PARADIGM ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. NAMES J. EDWARD ANTECOL AS NEW GENERAL COUNSEL

Contacts:

Stanley Wunderlich
Consulting For Strategic Growth, Ltd.
Public Relations
Corporate Development Consultants
Tel: 800-625-2236
Fax: 516-625-4523
Email: cfsg@iname.com

Selwyn Wener
Chief Financial Officer
Paradigm Advanced Technologies, Inc.
Tel: 905-707-2158
Fax: 905-707-7106
Email: swener@powerloc.com
Web site: www.powerloc.com

Toronto, Ontario -- October 5, 2000 - Paradigm Advanced Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ OTCBB: PRAV), today announced the appointment of J. Edward Antecol, as General Counsel. Mr. Antecol is the former Regulatory Vice President for AT&T Canada Corp. Mr. Antecol will act as Paradigms principal advisor on all contractual and legal matters and will play a key role in protecting Paradigms intellectual properties including the licensing of companies using the process covered by patent US Patent #B1 5,043,736. Paradigm owns the exclusive licensing rights to US Patent #B1 5,043,736 which is a broad-based wireless patent for the apparatus and method of transmitting position information from satellite navigational signals (like GPS) over cellular systems to a base unit.

Mr. Antecol held progressive positions with AT&T Canada Corp. and its predecessors from 1993 to 2000. As Regulatory Vice President, Mr. Antecol was responsible for the representation of AT&T Canada Corp.s interests with respect to regulatory matters before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Prior to that, Mr. Antecol was a senior legal counsel for AT&T Canada Corp. where he was involved in providing legal advice on a broad range of corporate commercial matters.

Mr. Antecol holds an LL.B from the University of Toronto (1991) and was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1993. In addition to his legal qualifications, Mr. Antecol also holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters Degree in Electrical (Systems) Engineering from Carleton University where he was awarded the University Medal for Academic Achievement in 1981. Prior to his legal practice, Mr. Antecol worked as a software developer for Bell Northern Research and as a software team leader for the Avionics division of Leigh Instruments.

In commenting about Mr. Antecols appointment to the Paradigm executive management team, President and CEO, Eduardo Guendelman said: With his outstanding engineering and legal education and his wealth of experience in telecom regulatory, intellectual property and law, Ed will contribute significantly to Paradigms pursuit for world leadership in the rapidly expanding L-Commerce market place. Ed brings a perfect blend of hands-on knowledge to our executive team and will add an element of stature and authority to our contractual negotiations as we accelerate our licensing activities."

About Paradigm Advanced Technologies, Inc.
Headquartered in Toronto, Paradigm Advanced Technologies, Inc. (www.powerloc.com) is a world-leader in wireless location-based electronic commerce (L-Commerce). Paradigm owns the exclusive licensing rights to a broad-based wireless location patent (US Patent #B1 5,043,736) covering the apparatus and method of transmitting position information from satellite navigational signals (like GPS) over cellular systems to a base unit, and displaying the location of a person or object so equipped. Paradigms ownership covers all fields of use for the patented system, excluding criminal justice applications. Paradigm fully owns PowerLOC Technologies Inc. and Power Point Micro Systems Corporation. PowerLOC provides a comprehensive range of L-Commerce and L-Business products and services including a family of proprietary wireless-location devices for this emerging industry and for location-based service providers (LSPs) in particular.

For additional information, please call CFSG at 800-625-2236. Visit Paradigms web site at www.powerloc.com that showcases some of its advanced new wireless location technologies and products.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements that, if not verifiable historical fact, may be viewed as forward-looking statements that could predict future events or outcomes with respect to Paradigm Advanced Technologies Inc., and its business. The predictions embodied in these statements will involve risks and uncertainties and accordingly, Paradigms actual results may differ significantly from the results discussed or implied in such forward-looking statements.