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Mike Fowler Joins Newpoint's Sales Team

Salem, New Hampshire USA, October 30, 2000 - Newpoint Technologies, Inc.

Mike Fowler has agreed to join Newpoint Technologies, Inc., as Director of Sales for the company's western region. Newpoint is the leader in design and manufacture of software systems for satellite and terrestrial network management.

Fowler comes to Newpoint from Loral Skynet of Arlington, VA, where he was Director of International Internet Sales. Fowler's responsibilities at Loral Skynet included selling International and domestic satellite capacity on the Loral Global Alliance Fleet to Internet service providers, closing $245 million in contracted business since August 1999. He brings significant international sales experience in Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin-America and North America, and a broad knowledge of the satellite telecommunications marketplace. In previous roles, as Sales Executive for Columbia Communications in Bethesda, MD, he supported Internet resellers, CLECs and LECs as well as the Teleport market. With additional experience from positions at 3M, IBM and Xerox, Mike brings to Newpoint broad sales experience which will help expand Newpoint's professional Sales Organization into a world class sales team. Mike attended Chapman College in Colorado, California, Hawaii Pacific College in Honolulu, and California Coast Pacific University, where he majored in Business.

Newpoint Technologies is the foremost company in Satellite Network Management Systems, creating systems that simplify the complexities of satellite system management. Newpoint's commercial off-the-shelf products include Newpoint CompassT, a complete system for managing satellite communications and networked devices, chosen this year as Most Innovative Network Management Software Solution for M&C by the readers of Satellite Communications magazine. The recently introduced Newpoint PathfinderT system automates Audio-Video router management, enabling operators to simply choose signal source and output destination, creating the feed path automatically -- across hundreds of ports, on networks that span multiple locations. Newpoint's MercuryT is an Element Manager, and the company's Carrier Line-Up software automates the process of bringing carriers on line with Intelsat.

Newpoint Technologies, Inc. is the recognized leader in Satellite Network Management Systems for control of data, Internet, broadcast, telecom, and hybrid networks. In addition to groundbreaking technology solutions, the company also offers system integration and a host of customer support services, which simplify complex satellite and terrestrial networking issues, and help customers cut costs dramatically.