AARO Broadband Wireless To Develop Government LeasingSite; E-Commerce Will Create ``Procurement...

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OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 14, 2000

AARO Broadband Wireless Communications, Inc. (OTCBB:AARW) and e-Leasing Corporation of Dallas, Texas, announced today an e-commerce contract designed to make it easier to bring government agencies together with primary

The contract will create GovLease.net, the first Internet site focused on allowing government direct access to the capital lease markets. GovLease.Net will service the federal, state and local governments and private financial institutions with interactive access to the government leasing market. AARO Chief Financial Officer Mike Canfield said the initial contract with e-Leasing

is worth more than $175,000 in web design, maintenance and hosting revenue, with recurring annual revenue of $60,000 to $75,000.

"GovLease.net will provide comprehensive online competitive bid services significantly reducing the time, effort and cost associated with government lease transactions. GovLease.Net will bring government and the capital markets together in a single on-line marketplace, eliminating the middleman," Canfield said.

According to Dean Chittenden, President of e-Leasing, the government purchasing procedures of today and yesterday are slow, bulky and cumbersome and often lack the financial information needed by bidders. With hardcopy letters and bid requests, the bidding processes currently take weeks or months to complete and waste both human resources and materials in the process.

GovLease.net will create the government Internet lease financing system of tomorrow, Chittenden said, bringing government agencies and leasing organizations together in a single, non-partisan electronic bidding process that will benefit government with lower interest rates and much faster response time.

"Through GovLease.net, e-Leasing intends to take advantage of the broadband communications capabilities AARO offers in order to enhance service to the public and private sectors. In terms of faster document downloads and more comprehensive, secure leasing transactions, this partnership with AARO will allow e-Leasing to provide unsurpassed service to our government clients," Chittenden said.

"For example, a bidder with AARO's high-speed connectivity would be able to download the entire financial statement of the City of Oklahoma City in a matter of seconds. The speed and reliability of data are key to our success," Chittenden said.

Canfield said AARO expects to have the site up and running by spring 2001. AARO will develop and host the site using content provided by e-Leasing.

About AARO

AARO Broadband Wireless Communications, Inc. provides wireless connectivity up to 100 Mbps. AARO New World services such as unified communications, IP telephony and videoconferencing services are delivered via a highly secure, carrier-class IP network. For additional news and information, please visit us at aarowireless.com.

About e-Leasing Corporation

e-Leasing Corporation is committed to providing government with no-cost, high-featured lease services to automate tasks associated with lease bidding and record keeping. e-Leasing has combined great concepts and superior technology, with over 75 years of leasing and public finance experience, to build a strategic partnership with government and the capital markets. e-Leasing offers simple, yet powerful solutions for linking government and capital markets.

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