Intrado Announces Mobile Messaging Solutions Platform; Core Network Messaging Platform Supports Growing Global Messaging Opportunities

Business Wire, Oct 25, 2004

LONGMONT, Colo. -- Intrado Inc. (NASDAQ: TRDO), North America's leading provider of 9-1-1 infrastructure systems and services, and experts in dynamic communications solutions, today announced a mobile messaging platform that delivers innovative messaging functionality to wireless operators, service providers and their enterprise customers. Developed by Intrado subsidiary bmd wireless AG, this platform supports a set of solutions that enable new subscriber services while adding flexibility in message routing to optimize network resources and capacity.

The growing use of SMS presents a significant global opportunity for wireless service providers. According to Frost & Sullivan, the monthly SMS volume worldwide is expected to increase from around 42 billion in 2001 to more than 90 billion by 2005 year-end. bmd wireless has a successful history of developing and delivering innovative and first to market messaging solutions that enable wireless service providers to offer their subscribers a wide range of messaging services while achieving cost effectiveness and ease of integration. Intrado will offer these solutions in a licensed or hosted services model to customers in North America.

The Intrado mobile messaging platform includes:

SMS Spam Filtering -- prevents unsolicited content and viruses from reaching mobile devices while enabling new services such as SMS forwarding, automatic message archiving and distribution.

SMS Interoperability -- national and global SMS-based access to applications and interactive services such as TV voting and SMS marketing campaigns.

Direct Message Delivery -- enables text messages to be sent and received directly to/from people and applications. Handles all mobile originated and mobile terminated messages, with optional store, forward and retry capabilities, to effectively offload traffic from legacy SMSCs.

Calling Party Notification -- alerts mobile subscribers via SMS when a mobile user is back online or within coverage and available to take calls.

"As demand for flexibility and innovation increase, solution providers are looking for messaging functionality with a cost effective approach that supports rapid service creation," said Dan Hoskins, Intrado senior vice president of sales and new markets. "Intrado is responding to the demand with a core network messaging platform that provides exciting new services to millions of subscribers throughout the mobile messaging marketplace."

About Intrado

Intrado Inc. (NASDAQ: TRDO) provides the core of North America's 9-1-1 infrastructure and delivers innovative solutions to communications service providers and public-safety organizations, including complex data management, network transactions, wireless data services and notification services. bmd wireless AG is a wholly owned subsidiary of Intrado and a leading global provider of core network messaging solutions. Additional information on Intrado can be found at the Company's Web site: www.intrado.com.

Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

This announcement contains expectations and other forward-looking statements regarding: (1) Intrado's future financial performance; (2) Intrado's ability to quickly and effectively design, build and deliver messaging platforms, tools and solutions that enable wireless service providers to provide innovative voice and data services to their subscribers; (3) the size and growth potential of the global wireless data services and messaging markets and Intrado's ability to become a major data services provider throughout the world; and (4) Intrado's ability to expand into international markets. Readers are cautioned that actual results may differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this release as a result of certain factors, including: Intrado's ability to compete in North America and other markets; Intrado's ability to integrate the business, personnel, products and customers of bmd wireless and other companies that Intrado may acquire; whether the acquisition will prove to be profitable and accretive to Intrado, and other factors identified from time to time in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Existing and prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Intrado undertakes no obligation to update or revise the information in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or circumstances, or otherwise.