P-Com Announces $596,000 in Orders From Mideast
27 April 2004 - 12:15AM
PR Newswire (US)
P-Com Announces $596,000 in Orders From Mideast Company Receives
First Part of Larger Order From Iraq CAMPBELL, Calif., April 26
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- P-Com, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: PCOM) , a
worldwide provider of wireless telecom products and services, today
announced that it has received $596,000 in orders from customers in
the Mideast. P-Com's orders from the region include $212,000 from
Iraq for P-Com's Tel-Link, point-to-point microwave radios. The
Tel-Link units will be deployed by a major utility in the country.
P-Com expects to receive orders from Iraq exceeding $1.0 million.
In the first quarter of 2003, P-Com received more than $587,000 in
orders from the Mideast for its licensed and unlicensed products.
"P-Com's orders in the Mideast reflect a broad pattern of success
in the region for our entire product line," said Sam Smookler,
President and CEO of P-Com. "Our products continue to be well
received in the Mideast because they offer a unique opportunity to
build reliable, cost-effective network infrastructure that helps
both public and private operators meet the growing demand for
broadband services in the region." P-Com's Tel-Link radios deliver
high-capacity voice, data, Internet and video connectivity from low
data rates through high data rates in the same unit. P-Com's AirPro
Gold is a high-speed, carrier-class radio that delivers broadband
services, providing unmatched spectral efficiency, burst
synchronization and powerful network management capabilities. The
SPEEDLAN 9000 series, offered through P-Com's Wave Wireless
Networking group, is a family of spread spectrum products featuring
mesh technology and 128-bit AES encryption. 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 408-866-3666. 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 Daniel W. Rumsey,
General Counsel and Acting CFO 415-239-7826 408-866-3666
DATASOURCE: P-Com, Inc. CONTACT: press, Greg Berardi for P-Com,
Inc., +1-415-239-7826, or ; or Daniel W. Rumsey, General Counsel
and Acting CFO of P-Com, Inc., +1-408-866-3666, or Web site:
http://www.p-com.com/
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