(COMTEX)     B: Platforms Wireless Announces New Website B: Platforms Wireless Announces New Website   LOS ANGELES, Jan 9, 2001 /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 the launch of its updated corporate website. The new PLFM Website will be available beginning Wednesday, January 10, 2001, and it can be accessed using the same URL: www.plfm.net.   William C. Martin, Jr., Vice President, Marketing, stated: "As the leading Airborne Wireless Communications Company, Platforms designed and built its new corporate website to conform more accurately with its high-technology, industry-leadership image, and to set a new Internet communications standard for wireless telecommunications companies.   "The upgraded website reflects a new, brand-building look for Platforms," Mr. Martin explained, "and it provides in-depth insights into the Company's philosophies, mission, management, technologies, products, and operational plans, as well as providing exciting new information on the state-of-the-art convergence technologies featured in Platform's products. There is also detailed information on world markets, strategic partners, and important investor relations updates. Sections of the website will soon be available in the native languages of the countries in which Platforms is conducting airborne wireless communications operations.   "In the near term," concluded Mr. Martin, "the Platforms website will also feature video streams of important corporate events, such as the ARC System payload tests scheduled to take place in San Diego, California, in March 2001, and the upcoming, all-important ARC System commercial inauguration scheduled to take place in Brazil."   The Platforms website was designed and authored by internationally renowned corporate communications consultant, Anthony N. Todaro, founder and CEO of Todaro Communications, Inc. With 25 years of experience, and clients from California to Tokyo, this leading, international communications consulting firm, based in Redondo Beach, California, specializes in the synergistic fusion of brand identity with traditional collateral media, digital productions, and award-winning, world-class Internet domains.   About Platforms Wireless International   Platforms Wireless 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 Zer0Gravity AeroStructures(R). Management believes that these significant advances in the field of Airborne wireless communications technology, together with continuing technology improvements and new developments, will provide an efficient, 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 savings in both cost and deployment time, as compared to conventional systems. Platforms recently announced its first ARC System Conditional Contract with AMERICEL, S.A., one of the leading cellular telecommunications service providers in Brazil. Platforms can be found on the Web, at: www.plfm.net.          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. Forward-looking 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 statements related to 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, projected 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 anticipated, projected future results will be achieved. Numerous risk factors can 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; the Company's ability to obtain necessary financing to support corporate operations and finance the acquisition of test equipment and systems; the Company's ability to obtain required permits, licenses, and authorizations in a timely manner; the Company's performance of a successful ARC System 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 these forward-looking statements.   SOURCE Platforms Wireless International Corporation      CONTACT:          William Martin, Jr. of Platforms Wireless International                    Corporation, 310-338-0637, or fax, 310-338-0268; or (Media) S san Bolen,                    914-332-6514, or plfm@focuspartners.com, or (Agency) Brad Mey r, or                    HarveyGoralnick, 212-752-9445, or plfm@focuspartners.com, all of FOCUS                    Partners LLC    URL:              platforms-intl.com  prnewswire.com    (C) 2001 PR Newswire.  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