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AIRWIDE SOLUTIONS EXPANDS ITS LEADERSHIP TEAM

London, UK June 6, 2005 - airwide solutions, a global leader in providing secure messaging and device management solutions, today announced that it has appointed John M. Weaver as Chief Operating Officer (COO).

Mr. Weaver will have responsibility for Engineering, Customer Delivery and Support, Quality and IT organizations worldwide. In addition, he will lead corporate strategic planning and operational performance across the company.

Mr. Weaver brings more than 25 years of experience in the telecom and computer industries leading business creation, business growth and operational excellence.
Kevin Wood, CEO, airwide solutions, welcomes Weaver appointment; "airwide solutions is delighted to announce John Weaver as our new COO. John brings the skills and experience to enable us to further improve the performance of our business operations. The expansion of the management team reinforces airwide's commitment to providing its customers with the highest level of industry expertise and knowledge to continue to deliver on our commitments."

Commenting on his appointment, John Weaver, COO said; "airwide solutions is already a successful company with even greater opportunities ahead. I am extremely happy to be on board and I look forward to working with the team to help airwide achieve its full potential."
Weaver joins the company from Comverse Network Systems where he was most recently executive VP and General Manager. He started as an executive with Boston Technology, grew with the company from under $90M to over $300M and led the US side of the successful merger with Comverse Network systems. His prior experience includes a number of roles with Digital Equipment Corporation.

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For further information:
Nicole Gruslin
airwide solutions
Email: nicole.gruslin@airwidesolutions.com
Telephone
: 1 (450) 646 4163
Mobile: 1 (514) 581 1373

Europe
Tanya Pedeshenko or Molly McDonagh
Email: tpedashenko@golinharris.com or mmcdonagh@golinharris.com
Telephone
: +44 207 067 0630 or +44 207 067 0624

About airwide solutions

airwide solutions is a global leader in providing secure messaging and device management solutions to over 70 wireless operators worldwide. airwide solutions was founded on July 26, 2004 following the merger of Schlumberger Messaging Solutions (MSG) and Taral Networks. airwide solutions has a rich tradition of innovation. airwide solutions sent the first commercial SMS (Short Message Service) in 1992 and deployed the first A2P (Application to Person) MMS Push gateway in 2004. Core products include: SMSC, MMSC, tools to improve Premium Messaging delivery and Device Management solutions. airwide solutions has regional offices in England, Canada, Australia and the United States. Please visit www.airwidesolutions.com for more information.