Beth Kahn Named Head of License Exempt Products for P-Com P-Com Expands Senior Management Team CAMPBELL, Calif., April 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- P-Com, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: PCOM) , a worldwide provider of wireless telecom products and services, today announced that Beth Kahn, a business executive with 20 years of telecommunications and network experience, has been appointed Vice President, License Exempt Products. Kahn is responsible for all sales and marketing of P-Com's license exempt products and will oversee sales teams in the U.S. and abroad. Kahn reports to P-Com President and CEO Sam Smookler. "Beth Kahn is an outstanding executive who will play a key role in aggressively marketing our products and services and in expanding our relationships with distribution partners," Smookler said. "Beth has a long track record of success in the telecom industry, and she will be a valuable asset to the P-Com senior management team as we continue to build on our momentum in the marketplace." "P-Com has long been an innovator and I'm pleased to be joining a company whose reputation for world-class engineering is well known," Kahn said. "As the telecom industry begins to recover, P-Com is strongly positioned to succeed in the marketplace because of the quality of its products and its commitment to excellence." Prior to joining P-Com, Kahn was Chief Operating Officer at Advanced Network Information, a technical and sales skills training company in San Jose. Before that, she was Vice President and General Manager at DMC Stratex Networks in San Jose, where she managed the profitability of three different product lines. Prior to that, Kahn held several director positions in manufacturing, marketing, development and business operations at Lucent Technologies/AT&T, in Massachusetts, Texas and New Jersey. Earlier in her career, Kahn spent six years at Bell Laboratories in the Microelectronics Business supporting digital radio, secure telephony and multi-chip module products. Kahn has a Master's of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts and a Bachelor's of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. About P-Com, Inc. P-Com, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets point-to-point, spread spectrum and point-to-multipoint, wireless access systems to the worldwide telecommunications market. P-Com broadband wireless access systems are designed to satisfy the high-speed, integrated network requirements of Internet access associated with Business to Business and E-Commerce business processes. Cellular and personal communications service (PCS) providers utilize P-Com point-to-point systems to provide backhaul between base stations and mobile switching centers. Government, utility, and business entities use P-Com systems in public and private network applications. For more information visit http://www.p-com.com/ or call 408-866-3660. Safe Harbor Statement Statements in this release that are forward looking involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause P-Com's actual results in future periods to be materially different from any future performance that may be suggested in this release. Such factors may include, but are not limited to: the ability to achieve positive cash flow given the Company's existing and anticipated operating and other costs, and current sales trends; the need to raise additional equity capital, and whether that capital is available on acceptable terms, if at all; the Company's ability to negotiate repayment terms with many of its creditors, and settle outstanding litigation; the continued intense competition from leading telecommunications equipment and technology suppliers resulting in lower average selling prices; fluctuations in customer demand; reliance upon subcontractors; the ability of P-Com's customers to finance their purchases; the timing of new technology and product introductions; and the risk of early obsolescence. Many of these risks and uncertainties are beyond P-Com's control. Reference is made to the discussion of risk factors detailed in P-Com's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q. CONTACT: investors, Dan Rumsey, General Counsel & Acting CFO of P-Com, Inc., +1-408-866-3666, or ; or media, Greg Berardi, +1-415-239-7826, or , for P-Com, Inc. DATASOURCE: P-Com, Inc. CONTACT: investors, Dan Rumsey, General Counsel & Acting CFO of P-Com, Inc., +1-408-866-3666, or ; or media, Greg Berardi, +1-415-239-7826, or , for P-Com, Inc. Web site: http://www.p-com.com/

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