SecurFone America Acquires SCIES, Inc.; Paul B. Silverman Appointed CEO.

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 1998--SecurFone America, Inc. (OTC/BB: SFAI) today announced it is acquiring SCIES, Inc., a Reston, Va. based global provider of Internet telephony software, systems and services. The acquisition will enable the integration of SecurFone's prepaid telephony services and SCIES' Internet technology.

SCIES, Inc. will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of SecurFone America, Inc.. The acquisition is a Rule 144 stock transaction and is subject to regulatory approval. The value of the transaction was not disclosed.

"The SCIES acquisition provides SecurFone with access to new Internet capabilities and technology to help us deliver enhanced, cost effective prepaid and other wireless services to our customers. This technology will also play a key role in back-office processing for billing, network management and electronic payments," said William P. Stueber II, President of SecurFone America, Inc. "The addition of SCIES is central to our acquisition strategy to expand both our end user programs and our service delivery platforms to customers worldwide."

Paul B. Silverman, CEO of SCIES, Inc., has been appointed CEO of SecurFone America, Inc., effective immediately. "One of the key assets of this acquisition is SCIES management resources. Paul and his team have a proven track record and bring a complementary set of skills to capitalize on both the domestic and global opportunities we are now pursuing," said Stueber, who will continue as Chairman of the Board and President of SecurFone America, Inc.

"Convergence is the driver, and we are on the brink of exciting new wireless and integrated Internet applications which will reshape how people communicate," said Silverman. "New debit card services, integrated voice over IP technology, network and card based transaction services, and turnkey transaction processing systems for global operators, are some of the key initiatives we are addressing." Silverman's career includes more than 29 years experience in the global telecommunications industry. From 1990 to 1996, Silverman co-founded and held the position of CEO for JMS North America, Inc. (formerly James Martin Strategy, Inc.) a rapidly growing international wireless engineering and consulting firm. Silverman's background includes over 15 years of senior management experience with major telecommunications service providers including Satellite Business Systems (division of IBM), GTE Telenet, Xerox Corporation and RCA. Silverman has also held senior consulting positions with Coopers and Lybrand and Booz Allen. Silverman earned a Masters of Science Degree in Industrial Management from Polytechnic Institute of New York and an undergraduate degree in Physics from City College of New York.

SCIES, Inc. is a leading systems integrator in the emerging Internet telephony industry. Founded in 1996, the company designs, develops, markets and supports Internet Protocol (IP)-based voice and facsimile products. SCIES' customized software and integration services incorporate off-the-shelf hardware to deliver communications applications for multinational businesses, national and international carriers, value-added resellers and Internet Service Providers (ISPs). SCIES, Inc. products include SCIES Fone Assist(TM), a PC-based Internet telephony software system, and SCIES CITRUS(TM) System, a Call Detail Record (CDR) capture, processing and billing support system for ISPs, wireless carriers and other global operators seeking to offer IP-based services. The company has three principal lines of business: Public Internet Telephony, Private Intranet Telephony Networks and Systems Integration Services. For more information, visit the SCIES web site at www.scies.com.

SecurFone America, founded in 1996, is a telecommunications company specializing in prepaid communications service. SecurFone markets its prepaid services directly under the name Buy-the-Minute(TM). The company's Buy-the-Minute products are distributed throughout the U.S. by Brightpoint, Inc. (NASDAQ: CELL), a leading provider of distribution and value-added logistics services to the wireless communications industry. Through its prepaid network product, SFA Network Services, SecurFone offers its prepaid wireless platform to other communications companies on a complete turnkey or component basis. SecurFone America is an OTC/BB stock and trades under the symbol SFAI. The company is based in San Diego, Calif.

Statements made in this press release, other than those concerning historical information, should be considered forward-looking and subject to various risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements are made based on management's belief as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management pursuant to the `safe harbor' provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. SecurFone's actual results may differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors.

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             Derek Davis, Chief Operating Officer
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             SCIES, Inc.
             Brian Schwartz, 703/318-8000
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