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Mark Thomas Joins Wireless Services Corporation As Chief Financial Officer

Posted on: Thursday, 9 June 2005, 18:00 CDT

Wireless Services Corporation today announced that Mark Thomas has joined the company as chief financial officer. His wealth of experience, knowledge and relationships in the telecommunications industry will be a tremendous asset to Wireless Services Corporation having worked for AT&T Wireless, AT&T and most recently as CFO and senior vice president of business development for Terabeam Corp.

"Mark stages Wireless Services for exponential growth from the top 25 wireless carriers by solidifying an executive team that is second to none in providing data services and technology to wireless industry," said Rich Begert, CEO of Wireless Services Corporation. "With Mark's leadership and expertise in mergers and acquisitions, the company is poised for great growth."

At Terabeam, Thomas was instrumental in evaluating strategic alternatives for the company that led to it being sold to YDI Wireless. With AT&T and AT&T Wireless he was deeply involved in structuring transactions that significantly expanded AT&T Wireless' national footprint. Thomas brings operational experience from his role as president of AT&T Wireless' Aviation Communication Division and in the oversight of a major joint venture market.

"Wireless Services has always had a great reputation in the industry for pioneering value-added services for carriers," said Thomas. "Now that data services are becoming an increasingly important part of the market for wireless, I am excited to be part of the team that guides Wireless Services through this, perhaps its most dynamic phase."

Thomas is the fourth executive in the past year to join Wireless Services Corporation, along with Rich Begert, CEO, Larry Covari, vice president of Operations and Deployment, and Todd Larsen, vice president of Sales.

Prior to working with AT&T Wireless and AT&T, Thomas was a corporate and tax attorney with Davis Polk & Wardwell, Washington, D.C., and as a clerk for former Chief Judge John C. Godbold of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit Court in Alabama. Thomas earned a law degree from the University of Virginia and a bachelor's degree in physics from Harvard University.

About Wireless Services Corp.

Wireless Services Corporation has been developing and operating value-added services specifically for the wireless industry since 1996. A Carrier's Carrier, Wireless Services allows wireless carriers to rapidly launch new services and network capabilities that increase revenue and reduce churn. The company's product line includes Text and Picture Messaging, Mobile E-mail, Mobile Internet, WAP Content and Spam Protection. The company provides carrier-grade reliability coupled with a full-service, 24/7 operations team.

WSC was founded in 1996 and was the first company to focus exclusively on wireless data. The company is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and provides wireless data services to more than 30 wireless carriers. For more information about WSC, please visit www.wirelesscorp.com.

Source: Business Wire

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