BOCA RATON, Florida, Nov. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Highland Wireless Services, L.L.C. (Highland) announced today that the Florida Department of Transportation has awarded the company a single source contract to provide primary communications between its SUNGUIDE Transportation Management Center and fleet of "Road Ranger" service patrol units.

        Highland will install radio equipment valued at $150,000 into 34 vehicles, which will communicate with the Management Center over dedicated voice channels on the company's privately owned network spanning Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.

        William McCulloch, Chief Operating Officer, stated, "The Road Ranger program is an initiative by Florida DOT that has greatly improved driver safety and traffic congestion on South Florida highways. We are eager to contribute to this effort. Our role is to provide SUNGUIDE with a superior communications system in every respect, and support it 24/7."

        "We look forward to working and growing with DOT and The Road Ranger program and providing them superior voice and data communications," adds McCulloch.

        Highland's transmission sites in Downtown Miami include the Miami Four Seasons Hotel and Tower, the tallest building in Florida, and the Palace Condominium. Additional sites located in Downtown Fort Lauderdale, Delray Beach and Loxahatchee extend network coverage north to Jupiter - 133 miles from Miami's city center.

        About Highland Wireless Services, L.L.C. Highland is a wireless communications carrier headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. The company, launched in 2001, owns and operates a fully constructed voice and data communications network that supports LTR (logic trunked radio) technologies and equipment manufactured by LTR industry leaders such as Motorola. Highland has two principal lines of business: two-way voice communications and GIS / GPS-based fleet management systems (trade name Constellation GPS).