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SAN JOSE, Calif. - Apr. 11, 2005 - Aeris.net, the leading network provider for wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) communications services, today announced that the Board of Directors of The Wireless Foundation elected Richard Gossen, president and CEO of Aeris.net, to the office of Vice Chairman. The Wireless Foundation was formed in 1991 by the member companies of CTIA—the Wireless Association™. The Foundation initiates and oversees several charitable programs that apply wireless technology to benefit American communities.

“I am pleased to be a part of such a great organization as The Wireless Foundation,” said Richard Gossen, president and CEO of Aeris.net. “Aeris.net is dedicated to the community, and I look forward to this opportunity to further help the Foundation with their efforts.

“We are delighted that the Board elected Richard as Vice Chairman for The Wireless Foundation,” said David Diggs, the Foundation’s Executive Director. “We appreciate Aeris.net’s continued contributions and efforts to promote the Foundation and our mission of utilizing wireless technology to help make American communities safer.”

Richard is a founder of Aeris Communications and has been President and CEO since its inception in 1994. He has more than thirty-five years experience in technology industries including semiconductors, computers and telecommunications. Richard has served on the board of directors of CTIA’s Wireless Data Forum and The Wireless Foundation prior to being elected Vice Chairman.

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 over 750,000 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 1-888-GO-AERIS.