Aquis Communications Names New President; Telecommunications & Paging Company Prepares for Growth.

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PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2001

Aquis Communications Group, Inc. (OTCBB:AQIS), a messaging service and emerging telecommunications company, announced today that Keith J. Powell will join the company as president.

Powell comes to Aquis from Adelphia Business Solutions, a fiberoptic telecommunications provider offering voice, data and Internet services to New Jersey and New York, where he served as general manager. Previously, he was executive vice president and general manager of Paging Partners Corp., Freehold, NJ, from June 1996 to June 1998. Paging Partners subsequently merged with Aquis. Powell also held executive leadership positions with other communications and technology companies, including PageNet, Dallas, TX, the largest paging and wireless messaging provider, and the Texwipe Company, Upper Saddle River, NJ, a contamination-control company serving the electronics and semiconductor industries.

"We are very pleased that Keith will join Aquis in this crucial position," said John Frieling, Aquis CEO. "He has the management and operations skills we need, plus the broad industry perspective that will help Aquis grow into the full-service telecommunications business we are becoming."

Aquis currently serves some 300,000 business and individual customers in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest states with local, regional and national two-way, interactive messaging; Internet access; voice mail; cellular and PCS service. The company recently signed an agreement with Sprint to offer Sprint's PCS and wireless products to Aquis customers.

Aquis Communications was launched in January 1999 with its acquisition of Bell Atlantic Paging and then merged with Paging Partners Corporation of Freehold, N.J. Aquis has since expanded its services and customer base through the acquisitions of Source One Wireless, Wheeling, IL, and Suburban Paging, Philadelphia, PA. Last March, Aquis was the successful bidder for additional paging licenses in Boston, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Aquis is dedicated to becoming a leading provider of a full range of telecommunications services.

For additional information, visit www.aquiscommunications.com.

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