Expertise Technology Innovation Completes Acquisition of UC Hub.

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RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 2004

Expertise Technology Innovation, Inc. (OTCBB:ETIX) announced it had completed the previously announced acquisition of United Communications Hub, Inc. ("UC Hub"). As a reverse merger, control of the company changed and UC Hub stockholders now control the Company. The Company issued one and two thirds shares of its Series A Preferred Stock ("Series A") for each eight shares of UC Hub outstanding or a total of 4,188,375 shares of Series A. Each share of Series A has 60 votes per share and is convertible into three shares of the Company's common stock. On an as converted basis, UC Hub stockholders will own 12,565,125 shares of common stock while the Company's existing stockholders own 1,987,734 shares. Mr. Larry Wilcox, the Company's new chief executive officer, beneficially owns approximately 38.6% of outstanding common stock on an as converted basis including 586,876 shares subject to an irrevocable proxy in his favor which became effective at the closing and including 187,500 vested options. Because the California Corporations Commissioner issued a permit after a hearing, the Series A shares (and the common stock into which they convert) are not restricted. However, under the Merger Agreement, as amended, UC Hub stockholders may publicly sell only one-twelfth of their outstanding shares each month over the next year.

The Company plans to change its name to UCHub Group, Inc. as soon as possible and will then change its trading symbol.

Mr. Larry Wilcox, the new chief executive officer of the company, stated, "I am excited that the merger has now closed and that we can now continue to build the Digital Hub vision. Our acquisition strategy and the Digital City vision are exciting to our stockholders and to communities/municipalities. The availability of the public equity markets should be very helpful as we continue to deploy the transactional based Digital Hub business."

About UC Hub:

UCHub will offer municipalities digital services through a leading edge digital hub. These services are municipal government services, banking services, telecommunication services, health and educational services. The Digital Hub for each digital community will facilitate community communications and transactions for multiple verticals. UC Hub will digitally distribute through its underlying technologies the best of breed services to "Digital Cities." The value consists of proprietary technology, strategic relationships, a leveraged network, existing customers, municipal economic efficiencies, and a one-stop-shop to run a Digital City and its neural network. Additionally, UC Hub's AllCom USA subsidiary provides long distance and other telecommunications services throughout the United States. For further information, see www.uchub.net and www.allcomusa.com.

The statements in this release relating to completion of the acquisition, the building of the Digital Hub business and the anticipated value from the public equity markets are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act"). Additionally words such as "seek," "intend," "believe," "plan," "estimate," "expect," "anticipate" and other similar expressions are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Act. Some or all of the results anticipated by these forward-looking statements may not occur. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the Company's ability to market and sell its Digital Hub concept, implementation of the Digital Hub business, the future market price of ETI common stock and UC Hub's ability to obtain the necessary financing to support its operations and its planned business expansion.