CSI Wireless Launches Location-Sensing GPS-Enabled Wireless Phone

CSI Wireless has launched a GPS-Enabled Wireless phone that is the first handset to combine GPS and wireless TDMA/AMPS Technology, plus Microburst(TM)capability. The GT300 GeoTelephone has a variety of safety and security uses, but is aimed primarily at the asset-tracking and fleet-tracking market.

ORLANDO, FL, March 18, 2002 - CSI Wireless, Inc., a leader in GPS and wireless technology products for automotive, consumer and commercial applications, announced today the launch of its new GT300(TM) Geo-Telephone. The slim GT300 handset combines location sensing and GPS positioning capability with wireless communication technology (dual-band TDMA/AMPS) - permitting the delivery of location-specific information, and giving callers the option to be "seen" as well as heard anywhere in North America.

"The ability to know where you are at all times and to be able, if you wish, to communicate that information to others is a powerful combination," said Stephen Verhoeff, President and CEO of CSI Wireless. "By delivering location-specific information to people on the go, the GT300 Geo-Telephone offers individuals true mobility."

CSI Wireless is aiming the GT300, which is planned to be available this summer, at vehicle rental companies, telematics providers, fleet operators, and other companies serving mobile professionals, field service personnel and other people on the move. With the GT300, drivers can know and relay location information at any time. When GT300 users activate the phone's real-time tracking feature, dispatchers can monitor and direct mobile assets. And individuals can stay in touch with home or office from almost anywhere in the Western Hemisphere. As a result, fleets operate more efficiently, assets and employees are protected, and customer service is enhanced.

"Car and truck rental fleets equipped with our GT300 will finally possess a high-sensitivity, GPS-based analog and digital phone that gives their customers increased security and peace of mind as they travel throughout Canada, the United States, Mexico and many parts of Central and South America," Mr. Verhoeff said.

"Continent-wide dual-mode (analog and digital) coverage is what separates CSI products from those of our competitors in the telematics and Automated Vehicle Location (AVL) markets. Our low-cost handset fills a location-based communication services niche for cellular carriers and application service providers who have found the expense of typical telematics hardware a barrier to entry into this market."

Surveys consistently show that emergency medical assistance, roadside assistance and driving directions rank very high among consumers' most desired Telematics product features. The ability to deliver these features, and other location-based information, via the GT300 wireless handset provides the consumer with even greater mobility and extends telematics "beyond the dashboard," Mr. Verhoeff added.

CSI anticipates a sizeable "personal Telematics" consumer market for the GT300. For example, equipped with GT300s, family members can know and communicate each other's location, whether about town or traveling. Consumers gain enhanced safety, a greater sense of security and the benefit of personal navigation. CSI has addressed privacy concerns by enabling the user to choose whether to activate the GT300's tracking capability. Mr. Verhoeff said the GT300 may also play a key role in serving the fast-growing "Emergency 911" market, which is incorporating location-sensing technology into cellular phones so the physical locations of individuals making 911 calls can be quickly and accurately identified. Available with pre-paid or post-paid service, the affordable GT300 enables partners to quickly deploy a variety of location-based services including:

- Roadside and emergency assistance
- Turn-by-turn driving directions with traffic alerts
- Up-to-the-minute pick-up and delivery instructions
- Tagging outbound calls with location information
- Location-specific billing based on the call's point of origin
- Personal productivity management
- Customer resource management

The GT300 handset's attractive features include:

- One-button dialing to emergency call centers and pre-programmed location services
- Pre-paid capability for voice and data, or GPS services only
- Easy "trace-ability" if lost or stolen
- Send-and-receive messaging
- Short Messaging Service (SMS) and GPS aiding
- PDA compatibility for data and GPS information
- Customer branding, including on-screen logos
- 12-channel wireless-aided SiRF GPS
- 150-hour battery life in standby mode
- Full phone book access
- Hands-free kit for vehicle installations
- Light weight (6.8 ounces)

Because the GT300's GPS is aided with cellular network information, it can be used inside most buildings and in most "urban canyons" where GPS signal blockage prevents other products from detecting and communicating their
positions. The GT300 is the first wireless handset to incorporate Short Messaging Service (SMS)-aided GPS with TDMA, and the only handset with MicroBurst(TM) two-way paging for position reporting when beyond Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) digital coverage. Being both SMS- and MicroBurst- capable, the GT300 offers users access to one of the world's largest digital cellular phone coverage areas available from a single network.

The Microburst network, owned and managed by Aeris.net, offers coverage throughout Canada, the U.S., Mexico and parts of Central and South America, by combining the resources of many other cellular networks. Microburst employs other networks' Control Channel, which all analog wireless phones use for basic housekeeping tasks. Because these housekeeping tasks must be done only occasionally, the Control Channel remains unused most of the time. Microburst employs this surplus capacity to transmit small packets of data - including location coordinates - at a fraction of the cost and time of regular "circuit
switched" (or uninterrupted) wireless calls.

GT300 Demonstration at CTIA
Several of the GT300's applications will be demonstrated this week at CSI's booth ( No. 5573) at the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA) convention in Orlando, Florida.

For more information about the GT300, contact CSI Wireless by mail at 4110 9th Street S.E., Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2G 3C4, by phone at (403) 259- 3311, by fax at (403) 259-8866, or by email at info@csi-wireless.com.

About CSI Wireless
With offices in Calgary, Silicon Valley, and Phoenix, CSI Wireless designs and manufactures innovative, cost-effective, wireless and GPS products for mobile and fixed applications in the agriculture, marine, automotive and other markets. Through the integration of GPS and wireless, CSI has begun serving several emerging high-growth markets including Fleet Management, Asset Tracking, Telematics and Mobile Computing applications. The Company owns several patents and intellectual property relating to wireless and GPS technologies. CSI Wireless has licensed its cellular technology to GPS, cellular handset, and chipset manufacturers. The company's common shares trade on The Toronto Stock Exchange under the trading symbol "CSY", with approximately 18.4 million outstanding. For online information about CSI Wireless, go to www.csi-wireless.com.

The above disclosure contains certain forward-looking statements that involve substantial known and unknown risks and uncertainties. These forward- looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, certain of which are beyond CSI Wireless' control, including: the impact of general economic conditions, industry conditions, increased competition, the lack of availability of qualified personnel or management, fluctuations in foreign exchange or interest rates, stock market volatility and market valuations of companies with respect to the announced transactions and the final valuations thereof, and obtaining required approvals of regulatory authorities. CSI Wireless' actual results, performance or achievement could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by these forward-looking statements and, accordingly, no assurances can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do so, what benefits, including the amount of proceeds, CSI Wireless will derive therefrom.

For further information: please contact:
Stephen Verhoeff, President & CEO, CSI Wireless Inc., (403) 259-3311, sverhoeff@csi-wireless.com;
Cory Pala, Investor Relations, E-vestor Communications Inc., (416) 657-2400, cpala@e-vestorcom.com;
Jeff Adams, Public Relations Manager, CSI Wireless Inc., (403) 259-3311/615-8747 (cell), jadams@csi-wireless.com