P-Com Expands Sales Team in Latin America, Asia

P-Com Expands Sales Team in Latin America, Asia
New Sales Directors Focus On P-Com's Fastest Growing Markets 


CAMPBELL, Calif., March 11  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- P-Com, Inc.  (BULLETIN
BOARD: PCOM) , a worldwide provider of wireless telecom productsand services,
today announced the appointments of sales directors for Latin America and Asia.

Alvaro Pinto, who has more than 15 years of telecommunications experience, was
named director of sales for Latin America.  Jeff Aragaki, who has more than 20
years of telecommunications experience, will lead the sales effort in the
Asia-Pacific region.  Latin America and Asia are P-Com's two fastest growing
markets.

"Alvaro Pinto and Jeff Aragaki are two highly knowledgeable sales executives who
will play an important role in building on our sales momentum in both Latin
America and Asia," said P-Com President and CEO Sam Smookler. "The strengthening
of our sales teams in these key markets is part of P-Com's intensive focus on
increasing sales and building relationships."

The announcement of Pinto and Aragaki follows the company's recent success in
Latin America.  In March, P-Com announced a $2 million order from a leading
wireless carrier in the region for its Encore Plus product and the deployment of
its AirPro Gold.Net radios in Brazil for an Internet Service Provider (ISP).

Prior to joining P-Com, Pinto was Director of Sales for Proxim, Inc. for Latin
America, where he established sales offices in Mexico and Brazil. Earlier in his
career, Pinto worked for Nortel Networks where he managed the Telecom Italia
Global account for the Americas.  He also led fixed wireless initiatives in
South America for Lucent Technologies.

Aragaki has more than two decades of telecommunications experience, including
more than 13 years in the Asia-Pacific market.  For the past 10 years, he has
worked with telecommunication solution providers in Southeast Asia.  Prior to
that, he was director of sales for the Asia Pacific region of DMC (Stratex). 
Earlier in his career, he held various positions with Avantek, Telesciences, and
Tadiran.

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.

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