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PLFM News Platforms Wireless Successfully Demonstrates New Airborne Cellular Communications System to U.S. Department of Defense

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Platforms Wireless International Corporation, (Pink Sheets:PLFM) (www.plfm.net), today released details about the successful demonstration of its new airborne cellular communications system capable of rapid deployment to natural or man-made disasters. The successful demonstration concludes more than 18 months of presentations, proposals, and customization of the Company’s Airborne Relay Communications “ARC” System core technology to meet the rapid response emergency communications system requirements of the U.S. Department of Defense.

The restricted, unpublicized demonstration (“DEMO-911”) took place on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006, at the anechoic test chamber operated by Alliant Techsystems, Inc. (NYSE:ATK), in San Diego, California. At the demonstration, Platforms presented and demonstrated its new cellular communications system (payload) for rapid response deployment to natural or man-made disasters.

The Rapid Response Emergency Communications System™ (“RECOM-911™”), is a new product application of the Company’s “ARC” System Proprietary Core Technology. The RECOM-911™ System is an ISO-containerized, transportable, airborne cellular communications system designed for rapid deployment to natural or man-made disasters. The System can be transported to a disaster location by trailer truck, cargo plane, helicopter, or ship, and be deployed to full operational status within four to six hours of its arrival at the incident location. RECOM-911 can function as a self-sufficient, independent telecommunications System, or it can interconnect to the Public Switched Telephone Network (“PSTN”) via fiber, microwave, or satellite link. The System operates at an altitude of 1,000 meters above mean sea level, uses commercial off-the-shelf handsets, provides coverage to a 70-mile radius, and can service 50,000 to 80,000 users, depending on bandwidth availability, antennae configurations, and the capabilities of the particular wireless communications protocol. The RECOM-911 System can also be equipped with a fully articulating, wireless video surveillance and recording camera with interchangeable optical facilities.

The RECOM-911™ System presentation and demonstration was witnessed by representatives of the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, FEMA, Commanders of the California National Guard, the Joint Forces Training Base at Los Alamitos, California, the U.S. Marine Corps, the Los Angeles Fire Department, the UCSD Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, the President of Lindstrand Technologies, management contingents of two of the leading telecommunications companies in the world, and other business dignitaries. Also in attendance was a former United States Congressman from Los Angeles, now a partner of a prestigious international law firm that represents international business and government prospects for Platforms’ airborne wireless communications technology systems.

The RECOM-911™ System was introduced to the audience followed by an actual, live demonstration of its operating capabilities with full audience participation.

Lawrence McLean, Vice President of Operations, Platforms Wireless, presented and demonstrated the RECOM-911™ System. The demonstration was conducted with members of the audience taking turns using GSM cellular telephones to place multiple, simultaneous telephone calls through the RECOM-911™ System. Members of the audience called and talked to each other through a closed, private telecommunications network, which operated completely independently inside the anechoic chamber. The anechoic test chamber blocked the reception or transmission of RF signals from or to the outside, ensuring that all calls made inside the chamber were actually processed by the RECOM-911™ System’s private, self-contained network. The successful demonstration validated the RECOM-911™ System’s capabilities to process multiple, simultaneous cellular telephone calls on an independent basis, without assistance from any telecommunications providers.

The RECOM-911™ system demonstration drew an enthusiastic response from the audience, and Platforms was congratulated on its achievement.

Lindstrand Technologies (LTL) participated in the presentation, supporting Platforms’ presentation to the U.S. Department of Defense. Dr. Per Lindstrand, founder and President of Lindstrand Technologies, and one of the world’s leading authorities in aerostat technology, presented the extensive capabilities of his company, highlighting his strategic alliance with Platforms Wireless. Lindstrand Technologies, who has worked with Platforms for seven years, will supply aerostats to Platforms for use as lighter-than-air, high-altitude, long-endurance airborne platforms for delivery of Platforms commercial and military airborne wireless communications systems. Lindstrand will supply permanent site aerostat systems for fixed position communications and surveillance applications; self-contained, transportable, ISO-containerized aerostats for rapid deployment of the Platforms’ RECOM-911™ System to natural or man-made disaster areas; and self-contained, transportable mini-aerostats for specialized applications of Platforms airborne wireless communications and surveillance systems by the military, fire departments, law enforcement agencies, offices of emergency services, state and local governments, and for commercial applications.

Two world leading telecommunications companies also participated and supported Platforms’ presentation to the U.S. Department of Defense. The companies presented their extensive corporate capabilities, their advanced communications technologies, their experience dealing with natural and man-made disasters, and their supportive strategic alliances with Platforms Wireless. For the demonstration, Platforms used a Base Station Router prototype System, which was built specifically for this demonstration and government applications by one of the participating telecommunications companies. Under the strategic alliance, the participating companies will provide Platforms with custom, integrated GSM and CDMA Radio Base Stations and Network Switches to process cellular phone calls and support the military and commercial deployment of RECOM-911 Systems. The integrated communications facilities also enable the RECOM-911 System to interconnect with the PSTN via fiber, microwave, or satellite.

Larry McLean, Platforms Vice President of Operations, stated: “Our RECOM-911™ System has many commercial applications for efficiently and cost-effectively supporting and augmenting carrier telecommunications networks. However, we take special pride in the fact that it can provide our country with the vital cellular communications our Emergency First Response Forces need to save lives and protect property during natural or man-made disasters.”

William C. Martin, President and CEO of Platforms Wireless said: “Our Company has overcome many challenges to arrive at this point. The success of this demonstration is the culmination of a nine-year commitment to develop an innovative airborne wireless communications technology that can contribute meaningfully to the advancement of wireless communications, and deliver value to our shareholders. In addition to its diverse commercial applications potential, our airborne wireless communications technology can enable Emergency First Responders to rapidly respond to and deploy the communications facilities required to manage disasters. I am very proud that our RECOM-911™ System is being considered as a possible solution to some of our homeland security initiatives, and we thank everyone who participated in and made this event possible.”

Additional information on the RECOM-911™ system can be found on the Platforms Wireless web site at www.plfm.net.

ABOUT LINDSTRAND TECHNOLOGIES (LTL)

U.K.-based Lindstrand Technologies is the largest manufacturer of manned tethered aerostats. The company was founded and managed by Dr. Per Lindstrand, a pilot, aeronautical engineer, and one of the world’s leading authorities in lighter-than-air aircraft. The Company is based in England, and it has been operating in its present facility since 1978, designing, manufacturing, and type-certifying a wide variety of lighter-than-air vehicles, including hot air balloons, gas balloons, thermal airships, and aerostats. In 2002, Lindstrand Technologies added a historical accomplishment to its long list of distinguished achievements in the field of lighter-than-air flight, by designing and manufacturing the high technology parachute that was used to successfully land the Beagle 2 Marslander on the planet Mars. The Beagle 2 was launched in June 2003 on a Russian Soyuz rocket and it successfully landed six months later on the Planet Mars. Lindstrand Technologies also designs and builds advanced inflatable architectural structures and buildings, innovative inflatable safety plugs for road tunnels and inflatable flood defence barriers. For more information on Lindstrand Technologies, please visit http://www.lindstrandtech.com/.

ABOUT PLATFORMS WIRELESS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (OTC: PLFM)

Platforms Wireless International Corporation, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, is the developer of the innovative airborne wireless communications technology known as the Airborne Relay Communications “ARC” System Core Technology. The ARC System Core Technology is designed to provide multiple wide area wireless telecommunications services from a lighter-than-air (LTA) platform suspended 1,000 to 5,000 meters above mean sea level by a tethered aerostat. The wireless service coverage footprint of each ARC System is approximately 38,000 square kilometers, or a 220-kilometer diameter. Management believes its significant advances in the field of airborne wireless communications technology, reinforced by new product developments, will provide efficient, cost-effective, voice and data communications solutions for rapid response to natural or man-made disasters, and for augmenting, replacing, and/or supplementing terrestrial hard-wire and wireless telecommunications infrastructures. For more information on Platforms Wireless, please visit http://www.plfm.net.

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