Melanie Stone

Director, Marketing Communications Aeris.net

+1 (650) 248-4475

Melanie.Morrison@aeris.net

SAN JOSE, Calif. | June 14, 2004  —Aeris.net, a leading provider of wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) communications services is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Schoenfield as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. Schoenfield is expected to play an important strategic business development role as the company expands its machine-to-machine services to new markets and territories.

"I am extremely excited about joining Aeris.net," says Schoenfield. "Aeris is a first-class company with a tremendous record of growth and profitability and a sound reputation for service excellence. I look forward to assisting the Board and management in continuing the company's strong performance."

Schoenfield is a well-known and highly regarded wireless executive with over 15 years experience in promoting wireless services. In his role, Schoenfield will lead the Marketing and Business Development activities as Aeris rolls out new network services and products. Prior to his new appointment, Schoenfield led the expansion of Aeris.net into Latin America as President of Aeris.net South America. He has also held the position of Vice President of International Development for Tetra Tech, a North American telecommunication infrastructure provider, where he expanded Tetra Tech's business operations into South America. Prior to his South American experience, Schoenfield was Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Whalen & Company, where he marketed and directed the deployment of next-generation wireless networks. He was also a key member of the Senior Management team at Nextel Communications during its start-up and early operational phases.

"Bob has an in-depth understanding of the wireless industry and a proven ability to lead teams to exceptional results," said Dick Gossen, Aeris's CEO. "In his new role, he will apply his experience and leadership qualities to help Aeris effectively align carriers, customers and network services to bring new and innovative machine-to-machine applications to market."

About Aeris.net

Aeris.net is a leading provider of machine-to-machine wireless network services. Aeris.net has integrated all of the critical elements necessary—carriers, existing wireless and wireline infrastructures, applications, and proprietary two-way technologies—to create the MicroBurst^® network: the largest wireless network in the western hemisphere. The MicroBurst network is deployed over the aggregated infrastructure of 30 North American wireless carriers, covers over 350 million people, and seamlessly operates anywhere there is cellular coverage within the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Today, Aeris.net provides service to nearly 500,000 devices ranging from security and alarm panels to trailer tracking products.

For more information, please visit the company's web site at http:// www.aeris.net or call 888-Go-Aeris.