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City of Santa Aria Professional Wireless Services AP PL TE�FINL�GY SPEClAf.IZED CO MMI/NICATrONB SEflV19F.& NdO faswFl VNw •�akA9fRld, OA W199 661dI1A6W HISTORY- BEGINNING YEARS AS KIDD'S COMMUNICATIONS, INC 1912 Kelso Kidd, the pioneer of our company became interested in wireless technology. 1921 Mr. Kidd received an Amateur Radio License. 1922 Opened Kidd Bros. Radio Shop in Taft, CA selling and repairing Edison and RCA radios. 1923 Installed, owned and operated first commercial AM radio station in Taft, CA - KFQC AM. 1931 Opened a second shop in downtown Bakersfield - Kidd Bros. Radio Shop, 1932 Built a new building at 215 East 18th Street, Bakersfield, CA, 1933 Received a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) License. 1948 Established the first Radio Common Carrier (RCC) business in Kern County and was seventh in the nation to be granted an operating license. 1949 Developed the first Dispatching Radio System in Kern County. 1950 Established Kidd's Telephone Answering Service, 1950's Developed the first paging system in the Southern San Joaquin Valley. Kidd's Communications was responsible for installing the entire communications system for the Lake Isabella Dam. 1955 Engineered and installed the first radio system for the Elk Hills Naval Reserve. 1960's Designed and deployed the first Private Radio Systems. 1970's installed the first voicemail system in Kern County. 1970's Helped mold the future of cellular technology, but lost the award in a Federal lottery. 1980's Established an Emergency Alert Paging System used by the County, media and emergency services. Also, provided the City of Bakersfield free mobile telephone service in every police car prior to the use of cellular telephones. 1984 sold Kidd's Communications, Inc. to Metromedia Telecommunications, 1985 Developed Applied Technology Group, Inc. 1986 Began working for Conte[ Cellular of California as an authorized agent and service facility. Became an authorized repair facility for Motorola, NEC, OKI, Mitsubishi, Fujitsu and General Electric, 1987 Developed new paging systems and continued expanding our two-way radia business. 1990's Began working as a satellite telephone dealer, PCS dealer, and internet service provider. ATG expanded into selling & servicing MDS & SCADA products, wireless networking, tristate paging, two-way paging, internet, web hosting & design, and microwave installations. 1995 Developed a communications system for the largest privately -owned emergency medical facility in California. 1.996 Developed working relationships with four major oil companies to establish contract labor to operate their communication divisions. 1997 Partnered with Ericsson to provide radio communications to the Berton Petrini, LLC Bakersfield Business Conference, 1998 Completed a three-year multi -state network for the U.S. Forestry providing a system from Mt, Hood, WA to Big Bear, CA. 1999 Installed the first retail ATM system to provide the local community with DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) Internet Service.