ICO Global Communications, the global mobile communications company, has appointed four managers in its Washington office who will work on the development, marketing and implementation of ICO's cellular roaming services in the North American market.

Gary Drouillard has joined ICO from BC Tel in Vancouver to manage

roaming implementation with IS41 networks. At BC Tel he was Manager of

Roaming Administration and Fraud Control, responsible for all roaming

operations and for the management and development of BC Tel Mobility's

roaming systems and relationships.

Cynthia Hester will manage the marketing of cellular services in

North America. She joins ICO from Southwestern Bell Wireless, where

she was Marketing Manager, responsible for all marketing activity for

the Arkansas and Tulsa, Okla., markets.

Uwe Mayer will manage ICO's terrestrial cellular services for the

Americas. Prior to joining ICO, Mayer was Director of Roaming at

American Personal Communications, responsible for the coordination of

all roaming activities, domestic and international.

Scott Silvey joins ICO as Senior Account Manager, responsible for

establishing distribution channels for ICO's products and services.

Prior to joining ICO, Silvey was Vice President and General Manager,

Network Services, for Pana-Pacific Corporation. There he managed a

portfolio of customer acquisition processes worth $60m with companies

such as GTE, Airtouch, PacBell, Nextell and Western Wireless.

He previously held the position of Vice President of Sales,

responsible for over $225 million in wireless equipment revenue.

The team will be further strengthened by Tim Brooks, who moves to

the Washington office from New Jersey. He will manage IS41 services

worldwide, with an emphasis on the Americas. Brooks has been working

for ICO in this capacity for two years.

Prior to joining ICO, Brooks was Director Project Management at

Bell Atlantic International Wireless, responsible for overseeing the

business and financial analysis activities for Bell Atlantic

International Wireless business development opportunities.

"These managers are customer-oriented and proven leaders in their

respective fields," said Mary Frost, Vice President and Regional

General Manager of ICO North America. "Collectively, they will

contribute substantially to ICO's service distribution and market

development as we move forward to service launch in 2000."

ICO's services will be based on a new generation of pocket-size

mobile phones, which will allow users to make and receive calls at any

time, anywhere in the world. The handsets will be dual mode, capable

of working on satellite, cellular and PCS networks. Using their

handsets, customers will be able to roam between ICO and mobile

networks around the world.

If no cellular network is available, the handset will roam to

ICO's satellite network to offer customers unrestricted mobility and

accessibility for their communications needs.

Affordable services will be available to a wide range of

users–from people living and working in remote rural areas to the

international business traveller. In addition ICO will offer services

to the road transport, maritime and aeronautical sectors.