- Company Will Leverage Decades of Telecom Experience to Set Future
Strategic Direction -

(http://www.lastmilecoms.com), a developer of software and hardware for the delivery
of wireless location-based information services, has appointed Robert “Hal”
Turner as Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors, effectively
immediately.
As Chairman, Hal takes on the role of lead representative of the
Company’s aims and policies to the outside world, while providing leadership
to the Company’s Board of Directors to ensure its effectiveness in setting and
implementing corporate direction and strategy.
A 28-year telecommunications industry veteran, Hal founded Turner Telecom
Holdings where he utilizes his international executive management experience
to accelerate the growth of his clients, which have included global wireless,
telecommunications, technology and software companies.
“LastMile has a compelling, innovative technology that will truly
leverage the Internet to deliver customized, location-specific information to
the average consumer when and where they are needed,” says Turner. “I’m
looking forward to helping the LastMile team realize the potential of its
WDirect(TM) and MagicBook(R) technologies.”
Hal was most recently as Chief Executive at InfiniRoute Networks Inc.,
the industry’s first carrier-neutral, fully managed service that seamlessly
integrates and manages VoIP routing for wireline, wireless and emerging
carriers, where he was responsible for defining, directing and implementing
the company’s overall business strategy and its finance, operations, sales,
marketing and product development.
Prior to InfiniRoute, Hal served as Chairman, Group Chief Executive and
Managing Director of Davnet Ltd., having initially served as Group Chief
Operating Officer. He has also held executive positions with New World
Telephone Limited, EON Corp., TeleZone Corp., PTT Telecom Netherlands, US,
Inc., and BellSouth Communications, Inc., where he was President and COO. Hal
began his career at AT&T Corporation, where he held senior roles in sales and
marketing.
“Having Hal’s depth of expertise available to us as we move past the
development stage to commercialize our products will be essential to our
success,” says LastMile Communications CEO and joint founder Antony Abell.
“His knowledge of telecommunications and links to potential investors will
bring the company to the next level.”
A graduate of the University of South Carolina, Hal earned his BSc and
MBA and is a Board Member and Advisory Board Member for several technology
companies.

About LastMile Communications (http://www.lastmilecoms.com)
LastMile Communications develops software and hardware that delivers
location-specific, customized content to the average consumer based on
interests, geography and immediate requirements. LastMile’s WDirect(TM) and
MagicBook(R) technologies enable users with wireless devices which operate
across a wide range of standards to easily, quickly and securely access
information and services. The company is working in partnership with
businesses, municipalities, advertisers and other technology vendors to help
realize the goal of delivering information at the “speed of need.”