Aeris.net Announces New Vice President to Forge Wireless Telemetry Opportunities in North America.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 2, 2003

Aeris.net, a leading provider of wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) communications services has named Bill Gurza as Vice President of Business Development. Aeris continues to leverage top industry talent to strengthen its position as a leader in the wireless telemetry market.

"Bill has made significant contributions to the success of Aeris and we are happy to be appointing him to a Vice President position," said Dick Gossen, CEO of Aeris.net. "Bill has been successful in driving new customers and products to market, and building healthy relationships with Aeris's service provider customers. He has proven essential to our successful network deployment and development of the market in Mexico."

In his new role, Gurza will be responsible for all business development activities for Aeris.net in Mexico and for fixed applications throughout North America. Before this promotion, Gurza was the Director of Fixed Applications. He managed the stationary-type MicroBurst applications, including Aeris's largest account, the Ademco Group (a unit of Honeywell). Gurza has also been Director of Mexico Business Development. He led early market development efforts in Mexico, including signing up Mexico-based providers of both fixed and mobile applications, and has been on point for commercial relations with Telcel, our carrier partner in Mexico. Prior to joining Aeris.net, Gurza held a variety of key management positions in both sales and operations at two of the top 3 publicly-held alarm companies, Wells Fargo(R) Alarm Services, Inc. and ADT(R) Security Services, Inc. Most recently, he was instrumental in restructuring the organization at First Alarm(R), one of the industry's top 25 privately-held alarm companies based in Santa Cruz County.

About Aeris.net

Aeris Communications is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., provides web-to-wireless connectivity and control for a broad array of fixed and mobile telemetry applications using its proprietary MicroBurst(R) technology. MicroBurst employs the control channel infrastructure of cellular networks as a robust transmission medium to achieve low cost and ubiquitous data coverage. Aeris deploys MicroBurst technology across cellular service areas in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Initial applications include vehicle tracking and alarm reporting, security and equipment monitoring, and utility meter reading. For more information, please visit the company's web site at http://www.aeris.net or call 1-888-GO-AERIS within the United States.

MicroBurst is a registered trademark and Aeris are trademarks of Aeris Communications, Inc. All other company or product names are trademarks of their respective holders.