ARCOMS' Subsidiary, ICTI, Forms Alliance with American Management Systems.

Business Editors

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 18, 2000

Innovative Communications Technologies Inc. (ICTI), a subsidiary of Advanced Remote Communication Solutions Inc. (ARCOMS) (OTCBB:BTRK), announced today that it has formed an alliance with American Management Systems (AMS) (Nasdaq:AMSY).

The ICTI/AMS collaboration was formed to design and deploy telecommunications networks, allowing customers to deliver Internet and other services to corporate and remote offices as well as end users.

The collaboration allows both companies to expand their activities in the design and implementation of infrastructure and access networks in emerging, newly privatized telecommunications markets. Currently, the ICTI/AMS team is focused on implementation of telecommunication access to Internet portals in Africa and the Middle East through the deployment of a combination of broadband satellite, wireless and terrestrial networks.

ICTI specializes in designing and deploying turnkey multimedia networks for service providers and end users, as well as developing enabling software technologies for licensing to manufacturers and telecommunications carriers. AMS is an international business and information technology consulting firm -- one of the 20 largest such firms worldwide.

"Our strategic partnership with AMS is a key element in our continued growth," stated Jeffrey Jacobson, vice president of business development at ICTI. "The relationship gives us access to new customers for whom we can provide data networking solutions for multimedia applications."

"ICTI's ten year track record in enabling new telecommunications companies to be established from the ground up and their expertise in emerging markets -- is essential to our success and our strategic partnership," stated Patrick Reardon, director of data networking for AMS.

About AMS

AMS is an international business and information technology consulting firm -- one of the 20 largest such firms worldwide. AMS is the premier provider of next generation enterprise business and technology solutions that dramatically improve business performance and create value for clients. AMS's suite of leading edge business and technology solutions, featuring eBusiness strategy, management and technology services make business reinvention possible in Internet time for large organizations. Founded in 1970, AMS is headquartered in Fairfax, Va., with over 9,000 employees and 57 offices worldwide. AMS had 1999 revenues of $1.24 billion, with eBusiness-related revenues representing 40 percent, an increase of more than 150 percent over 1998. FORBES magazine ranked AMS among the best-performing big companies in the U.S. in their "Best of the Biggest," and FORTUNE magazine placed AMS on its list of the "100 Best Companies to Work for in America" in 1999.

AMS is traded on the Nasdaq exchange under the symbol AMSY. AMS can be found on the World Wide Web at ams.com.

About ARCOMS

Advanced Remote Communication Solutions Inc. (ARCOMS) is a global technology company delivering innovative and proprietary solutions to customers in specific markets for their remote information needs through its various business entities: Boatracs, Enerdyne Technologies Inc., and Innovative Communications Technologies Inc. (ICTI).

ARCOMS' products and services include customized software applications; cost-effective satellite communications solutions; near real-time vessel tracking; bandwidth-efficient, multimedia satellite networks; e-mail technology; state-of-the-art, real-time video compression products; multiplexing equipment; and video monitoring services. ARCOMS' client base includes users within the government, transportation, military, marine, telecommunications, and commercial markets.

Headquartered in San Diego, ARCOMS has offices in Santee, Calif.; Gulfport, Miss.; Gaithersburg, Md.; and Leiden, the Netherlands. For more information about ARCOMS and its business units, visit www.arcoms.com.

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