(San Francisco, CA, April 20, 1998) Action Cellular Rent A Phone is pleased to announce that it now provides cellular and satellite phone rentals throughout Italy and France. According to Action President, Lee Dorfman, the company has added six rental facilities in Milan, Torino, Rome and Venice and Paris.

Action's partner in Italy is Giovanni Simoni. Before getting in the cellular rental business in 1990, Mr. Simoni was an Assistant Professor at the University of Rome and the Scientific Attaché at the Italian Embassy in London (UK). Action's partner in France is Nicolas Carabournis. Mr. Carabournis obtained his Baccalaureate in accounting and sales and has a degree in international management and air transport organization.

Action Cellular rents phones for use in over 200 countries worldwide, with offices throughout the United States, the Dominican Republic, France, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Australia, Israel, Italy and Japan, and is in the process of opening additional offices throughout the Middle East, Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia, the South Pacific and the Americas.

According to Lee Dorfman, the company has provided rental phones for numerous major events such as the United Nation's 50^th Anniversary celebration, the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Atlanta and Nagano, and the San Francisco Earthquake of 1989. Mr. Simoni has provided phones for the World Food Summit, the G7 in Naples and the general elections in Albania. Mr. Carabournis has provided phones for numerous major events in France such as the Winter Olympic Games in Albertville, the Paris Airshow, the bicycle "Tour de France", Pope John II’s visit, the Film Festival in Cannes, and the 50^th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy.

Action Cellular works with major corporations, airlines, travel agents and tour groups to promote its rental phones around the world. The company's customer base consists of governments/consulates, corporations, business travelers, tour managers, emergency and disaster relief teams, leisure travelers, expedition teams on safari, hunters, film production companies and private security firms. In addition, the company provides rental phones to tradeshow/convention attendees and exhibitors.