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Tuesday, 08/14/2007 9:02:12 AM

Tuesday, August 14, 2007 9:02:12 AM

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Platforms Wireless Reports Board of Directors Proceedings
Tuesday August 14, 8:30 am ET
Company Confirms and Ratifies Board of Directors Changes

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Platforms Wireless International Corporation (Pink Sheets:PLFM - News; www.plfm.net), the developer of the innovative Airborne Relay Communications "ARC" System Core Technology for wireless voice and data communications, announced today that the Company's Board of Directors has ratified the appointment of Raymond Magana, a current board member and a Pasadena-based attorney, as its new President and Chief Executive Officer, effective August 1, 2007.

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The Board of Directors also appointed long-time board member Richard Cody, Jr. as its outside Lead Director, replacing Mr. Magana in that position. Mr. Magana had been appointed Lead Director following the death of esteemed board member Lawrence Brooks in April 2007.

Additionally, the Board of Directors confirmed and ratified the engagement of its former President and CEO, William C. Martin, as a management consultant to support the company's business and technology development operations.

The Board of Directors also approved the Company's Shareholders' Meeting, which is scheduled to take place in November 2007, at the same forum where it was held last year - The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.

Raymond Magana, President and CEO of Platforms Wireless, stated: "The timely actions taken unanimously by our Board of Directors ensure the continuity of our Company's positive momentum, while we continue to vigorously contest and appeal the recent judgment in the SEC civil case against the Company and some of its former officers. With business prospects for our Emergency-911 communications systems looking bright, we look forward to continuing positive developments."

Platforms Wireless offers two innovative "Emergency-911," interoperable radio and cellular communications systems based on its proprietary Airborne Relay Communications "ARC" System Core Technology.

The RECOM-911(TM) Rapid Response Emergency Communications System(TM) is Platforms' flagship System product. It is a custom-built, airborne, transportable wireless communications system designed to provide Cellular and Interoperable Radio communications to emergency first responders during and immediately following a catastrophic emergency, or a natural or man-made disaster. RECOM-911(TM) is transportable, ISO containerized, and rapidly deployable by air, land, or sea to the incident location, where it can be activated into service within hours of its arrival. RECOM-911(TM) can provide 24/7 uninterrupted Cellular communications services to a radius area of up to 70 miles with a service capacity of more than 25,000 users. In conjunction with the ROSETTA-911(TM) System, the RECOM-911(TM) System can also provide Interoperable Radio/Cellular Communications and Internet/VOIP Connectivity. Video Surveillance and Sensor (radar) facilities are also available system options.

The ROSETTA-911(TM) Interoperable Radio/Cellular Communications System is a ready-to-use, turnkey System that provides interoperable radio/cellular communications facilities, which enable different VHF, UHF, 800 MHz radios, and cellular telephones, to seamlessly interconnect and communicate with each other, including Internet/VOIP connectivity. The ROSETTA-911(TM) System is available as an integral component of the RECOM-911(TM)System, where it can provide the Radio/Cellular interoperable communications facilities, and as a standalone, portable system unit. The ROSETTA-911(TM) portable system comes fully equipped and ready to use, including VHF, UHF, and 800 MHz mobile (LMR) radios, matching portable radios, a cellular and land-line (STU-III compatible) telephone port, and Internet/VOIP connectivity, for comprehensive command and control facilities that enable incident commanders to efficiently control, direct, and manage emergency first response critical operations.

ABOUT PLATFORMS WIRELESS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION (PINK SHEETS: PLFM - News)

Platforms Wireless International Corporation, headquartered in Westlake Village, California, is the developer of the innovative airborne wireless communications technology known as the Airborne Relay Communications "ARC" System Core Technology(TM). The ARC System Core Technology is designed to provide multiple wide area wireless telecommunications services from a lighter-than-air platform suspended 1,000 to 5,000 meters above mean sea level by a tethered aerostat. The RECOM-911(TM), "Rapid Response Emergency Communications System," is the Company's flagship product, and a derivative system product of the ARC System Core Technology. The RECOM-911(TM) System is an airborne, rapid response emergency communications system that can be readily transported to critical emergency and natural or man-made disaster locations. The System can provide a cellular communications airborne service coverage diameter of 220-kilometers, or a 60 to 70-mile radius, with a service capacity of 25,000 to 50,000 users. The RECOM-911(TM) System interfaces with the ROSETTA-911(TM) System to provide VHF, UHF, 800 MHz radio and cellular interoperability facilities with Internet/VOIP communications connectivity. The ROSETTA-911(TM) System can also operate as a separate, transportable, independent interoperable communications field station. Management believes its advances in the field of airborne wireless communications technology, reinforced by new product developments, will provide efficient, cost-effective, voice and data communications solutions for rapid response to critical emergencies and natural or man-made disasters, and for augmenting, replacing, and/or supplementing terrestrial land-line and wireless telecommunications infrastructures. For more information on Platforms Wireless, please visit http://www.plfm.net