San Jose, Calif. – October 15, 2007  - Aeris^® Communications (www.aeris.net), the leading wireless communications service provider dedicated exclusively to the Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Telematics marketplace across North America, today announced it has named Agilent Technologies Inc. as its test equipment provider for pre-and post-deployment testing of M2M applications.

"We have helped our customers design, deploy, and support their M2M applications for more than 10 years and Agilent has been an integral part of our approval testing and support services,” said Bob Fultz, senior vice president, customer engineering at Aeris. "In selecting a test equipment provider for our upgraded lab, Agilent's industry track record and proven product line were a natural fit. Agilent's equipment enables Aeris to economically simulate field conditions in our labs, which is essential to seamless delivery of quality M2M applications."

Aeris will integrate Agilent's 8960 Series 10 Wireless Communications Test Set with end-to-end data lab application software. The Agilent 8960, which supports both UMTS and CDMA network technologies, provides a one-box family of solutions for wireless device development, manufacturing, and repair.

"Market leading customers such as Aeris recognize the benefits of Agilent's 8960 to help test data transmission quality," said Niels Faché, vice president and general manager of Agilent's Mobile Broadband Division. "With its combination of RF measurements and ability to emulate a real-time connection to live networks, the 8960 provides real-world bench top data applications test to help Aeris ensure it meets and exceeds customer requirements."

About Aeris Communications, Inc.
Aeris^® Communications, Inc. is the leading wireless communications service provider dedicated exclusively to the Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Telematics marketplace across North America. Aeris has assembled and seamlessly integrated its top tier carrier partner networks through AerFrame™ to provide customers with simplified, unified, reliable, and even customized network services for M2M and Telematics applications. Since 1992, Aeris has developed expertise and patented technologies now proven on millions of devices and billions of messages per year. Aeris provides expert services, superior reliability, broader coverage, lower latency, and unsurpassed customer support and managed services. For more information, please visit http://www.Aeris.net or call 1-888-GO-AERIS.