ASTRALcom WRAPS-UP 2002 ABOVE EXPECTATIONS, CONTINUES TO DOMINATE LOCAL MARKET

Multiple Awards, Community Involvement, High-Profile Clientele Drive Local Companys Success

Long Beach, CA (PRWEB) May 25, 2003 -- ASTRALcom, LLC (d.b.a. ASTRALcom Internet Solutions) today announced that they had surpassed revenue predictions for the year 2002 while maintaining a steady 9% growth rate over the previous year.

During 2002, ASTRALcom aggressively pursued the market and secured several engagements with high-profile clients like best-selling author David Morrell -- creator of the Rambo character; The Kruger Group -- award winning advertising and print media company; Argus West Investigative Services -- the largest private investigative service company on the West Coast, Hofs Hut and Lucilles Smokehouse Bar-B-Que Restaurants, and dozens of other clients. As the market continues to mature, the scope of projects gets larger and more complex," explained Richard Bergér, VP of Relations and co-founder of

ASTRALcom. More complex applications require more resources and therefore cost more but when our clients end up tripling and quadrupling their business as a result our efforts, Id say thats worth it," added Bergér.

Craig Kaner, ASTRALcom COO says, Part of the accelerated growth for 2002 came from the Los
Angeles Business Journal rankings we received." At the close of 2001, according to the Los Angeles Business Journal, ASTRALcom was ranked as the 7th Fastest Growing Private Company and also as the15th Fastest Growing Technology Company in Los Angeles County. Subsequently, this made ASTRALcom the fastest growing private company in Long Beach.

Additionally, ASTRALcom was awarded two separate International Golden Web Awards for their work on the Henry Mancini Institute web portal and for their development of the InsideTheGrandPrix.com
race-fan attraction portal. ASTRALcom also received a separate third award, The Critical Mass Award, for their work on the official website for best selling author David Morrell.

ASTRALcom also became certified as a California Multiple Awards Schedule (CMAS) authorized service provider in 2002; which means that ASTRALcom passed a stringent certification process allowing them to work directly with city, county and state governmental entities within California.

Concentrating on e-government and economic development applications during the past two years paid off for ASTRALcom and in November of 2002, Bergér was appointed to the Congressional Business Advisory Council as an Honorary Chairman from California.

Another factor in the continued growth of ASTRALcom is their partnerships and industry affiliations. Since our formation, ASTRALcom has successfully cultivated strategic relationships with industry icons like SBC, EarthLink and other niche industry entities to help them fill the gaps in their digital business solution offerings to their own clients," stated Bergér. With more than seven years behind them -- and hundreds of industry connections, ASTRALcom has developed a diverse network of contacts and relationships with many of the industrys main players.

A strong civic sense of pride permeates throughout the ASTRALcom organization and is demonstrated by past involvement in such local philanthropic projects as Long Beach Culture.org and TechBeach.net. When we created the relationship with TechBeach.net and EarthLink to help empower local businesses in Long Beach, it took a great deal of foresight and planning to bring this pivotal partnership

together," said Bergér who has also been a member in The Technology and Business Syndicate, The Long Beach Alliance of Business Associations, The Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce and The Mayors Technology Advisory Committee.

Looking ahead through 2003, Bergér is confident that ASTRALcoms growth will continue unabated. Weve already come out strong this year with several new engagements and well be focusing, much more, on delivering value throughout all of our partner channels and to our clients," commented Bergér. As we continue to grow, well be looking to relocate and expand even more this year," added Kaner.

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Contact:
Richard Bergér, VP Relations
ASTRALcom Internet Solutions
562.240.2114 | 562.439.0883