Company Introduction
• RFID Benefits Issues
• RFID - Market Forecast
• Key Sales Initiatives
• AirGATE Solutions
• Differentiators

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INTRODUCTION
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• AirGATE Technologies, Inc. specializes in
  wireless technologies, including RFID
  ultrawideband (UWB) Zigbee (802.15.4) and
  mesh-based, wireless sensor networks. The
  Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the
  X-Change Corporation (OTC XCHC)

• AirGATE delivers wireless technology solutions,
  in select vertical markets built around a proven
  integration strategy, designed to ensure rapid
  market penetration and maximum return on
  investment.

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• Founded in 2001 AirGATE is a wholly owned
  subsidiary of the X-Change Corporation, a
  publicly held corporation.
• Supplied network management services to the
  Telecom giants.
• Over 125 years accumulated expertise in Radio
  Frequency (RF) solutions, services, middleware
  and network management systems including

Supply Chain Management
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COMPANY INTRODUCTION
TEAM
Vice-President Software Solutions - 14 years in
middleware development starting at
Sprint. Physicist, Super Collider. Successful
founder of IP Communications, later acquired by
Ramp Networks Nokia.
Ivan Chow
20 years experience in General Motors engineering
computing activities Developer of the award
winning commercial DB middleware ASP-db
Frank Kwong
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COMPANY INTRODUCTION

• KEY STRENGTHS

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RFID Benefits Issues
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the RFID

• BENEFITS
• Achieve real-time visibility into inventory
• Trim replenishment rates and safety stock
• Perform more accurate physical counts and
  reconciliation
• Automate proof of delivery and enhance security
• Reduce costs and labor by streamlining receiving
  and cross docking

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• ISSUES
• Development of global standards (EPC, ISO, etc.)
• Continued reliance on propriety hardware and
  software solutions
• Need for continued technology advancements (tag
  assembly, read rates, etc.)
• Relatively high total cost of ownership for an
  RFID deployment (hardware, software, and
  services
• Ability to process and distribute enormous
  amounts of data throughout the network

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Strategic Initiatives
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the RFID

• STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
• RFID contracts signed with agents in Cambodia,
  Laos, Taiwan, Thailand.
• Agent agreements in Europe
• Representative in Shanghai, China
• Selected as member of China EPC, RFID working
  group
• Member of AIM International

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the RFID

• STRATEGIC Events
• Oil Services contract using UWB if successful
  will impact oil exploration
• Child Safety Seat
• SAW research
• Real time tracking and location system in
  development

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SOLUTIONS
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AIRGATE SOLUTION
WHAT AIRGATE DELIVERS

• ? RFID Consulting Integration Services
• ? RFID Hardware Selection (Tags, Readers,
  Printers)
• ? RF Planning and Network Engineering
• ? System Integration and Optimization
• ? Project Management
• ? Training and Education
• ? Hardware Sales
• ? Tags
• ? Readers
• ? Printers
• ? Software

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TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS
Printronix
iPico
Alien
Red Mountain Radio
Telenexus
Ember
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AIRGATE SOLUTION
MATRIX ANALYTIC ENGINE WHAT IS IT?

• DISTRIBUTED ARCHITECTURE
• Delivers EPC standard compliance interfaces
  between IT systems and RFID reader / tag
  systems
• RFID Reader system independent
• PERFORMANCE MONITOR --- READER / ANTENNAE
• Auto-Calibration System
• Antenna Failure Detections
• Reader Failure Detections
• DATA REDUCTION ENGINE
• Database interface Validation
• Real-Time Data Filtering
• Web Publishing Enabled

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AIRGATE SOLUTION

• Data Filtering
• Validation
• Secured Reads/Writes
• Redundancy Checking
• Auto-Calibration Systems
• Antenna Failure Detections
• Reader Failure Detections
• Alert and Failure Notifications
• EPC Global Compliant Programming Interfaces
• XML-RPC
• SOAP-RPC
• PML

MAE-XXX FEATURES
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AIRGATE SOLUTION
ADVANTAGES - SUMMARY

• Integrates inventory information into the
  corporate IT system without specifically
  attaching vendor-defined hardware or software
• Real-time integrated graphical views of the
  RFID-based system
• XML based
• EPC Global Standards compliant
• Scalable
• Core Component Tornado, has over 1,400 customers
  in service today!

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DIFFERENTIATORS
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• AirGATEs POSITION
• Radio engineering/physics is a significant and
  complex area that is essential to RFID deployment
  success.
• RFID Solution Providers today need to address or
  this crucial system requirement.

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• AirGATEs DIFFERENCE
• Complete end to end RFID system, software,
  hardware and services provider.
• Proven in depth RFID Engineering / Physics /
  Telecom expertise and RFID pilot experience.
• Over 1,400 successful Tornado customer
  installations.