Bell Mobility takes dispatching to the next level with Nextair's wireless dispatch applications

Nextair's mdispatch.com and DispatchForce products to be available to Bell Mobility corporate customers

Toronto, Ontario, February 19, 2002 -- Nextair Inc. (TSE: NXA) and Bell Mobility announced today that they have partnered to deliver dispatch applications over the wireless Internet. Bell Mobility will be offering access to Nextair's Internet-based mdispatch.com™ and DispatchForce™ as their preferred wireless dispatch products in early 2002.




mdispatch.com is an award winning dispatch solution with built-in options to meet the needs of a variety of industries including courier, field service, transportation and healthcare. Using mdispatch.com, dispatchers can assign new tasks from their PC while their staff can respond to these tasks in the field, in real-time using their wireless device. Mobile workers can change the status of work orders, request service history, enter parts used and add work-performed details using any wireless device. The dispatcher's screen is updated immediately, keeping them fully apprised of all work in the field. As an Internet-based solution, companies pay a monthly subscription and can immediately implement this dispatch solution without any integration requirements or the cost of traditional IT support.

DispatchForce is a wireless dispatch and scheduling solution designed for large businesses, which can be customized to deliver increased functionality and meet specific corporate requirements. DispatchForce will be available through Bell Mobility's Enterprise sales team.

"By partnering with Nextair to offer these wireless dispatch services, Bell Mobility will continue to deliver wireless solutions that meet the needs of the mobile worker," says Kelly Dixon, General Manager, Wireless Internet and Data, Bell Mobility, "Nextair's wireless dispatch products are innovative solutions that function on a variety of devices over the Bell Mobility network, which will equip our small and medium sized business customers with real-time wireless dispatch tools that will benefit their bottom line.

"Nextair welcomes this new relationship with Bell Mobility and we are excited to work together to deliver new customer solutions," says Simon Fraser, President and CEO, Nextair. "With the advanced capabilities that Bell Mobility's networks bring to the marketplace, Nextair's customers will enjoy a reliable wireless business solution. This new relationship further validates Nextair's newest wireless applications in the marketplace and brings added depth to our channel strategy."

About Bell Mobility
Bell Mobility, a division of Bell Canada, provides a complete range of innovative wireless communications solutions : PCS and cellular, web-browsing and data, two-way messaging, paging and airline passenger communications services. Bell Canada, Canada's national leader for communications in the Internet world, provides connectivity to residential and business customers through wired and wireless voice and data communications, high speed and wireless Internet access, IP-broadband services, e-business solutions, local and long distance phone and directory services. Bell Canada is owned by BCE Inc. of Montréal (80%) and by SBC Communications Inc. of San Antonio, Texas (20%). For more information please visit www.bell.ca

About Nextair
Nextair Inc. (TSE: NXA), is the developer of the award winning AIRIX™ wireless enabling software solution, as well as several wireless mobile workforce, field service and dispatch applications. Nextair's Mobility Platform, AIRIX, (patent pending) provides rapid development of sophisticated wireless applications for mobile devices, allowing client-side device operation of corporate solutions in real-time with off-line capability on a multitude of networks and handheld devices. Nextair has used AIRIX with the development of several Field Service Mobile Dispatch applications. These include mdispatch.com (awarded "Best Wireless Internet Solution by Field Force Automation / Field Solutions Expo) and DispatchForce (an enterprise dispatch scheduling solution). Nextair, with headquarters in Toronto, was founded in 1995 in Windsor, Ontario, and has offices in Canada and the United Kingdom. Nextair is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE: NXA). For more information regarding Nextair, visit www.nextair.com

Contact Information

Don Blair
Bell Media Relations
416-581-3311
1-888-482-0809
don.blair@bell.ca

Steven Hulaj
Nextair Corporation
519-974-3388 ext. 302
steveh@nextair.com
www.nextair.com

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