NetNearU Executive to Speak at the

Wireless Hotspots: Conference & Expo in September

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (August 28, 2002) – The Wireless Hot Spots: Conference & Expo, to be held Sept. 23-24 in San Jose, Calif., has confirmed NetNearU’s executive vice president Cody Catalena will speak at two of the conference’s sessions.  The conference, “Deploy Locally – Operate Globally,” will focus on providing useful and educational details on the value, profit prospects and real-world obstacles inherent in the deploying and maintaining of wireless public Internet access points – commonly called “hot spots.”

Catalena will join other panelists on Monday, Sept. 23, from 11 a.m. to noon, for a session titled “The Aggregators Unplugged,” analyzing the business models of wireless aggregators and the opportunities they present to their local partners.  On Tuesday, Sept. 24, from 2:45 to 3:30 p.m., he will be a featured speaker in a conference session titled “Financial Analysis: Costs, Breakeven, and ROI,” which will review the basic cost elements of deploying a public access network, both one time and recurring.

The Wireless Hot Spots: Conference & Expo is the only event in the U.S. to focus exclusively on WLAN-enabled wireless public access networks and to examine this new trend from the perspective of service providers and location/facility owners – for their profitability and viability.

NetNearU Executive Vice President - Cody Catalena

Catalena is executive vice president at NetNearU, directing the sales, marketing, customer service and software research and development activities of the company.  From 1997 until 2002 as chief technology officer (CTO) of NetNearU, he led all product development activities including the expansion into wireless access products.  Catalena also directed the development of the company’s remote management software products that are deployed in 17 countries.

In 1996, he worked with product and software development teams at Myriad Internet, a regional Internet service provider.  From 1990 to 1995, Catalena managed route maintenance, programming, and installation activities for Texas Coinphone, a private payphone business.

Catalena graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University, and is a member of A&M’s 12^th Man Foundation.

Recently, Catalena has been a guest speaker and panelist for industry shows such as the American Public Communications Council and KioskCom.

About NetNearU

NetNearU Corp. provides comprehensive point-of-access management solutions, including central administration systems and client software for distributed devices. The Company's software solutions manage networks of broadband wireless access points utilizing the 802.11 standard, as well as Internet-based kiosks and web payphones used to provide public Internet access, mobile professional data services, e-commerce applications and customer service functions.

NetNearU's proprietary software suite includes solutions for both wireless and wired networks. The Company's TRACKOS™ product provides for centralized, near real-time remote monitoring, management and maintenance of any number of Internet-based terminals and wireless access points located anywhere in the world. TRACKOS is a scalable and flexible platform that collects, stores and reports data for analysis of point-of-access usage and operability, as well as specific business activities and application effectiveness. The Company's ADTRACKOS™ product provides for interactive content to be remotely uploaded and sent to designated devices. NetNearU offers technical support, hardware monitoring, maintenance dispatching and credit card processing services to its licensees, as well as a full range of professional services to integrate its software products with customer applications. The Company is headquartered in College Station, Texas. More information about NetNearU may be found at: http://www.nnu.com.

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Editor’s Note: For media inquires, or to schedule an interview with Mr. Catalena, please contact Chrisman Group Public Relations at 512-345-8969, or Jacque@chrismangroup.com.

For more information on the Wireless Hot Spots Conference & Expo, please visit their Web site at: http://www.shorecliffcommunications.com/whs.