Winthrop University Hospital Awards Messaging Contract to Aquis Communications, Inc. PARSIPPANY, N.J., Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aquis Communications Group, Inc. ("Aquis" or the "Company") (OTC:AQIS) (BULLETIN BOARD: AQIS) , a full service telecommunications company, today announced that Winthrop University Hospital has chosen the Company to supply emergency messaging and wireless devices to employees based throughout the 591-bed hospital located in Mineola, New York. Personnel ranging from doctors and nurses to administrative and support personnel will be equipped with the messaging devices to speed communications related to late-breaking healthcare, security and maintenance issues. Under the one-year agreement, Aquis will provide the healthcare provider with critical wireless messaging and a fully redundant in-house system. "The value of messaging to the healthcare industry is immeasurable," said William Rottner, Aquis' Vice President of Sales & Marketing. "We are seeing a trend of healthcare facilities embracing multiple carriers for messaging redundancy and disaster recovery. Winthrop University Hospital has chosen Aquis Communications because we offer a unique emergency communication packages supported by direct connections to both an offsite and in-house proprietary system. This system will offer multiple communication paths in case of complete hospital power or network outage. The service provides vital information to the user, no matter the circumstances." Winthrop University Hospital was awarded the 2004 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence and is in the top five percent of all acute-care hospitals in the country. It is the primary hospital for the Long Island area and is the latest healthcare customer to partner with Aquis. The Aquis service benefits this industry as well as the emergency, public safety, government, education and manufacturing fields with the ability to reach essential personnel with direct, cost-effective, timely and extremely reliable communications. This communication is relayed consistently and reliably due to built-in transmission redundancies and overlapping signals that offer high degree of reliability when tailored to the customer's physical and geographic requirements. About Aquis Communications Headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, Aquis Wireless Communications, Inc. is a subsidiary of Aquis Communications Group, Inc. Aquis is a leading full service telecommunication provider of affordable business solutions such as wireless messaging, cellular/PCS services, answering service, telemetry, mobile radios, RIM/Blackberry services, data circuits, in-building wireless networks, coverage analysis, site surveys, antenna installation, web design, equipment sales, telecommunications consulting services and a wide array of customized solutions. Aquis is a sole source provider for critical communication and wireless product integration. The Company's client list consists of Fortune 500 companies, government agencies as well as small to mid-sized companies and organizations representing the manufacturing, healthcare, government, public safety, emergency and educational industries based throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. Additional Aquis Communications offices are located in Freehold, New Jersey and Tyson's Corner, Virginia. For more information on Aquis Communications visit: http://www.aquiscommunications.com/ Certain statements made in the press release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and include known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which the Company is unable to predict or control. That may cause the Company's actual results or performance to materially differ from any future results or performance expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These statements involve risks and uncertainties, including without limitation, risks and uncertainties regarding the Company's substantial leverage, capital constraints, significant shareholder, liquidity and competition. These risks and uncertainties are in addition to other factors detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. DATASOURCE: Aquis Communications, Inc. CONTACT: Aquis Communications, Inc. Investor Relations, +1-973-560-8106, Web site: http://www.aquiscommunications.com/

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