San Jose, Calif. – December 10, 2007 – Aeris^® Communications, the leading wireless communications service provider dedicated exclusively to the Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and telematics marketplace across North America, announced that M2M Magazine named Aeris as one of the top 100 M2M companies for 2008 in the magazine’s 2008 M2M 100 list. The annual M2M 100 highlights the leading-edge and most influential M2M technology providers impacting and shaping the industry.

"This recognition by M2M Magazine solidifies that Aeris is a principal figure and innovator in the growing M2M industry," said Chris Purpura, senior vice president of marketing at Aeris. "It is an honor to be placed on this list amongst other top M2M companies for a fourth year in a row. Aeris's constant presence on this list underscores our ability to leverage our carrier partnerships and pave the way to provide new technological innovations."

"The 2008 M2M 100 directory provides a snapshot of a burgeoning market and identifies the companies with the greatest impact on its direction," says Michael Jarosik, editor, M2M Magazine. "With newfound stability among technology providers, end-to-end solutions are becoming more easily attained and implemented, delivering dramatic return on investment to end users."

This is M2M Magazine’s fourth year publishing the M2M 100; Aeris is one of the 38 companies making the list since its inauguration in 2004. The 2008 M2M 100 was narrowed down from more than 300 companies based on their business model strength, product/service portfolio, growth potential, momentum, activity in the past 12 months, and more.

The M2M 100 rounds out a list of honors Aeris received in 2007 including placement on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, Deloitte Wireless Fast 50, Inc. 5000 and San Jose/Silicon Valley Fast 50 lists.

About Aeris Communications, Inc.
Aeris^® Communications is the leading wireless communications service provider dedicated exclusively to the Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Telematics marketplace across North America. Aeris has assembled and seamlessly integrated its top tier carrier partner networks through AerFrame™ to provide customers with simplified, unified, reliable, and even customized network services for M2M and Telematics applications. Since 1992, Aeris has developed expertise and patented technologies now proven on millions of devices and billions of messages per year. Aeris provides expert services, superior reliability, broader coverage, lower latency, and unsurpassed customer support and managed services. For more information, please visit http://www.aeris.net or call 1-888-GO-AERIS.