Stellcom and Air2Web Partner to Build Wireless Applications

SAN DIEGO – October 17, 2000 – Stellcom Inc., a leading provider of engineering-based wireless solutions for the mobile economy, today announced a strategic delivery partnership with Air2Web, Inc., a leading mobile Internet platform. Through the partnership Stellcom will leverage the Air2Web platform to develop wireless applications for customers who wish to extend enterprise applications to a broad range of wireless devices and networks.

Under the terms of the agreement, Stellcom will integrate Air2Web's platform into customer's complex enterprise systems. Stellcom will create translation applications for legacy systems and feed Air2Web's XML based application programmer interface (API) set. The Stellcom and Air2Web delivery partnership is engaged in key opportunities with existing clients who recognize the immediate impact of enabling legacy system interactions from wireless devices.

"Translating legacy data to XML can be a daunting task," said Sanjoy Malik, Air2Web president and CEO. "In order to speed up our delivery process and increase the ease of integration from customer's systems to our platform, we partner with experts. Stellcom engineers focus on wireless integration, and the company has some of the industry's best technical experience translating between legacy applications and XML."

"The Stellcom and Air2Web partnership has created an exceptional service for companies seeking to make their business applications available to a growing number of mobile customers and employees using wireless devices," said Tracy Trent, Stellcom president and CEO. "Utilizing Air2Web's existing m-commerce platform and Stellcom's integration and implementation expertise, customers can expect their web applications to be implemented with less headache and expense."