PRNewswire via Comtex
December 8, 2000
LOS ANGELES, Dec 8, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Platforms Wireless International
Corporation, (OTC: PLFM), the developer of the revolutionary Airborne Relay
Communications 'ARC System,' for wireless voice and data communications, announced
today it has scheduled a Shareholders Teleconference for Thursday, December, 14, at
4:00 PM EST.
The call-in number will be 719-457-2665. The replay number will be 719-457-0820. The
access code for both will be #492738. The teleconference will also be simulcast on the
Internet on VCALL. VCALL can be accessed at www.vcall.com .
William C. Martin, Chairman and CEO stated: 'In order to provide our shareholders with as
much information as possible, prior to the Special Shareholders Meeting scheduled to take
place on December 28, 2000, we are pleased to provide our shareholders and other
interested parties with an update on PLFM's key activities. Our senior management team
will be available to discuss important new developments and answer questions on the
proposed capital reorganization, international marketing activities, strategic alliance
relationships, and the forthcoming ARC System demonstrations in San Diego and Brazil.'
The teleconference is scheduled to last one hour, including 20 minutes of information
presentation and 40 minutes reserved for Q&A. It is recommended that interested parties
e-mail their questions as soon as possible to
plfm@focuspartners.com, to ensure their questions are
considered and answered during the session.
About Platforms International
Platforms International Corporation, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, is the
developer and marketer of the revolutionary wireless communications technology known
as the Airborne Relay Communications 'ARC' System, and its family of Airborne, host
infrastructures, the ZerOGravity AeroStructures(R). These revolutionary advances in the
field of wireless communications technology provide the most efficient, most cost-effective,
all-broadband, voice and data communications alternative for augmenting, replacing, and
supplementing terrestrial wireline and cellular telecommunications infrastructures, as well
as high- and low-earth orbiting satellites -- at a fraction of the cost and time it takes to
deploy conventional systems. Platforms recently announced its first ARC System
Conditional Contract with one of the leading cellular telecommunications service providers
in Brazil. Platforms can be found on the Web, at: www.platforms-intl.com .
Safe Harbor Act Disclaimer
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS -- The statements contained in this Press Release,
which are not historical facts, are 'forward-looking statements' within the meaning of Rule
175 under the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 3b-6 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, and as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and such
statements qualify for the Safe Harbor protection afforded under such Acts. Such
statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking words, such as 'believes,'
'expects,' 'may,' 'will,' 'should,' 'anticipates,' or the negative thereof, or other variations
thereof, or comparable words, or by discussions of future plans, strategies, or other
business development activities that involve risks and uncertainties. Management cautions
the reader that 'forward-looking statements' including, without limitation, statements
regarding Platforms technology, products, marketing plans and strategies, markets for its
products and services, and expected results of operations, are all predictions,
expectations, and anticipations. No assurances can be given that such predictions,
expectations, and anticipations will prove accurate and correct, or that the anticipated future
results will be achieved. Numerous risk factors could cause actual results to vary materially
from the future results indicated, expressed, or implied in forward-looking statements.
Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to Platforms' ability to successfully
market its products and services to new customers; its ability to obtain necessary financing
to support corporate operations, and finance the acquisition of test equipment and
systems; its ability to obtain required permits, licenses, and authorizations in a timely
manner; the performance of a successful ARC System BETA Demonstration in Brazil; the
ability of Service Providers to successfully market ARC System wireless communications
services to subscribers; the ARC System's capability to cost-effectively and profitably
penetrate higher-cost, rural area markets; and the unknown impact of probable entry into
the market by larger, better capitalized competitors. Therefore, there can be no assurance
that the information indicated, expressed, or implied in the forward-looking statements
contained in this Press Release will prove to be accurate or correct, and future events and
actual results could differ materially from those indicated, expressed, or implied in
forward-looking statements.
SOURCE Platforms Wireless International Corporation
CONTACT: William Martin, Jr. of Platforms Wireless International,
310-338-0637, or fax, 310-338-0268; or Susan Bolen, 914-332-6514, or Brad
Meyer or Harvey Goralnick, 212-752-9445, or plfm@focuspartners.com,
all of FOCUS Partners LLC, for Platforms Wireless International URL:
Website://www.vcall.com Website://www.platforms-intl.com
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