P-Com Expands Sales Team in Latin America, Asia New Sales Directors Focus On P-Com's Fastest Growing Markets CAMPBELL, Calif., March 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- P-Com, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: PCOM) , a worldwide provider of wireless telecom productsand services, today announced the appointments of sales directors for Latin America and Asia. Alvaro Pinto, who has more than 15 years of telecommunications experience, was named director of sales for Latin America. Jeff Aragaki, who has more than 20 years of telecommunications experience, will lead the sales effort in the Asia-Pacific region. Latin America and Asia are P-Com's two fastest growing markets. "Alvaro Pinto and Jeff Aragaki are two highly knowledgeable sales executives who will play an important role in building on our sales momentum in both Latin America and Asia," said P-Com President and CEO Sam Smookler. "The strengthening of our sales teams in these key markets is part of P-Com's intensive focus on increasing sales and building relationships." The announcement of Pinto and Aragaki follows the company's recent success in Latin America. In March, P-Com announced a $2 million order from a leading wireless carrier in the region for its Encore Plus product and the deployment of its AirPro Gold.Net radios in Brazil for an Internet Service Provider (ISP). Prior to joining P-Com, Pinto was Director of Sales for Proxim, Inc. for Latin America, where he established sales offices in Mexico and Brazil. Earlier in his career, Pinto worked for Nortel Networks where he managed the Telecom Italia Global account for the Americas. He also led fixed wireless initiatives in South America for Lucent Technologies. Aragaki has more than two decades of telecommunications experience, including more than 13 years in the Asia-Pacific market. For the past 10 years, he has worked with telecommunication solution providers in Southeast Asia. Prior to that, he was director of sales for the Asia Pacific region of DMC (Stratex). Earlier in his career, he held various positions with Avantek, Telesciences, and Tadiran. About P-Com, Inc. P-Com, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets point-to-point, spread spectrum and point-to-multipoint, wireless access systems to the worldwide telecommunications market. P-Com broadband wireless access systems are designed to satisfy the high-speed, integrated network requirements of Internet access associated with Business-to-Business and E-Commerce business processes. Cellular and personal communications service (PCS) providers utilize P-Com point-to-point systems to provide backhaul between base stations and mobile switching centers. Government, utility, and business entities use P-Com systems in public and private network applications. For more information visit http://www.p-com.com/ or call 408-866-3660. Safe Harbor Statement Statements in this release that are forward looking involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause P-Com's actual results in future periods to be materially different from any future performance that may be suggested in this release. Such factors may include, but are not limited to: the ability to achieve positive cash flow given the Company's existing and anticipated operating and other costs, and current sales trends; the need to raise additional equity capital, and whether that capital is available on acceptable terms, if at all; the Company's ability to negotiate repayment terms with many of its creditors, and settle outstanding litigation;the continued intense competition from leading telecommunications equipment and technology suppliers resulting in lower average selling prices; fluctuations in customer demand; reliance upon subcontractors; the ability of P-Com's customers to finance their purchases; the timing of new technology and product introductions; and the risk of early obsolescence. Many of these risks and uncertainties are beyond P-Com's control. Reference is made to the discussion of risk factors detailed in P-Com's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q. Media Contact: Investor Contact: Greg Berardi Dan Rumsey, General Counsel & 415-239-7826 Acting CFO 408-866-3666 DATASOURCE: P-Com, Inc. CONTACT: press, Greg Berardi for P-Com, Inc., +1-415-239-7826, or ; or investors, Dan Rumsey, General Counsel & Acting CFO of P-Com, Inc., +1-408-866-3666, or Web site: http://www.p-com.com/

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