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[November 30, 2005]

MobilePro Subsidiary NeoReach Wireless to Provide Metro-Wide Wireless Network for City of Akron

BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MobilePro Corp. (BULLETIN BOARD: MOBL) , a wireless technology and broadband telecommunications company, announced today the city of Akron has chosen its NeoReach Wireless Division to design, deploy and operate a metro-wide wireless network, pending final review and approval of a pilot network by the city council.
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The pilot network will encompass a portion of the Ellet and East Akron neighborhoods, including the city of Akron Communications Division, Traffic Engineering and Public Works locations near the Akron Municipal Airport. There are discussions to also include a downtown area within the pilot. The network will eventually grow to cover all 62 square miles of the city in future phases. Wireless Internet access will be available in these areas on a fixed and mobile basis to residents, businesses, students and visitors.
The multi-spectrum (Wi-Fi, WiMAX), multi-radio mesh network will enable a range of free and fee-based services and provide secure high-speed access to data, voice and video throughout the coverage area. Subscription services will be offered on an annual, monthly, daily and hourly basis and will allow access to multiple Internet service providers (ISP).
"To be progressive and keep up with the demands of technology, we need to 'unwire' the city. This pilot program with NeoReach Wireless positions us fairly early on for doing this citywide," said Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic.
Subscribers will be able to access the wireless network from anywhere in the coverage area at any time. All Wi-Fi-enabled devices will have free access to the network landing page. Users will automatically be directed to the network landing page, which will contain information about the service and instructions on how to connect. Visitors will be able to navigate the city of Akron websites and certain other selected websites at any time, without limitation or cost.
Rick Leu, chief technology officer for the city of Akron, said, "The city of Akron's wireless initiative will help bring us into the forefront when it comes to technological advantage and creativeness. It should also help in slowing the exit tide of young technicians moving away and keep them right here in Akron. It is definitely an exciting time for the city of Akron."
Martin Levetin, vice president of NeoReach Wireless, said, "NeoReach is pleased to be working in partnership with the city of Akron to support its wireless initiative. We believe that this undertaking will demonstrate the effectiveness of NeoReach's wireless network in meeting the city's requirements for both municipal applications as well as public Internet access. We look forward to the opportunity to 'unwire' Akron."
About the city of Akron
Akron, Ohio, is a city of 217,000 located in the northeastern part of the state, about 30 miles south of Cleveland and the shores of Lake Erie. Long known as the Rubber Capital of the World, and once home to five Fortune 500 corporate headquarters, Akron has reinvented itself with a more diverse economy driven now by small business, technology, biomedical research, polymer research and development and materials handling.
The nation's pioneering test market for cable television in the 1970s, Akron is 62 square miles that is home to an expansive fiber optic network and a population of young professionals eagerly and constantly awaiting emerging technologies to fuel an entrepreneurial spirit that has been alive in Akron since the birth of the tire and rubber industry in the late 19th century.
About NeoReach Wireless
NeoReach Wireless, a wholly owned subsidiary of MobilePro Corp., is a wireless technology and broadband telecommunications company focused on the deployment of wide-area Wi-Fi and pre-WiMAX networks. NeoReach owns and operates these networks in conjunction with joint partnerships with government municipalities and private-sector relationships. For more information on NeoReach Wireless, visit http://www.neoreach.com/ or contact Karrie Rockwell at (480) 736-2926.
About MobilePro Corp.
MobilePro Corp. is one of North America's leading wireless broadband companies, serving over 20,000 wireless broadband customers through its subsidiaries NeoReach Wireless and Kite Broadband. The company, based in Bethesda, Md., is focused on creating shareholder value by acquiring and growing profitable telecommunications companies, developing innovative wireless technologies and forging strategic alliances with well-positioned companies in complementary product lines and industries. MobilePro serves over 200,000 total customers throughout the United States, primarily through its CloseCall America, American Fiber Network, Kite Broadband and Nationwide Internet subsidiaries.
An investment profile about MobilePro Corp. may be found online at http://www.hawkassociates.com/mobilepro/profile.htm .
For more information regarding MobilePro, contact MobilePro CEO Jay Wright at (301) 315-9040, e-mail: jwright22@closecall.com . For investor relations information regarding MobilePro, contact Frank Hawkins or Julie Marshall, Hawk Associates, at (305) 451-1888, e-mail: info@hawkassociates.com . Detailed information about MobilePro can be found at http://www.mobileprocorp.com/ . An online investor relations kit including copies of MobilePro press releases, current price quotes, stock charts and other valuable information for investors may be found at http://www.hawkassociates.com/ and http://www.americanmicrocaps.com/ .
Certain of the statements contained herein may be, within the meaning of the federal securities laws, "forward-looking statements," which are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. See the company's Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005 and its Forms 10-QSB for the quarters ended June 30, 2005 and September 30, 2005 for a discussion of such risks, uncertainties and other factors. These forward- looking statements are based on management's expectations as of the date hereof, and the company does not undertake any responsibility to update any of these statements in the future.

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MobilePro Corp.

CONTACT: Jay Wright, CEO, MobilePro, +1-301-315-9040, orjwright22@closecall.com; or Karrie Rockwell, NeoReach Wireless,+1-480-736-2926; or investor relations, Frank Hawkins or Julie Marshall, bothof Hawk Associates, +1-305-451-1888, or info@hawkassociates.com, forMobilePro

Web site: http://www.mobileprocorp.com/http://www.neoreach.com/http://www.hawkassociates.c
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