DGAP-News: ROK Global PLC / Key word(s): Product Launch/Miscellaneous
ROK Global PLC : ROK in Talks for the Deployment of Homeland Security
Service with 7 Police Forces across the United States
14.06.2011 / 10:14
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Corporate Press Release
Tuesday, 14th June 2011
PRESS RELEASE
ROK in Talks for the Deployment of Homeland Security Service with 7 Police
Forces across the United States
Ticker Symbol: RKG
WKN: A0YKFS
London and Los Angeles, 14th June 2011: ROK Americas, the US subsidiary of
ROK Global PLC, the mobile and web technology development company, has
today announced it has entered into contract negotiations for the delivery
of its ROK Homeland Security service with a further 7 Law Enforcement
Agencies across the US.
These negotiations are in addition to the 3 contracts already awarded to
ROK by US Law Enforcement Agencies.
Commenting on the latest developments, Jonathan Kendrick, Chairman and CEO
of ROK said –Following in-depth trials and in addition to the recent
contracts being awarded, ROK is in negotiations for the deployment of ROK
Homeland Security service with police forces in Chicago, Seattle, Aurora,
Denver, Houston, Washington DC and Los Angeles and we will advise further
details on this within four weeks.–
ROK mobile security software provides real-time, simple and secure
technologies to assist law enforcement agencies in the gathering and
management of information in a variety of formats using cutting edge
technology including encrypted data based communications, in particular
with regards to counter-terrorism operations, criminal investigations,
counter-narcotic operations, physical security, evidence-gathering and
field communications.
–We are delighted that our highly successful and cost-effective mobile
security solution is continuing to deploy across the United States at a
faster rate than we had anticipated.– Added Kendrick.
Listed on the Open Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, ROK Global PLC
was co-founded by US Billionaire John Paul DeJoria and UK-based serial
technology-specialist entrepreneur, Jonathan Kendrick.
In addition to being co-founder of ROK, John Paul DeJoria is Chairman and
CEO of John Paul Mitchell Systems, the producer and manufacturer of Paul
Mitchell hair care products which achieve in-salon retail sales of
approximately US $800m annually through more than 100,000 salons worldwide.
John Paul is also co-founder of Patron Tequila, the world–s leading premium
tequila brand.
ROK has pioneered many new technologies in the rapidly-evolving mobile and
web space, including high quality mass-market Mobile TV (which can be
streamed, live and on-demand, over mass-market 2.5G as well as 3G and
Wi-Fi) as well as mobile security technologies and multi-language
text-to-speech technologies.
For more information:
www.rokamericas.com
www.rokglobal.com
irgermany@rokglobal.com
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limited to, certain delays beyond the company–s control with respect to
market acceptance of new technologies or products, delays in testing and
evaluation of products, and other risks detailed from time to time in the
Company–s filings.
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