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Terion Appoints New President and Chief Executive Officer

10 April 2000

Terion Appoints New President and Chief Executive Officer

    MELBOURNE, Fla., April 10 Terion, Inc. announces the
appointment of Jeffrey C. Locke, 51, as its President and Chief Executive
Officer.  Locke is also expected to be elected to the Board of Directors of
Terion at Terion's next regularly scheduled Board meeting.  Mr. Locke replaces
James A. Hislop, President of Penske Capital Partners, who was the interim
President during the executive search.  Mr. Hislop will remain on the
company's Board.
    Before joining Terion, Mr. Locke worked at Rogers Communications, Inc., in
Toronto, where he was Senior Vice President of Marketing for the parent
company and its wireless unit, Rogers AT&T.  Rogers is Canada's largest
wireless cable and Internet company.
    Regarded as one of the most creative and aggressive executives in
telecommunications, Locke has a strong track record in start-up and early
stage businesses.  Locke has held senior general management positions with
Sprint PCS, Ameritech Cellular, and NEC Corporation.  A former lieutenant in
the Marines and a Vietnam veteran, he graduated from Dartmouth College and the
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
    Mr. Locke stated, "I am delighted to have been selected by the Board of
Terion to fill the President and Chief Executive Officer role for the Company.
Terion has an extraordinary, proprietary platform that provides reliable low
cost communications with full coverage.  Through the unique talents of its
dedicated employee base, Terion has proven at a very early stage that it will
be a leader in the transportation marketplace and beyond."
    Mr. Hislop stated, "On behalf of the Board of Directors of Terion, we are
delighted to have attracted Jeff Locke to join the company.  Our Board was
impressed with Jeff's reputation and accomplishments in the world of wireless
communications.  We feel that his leadership skills and proven record of
execution make him uniquely qualified to lead Terion into the future."
    Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, Terion, Inc. is an industry leading
business-to-business wireless application service provider using two-way
wireless communications.  The Company currently operates in the United States,
with commencement of service in Canada scheduled for the third quarter of 2000
and in Mexico during 2001.  The Company's patents and other intellectual
properties include digital high-frequency technologies originally developed
under contract by Harris Corporation as a nationwide backup communication
system.  Terion has adapted this technology to commercial application,
providing a low-cost communication alternative with comprehensive geographic
coverage.  The Company also has applications and intellectual property in
cellular and PCS technologies.  Terion is initially focusing its product
development and business strategy toward meeting the needs of transportation
customers in the NAFTA trade region, followed by additional markets both
domestically and internationally.
    Terion's investors and strategic partners include Penske Capital Partners,
Delphi Automotive Systems, Detroit Diesel Corporation, KteCom, LLC, a company
affiliated with Knight Transportation, HVFM-II, LP in which Harris Corporation
is the major investor, and Madison Venture Corporation of Vancouver, Canada.
The Company's goal is to combine the best People, Products and Partners to
offer its customers world-class wireless information solutions.