TLL Proshares Ultrashort Telecommunications

Teletouch Communications Names Craig Boddy as Telemetry Product Manager TYLER, Texas, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Teletouch Communications, Inc. announced today that Craig Boddy has joined the Company as a Product Manager for Transport Monitoring Systems. "Craig Boddy joins Teletouch's management team with significant experience in sales and marketing of telemetry devices," stated J. Kernan Crotty, President of Teletouch. "He was previously Director of SENS Global Business for AeroAstro, the inventor and pioneers for SENS, the communications technology used in our Geotrax telemetry devices. He also has an outstanding record in sales and sales management for telemetry devices." Mr. Boddy's responsibilities at AeroAstro included shepherding the SENS (Sensor Enabled Notification System) technology from the patent stage through product development to sales and marketing. The SENS technology is a revolutionary communications system that allows large volumes of short- messages to be sent through the Globalstar satellite network from potentially millions of small, inexpensive transmitters worldwide by taking advantage of overlapping spread-spectrum transmissions. Prior to joining AeroAstro, Mr. Boddy served as District Manager for Geostar, a pioneer in telemetry equipment tracking devices. He was responsible for sales to trucking, rail, marine, aviation, oil and gas and utility industries. About Geotrax Teletouch's Geotrax product transmits its location information via the Globalstar satellite network and is provided to customers through an Internet portal. Teletouch is initially marketing Geotrax for tracking detached equipment such as trailers, containers and rail cars. It is estimated that as many as 10 percent of the six to eight million detachable trailers in the United States are unaccounted for at any given time. Geotrax is a self-contained device that includes SENS transmitter, battery and GPS to provide regular updates of its location. Geotrax transmits its location through the Globalstar satellite network based on a pre-determined schedule or as a result of customer defined alerts. Information is retrievable through Teletouch's proprietary GeoFleet software, providing precise information about the asset's location. The Geotrax unit is designed as a simple, low-cost method of tracking and monitoring far-flung mobile assets. About Teletouch Communications, Inc. Teletouch Communications, Inc. provides wireless and GPS telemetry services; cellular and two-way radio communications throughout the southern United States, including Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Missouri, Oklahoma and Florida. Teletouch's common stock is traded on the American Stock Exchange under the stock symbol: TLL. Additional financial and business information on Teletouch is available at the company's web site: http://www.teletouch.com/ and http://www.irinfo.com/tll . The statements in this press release which are not historical fact are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, acquisitions, new products, pricing by competitors, entry of new competitors, changes in the wireless and online music industry, regulatory approvals and developments and other risks as detailed in current filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. DATASOURCE: Teletouch Communications, Inc. CONTACT: J. Kernan Crotty, President of Teletouch Communications, Inc., +1-800-232-3888 Web site: http://www.teletouch.com/ http://www.irinfo.com/tll

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