Car Security/LoJack Licensee Argentina Selects Aeris.net Microburst(TM) Wireless Data Service for Vehicle Tracking Services in Argentina

MicroBurst Utility Enables Cost-Effective Vehicle Location and Asset Tracking
             For Car Security/LoJack Licensee Argentina Services

    LAS VEGAS, CTIA, and BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, March 21 Aeris.net South America, the leading provider of web-to-wireless small-packet
data messaging service, today announced an agreement with Car Security/LoJack
Licensee in Argentina to provide wireless connectivity throughout Argentina
supporting Car Security's commercial vehicle tracking services. The new
services to be offered by Car Security will include vehicle and truck
tracking, along with other value-added telematics services. This new service
complements the highly successful LoJack Stolen Vehicle Recovery System
currently being marketed by the company.
    "We are excited to be working with Car Security to provide them with the
network solution required by the market," commented Robert Schoenfield,
President of Aeris.net South America. "We are working together to customize
the various applications that utilize MicroBurst to best serve their
customers in the future."
    Aeris.net's MicroBurst service operates as a virtual network overlay on
cellular networks to provide the lowest possible cost of wireless service
for machine-to-machine communications. Aeris.net's MicroBurst technology
operates on the control channels of the cellular network, enabling instant
activation regardless of location and seamless transmissions throughout
South America.
    "Our clients and the insurance companies have been having great results
with the LoJack System recovering stolen vehicles, now they are asking us for
asset tracking, emergency services and other value-added telematics services
throughout the entire country," commented Carlos Mackinlay, founder of
Car Security, the exclusive licensee of LoJack in Argentina. "After studying
various technical solutions, we have found that the most reliable and cost
effective network covering the entire country was the MicroBurst technology.
We are very pleased to start working with Aeris.net South America, allowing
us to provide our clients an excellent and cost-effective service."

    How MicroBurst Works
    MicroBurst technology is a proprietary utility that enables short data
packets to be transmitted over control channels in cellular networks using
standard IS-41C signaling mechanisms. These short data packets are
transmitted by cellular devices and are routed to the Aeris central hub
facility over existing SS7 (Signaling System 7) networks. The Aeris hub
identifies the service provider, the ultimate recipient for the data, and
routes the data for delivery via one of several available back-end links,
which include Internet, dial-up and dedicated connectivity.
    MicroBurst technology provides ubiquity of service and the lowest possible
cost structure. All data distribution is handled by Aeris' central
clearinghouse facility. This distribution strategy makes MicroBurst
technology fully mobile and enables all MicroBurst devices to roam
throughout the North, South and Central America.
    Car Security/Lojack Licensee Argentina was founded on May of 1998, today
with 37,000 active clients, more than 7,000 vehicle recoveries (worth
US$ 150 million) and a 98% recovery efficiency, making it the leading company
in its segment in Argentina. With an average recovery time of 1.25 hours, the
LoJack system has shown to be the most efficient in stolen vehicle recovery.
Since mid 2000 the company has been installing 1,600 LoJack units every
month, now to expand even further, has decided to offer telematics services
to its clients using the Microburst technology. For more information on Car
Security/Lojack Licensee Argentina, call 54-11-4775-5555 or visit the Car
Security Web site at http://www.lojack.com.ar.

    About Aeris.net South America
    Aeris.net South America, headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina,
implements and operates technologies that enable the wireless connectivity and
control of remote intelligent devices. These technologies are designed and
developed by Aeris.net in San Jose, California. Aeris.net leverages the
ubiquity of existing cellular networks, the tremendous power of the Internet,
and the manufacturing might of the cellular handset industry to provide a
cost-effective, wireless data link to an expanding host of fixed and mobile
telemetry applications. Aeris.net's mission is to unlock the potential of
the embedded intelligence in countless devices by providing the leading
global network solution for Web-accessible, wireless, machine-to-machine
communications. Aeris is currently deploying MicroBurst throughout South and
Central America, leveraging the success of Aeris.net in its North American
territories (Canada, United States and Mexico). Initial applications include
vehicle position and condition reporting, security and equipment monitoring,
and utility meter reading. For more information on Aeris.net South America,
call 54-11-4393-2374 or visit the Aeris.net Web site at http://www.aeris.net.

    NOTE:  MicroBurst(R) and Aeris(TM) are trademarks of Aeris.net. All other
company or product names are trademarks of their respective holders.