Airbiquity and Webtech Wireless Partner to Deliver Integrated Voice and Data Services for Fleets & Vehicles

    BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. & VANCOUVER, B.C.--Nov. 7, 2001--Airbiquity, a wireless technology company specializing in the integration of voice and data services, and WebTech Wireless, a global wireless vehicle services provider, are partnering to develop integrated voice and data services to be delivered by WebTech's Quadrant System, an end-to-end vehicle location and telematics services system and the WebTech Locator, a vehicle-based wireless services gateway.
    This suite of integrated voice and data services is expected to include emergency roadside assistance, navigation, and automated crash notification for call centers and fleets.
    "Partnering with Airbiquity will enable us to enhance our wireless vehicle services suite with voice capabilities and critical safety services, such as emergency roadside assistance," said Anwar Sukkarie, president and CEO of WebTech Wireless. "Our partnership will bring critical services to call centers serving motorists, by capitalizing on existing analog networks to enhance digital coverage."
    "WebTech Wireless' strength in fleet location and telematics services, combined with Airbiquity's aqLink(TM) product line, will allow us to develop and support a variety of global mobile data applications," said Dan Allen, president and CEO of Airbiquity. "This partnership will enable WebTech Wireless to offer integrated voice and data services, which we believe will be critical to the growing automated vehicle location market, as well as the rapidly growing telematics arena."
    The Strategis Group has projected the private and for-hire AVL market to expand to over $1 billion in annual revenue by 2004.
    WebTech provides network operators, corporations and fleets with its Quadrant Vehicle Services System, an end-to-end platform combining the technologies of GPS, telematics, wireless devices, networks and the Internet to deliver a variety of wireless services in mission critical mobile workforce areas (safety/security, communications, Internet and location).
    The WebTech suite of wireless vehicle services includes GPS fleet tracking, messaging, telematics (door lock/unlock, engine immobilizer, odometer readings), anti-theft, Internet access, enterprise connectivity, navigation and digital forms.
    The Quadrant System includes a Network Operations Center that creates, controls and manages the services delivered through personal digital assistants (e.g. Palm(TM) and iPAQ) and the WebTech Locator device.
    Airbiquity's aq-enabled product line provides its patented aqLink software to OEMs such as Texas Instruments and Agere Systems Digital Signal Processors. This allows the OEMs to enable the delivery of data over any analog wireless network (CDMA, TDMA, GSM, iDEN(R) and AMPS) during a voice conversation.
    For wireless vehicle services, Airbiquity enables data such as location, operating status or emergency notifications to be delivered via an analog or digital network.
    Supporting a variety of call centers including RESPONSE Services Center and Aradiant (formerly The National Dispatch Center), Airbiquity's aqServer(TM) is highly scalable and supports calls from multiple air interfaces and wireless devices to provide integrated voice and data services.

    About Airbiquity - Airbiquity (www.airbiquity.com) is the location technology company that delivers global positioning system (GPS) data to any wireless network worldwide.
    The company's patented aqLink(TM) software enables wireless carriers, automobile manufacturers, commercial call centers and Internet portals to offer their subscribers location-based services that enhance productivity, manage assets, and deliver personalized content.
    Airbiquity's customers include RESPONSE Services Center , Aradiant (formerly The National Dispatch Center), AAA, Wingcast (a joint venture of Ford Motor Company and Qualcomm Incorporated), Agere Systems (formerly Lucent Microelectronics), and Entrust.

    About WebTech Wireless Inc - Incorporated in 1999, WebTech Wireless Inc. (http://www.webtechwireless.com) is a global wireless vehicle services provider delivering mission critical data services where people need them the most, on the road.
    WebTech has built a robust end-to-end Wireless Vehicle Services System and suite of services all delivered through hand-held PDAs to service mobile workforces and private vehicle owners. WebTech Wireless provides leading network operators, corporations and resellers worldwide turnkey entry into the 18 billion dollar location services marketplace through partnerships.
    WebTech has signed a pre-acquisition agreement with Caliente Capital Corp. for the purpose of public listing on the CDNX stock exchange. The agreement is subject to regulatory approval and the approval of the shareholders of Caliente.

    The press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Because these statements apply to future events, they are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected.
    Factors that could affect actual results include: the company's limited operating history, the need for additional financing, variable economic conditions and customer tastes, regulatory risks, and restrictions imposed by existing debts and future payment obligations.

    Airbiquity, aqServer, and aqLink are trademarks of Airbiquity Inc. WebTech Locator and Quadrant Vehicle Services System are trademarks of WebTech Wireless Inc.