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WFI Showcases Wireless Network Solutions and Services at 3GSM World Congress Show in Barcelona

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SAN DIEGO, Feb 13, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ — WFI (Nasdaq: WFII), a global leader in the design, deployment, and management of wireless communication networks, technology networks and security systems, announced today that it will showcase its network services capabilities targeted to its customers in the wireless and enterprise vertical markets at the 3GSM World Congress Show in Barcelona, Spain. Adding to its extensive networking capabilities, WFI’s European business is launching a new technology consulting practice and a new risk management tool for its EMEA carrier customers and other technology-based clients. WFI will be exhibiting in stand D24, Hall One, February 13-16, 2006.

“We are pleased to once again be showcasing our services and solutions at 3GSM World Congress,” said Igor Leprince, Managing Director for WFI-EMEA. “Our activities at 3GSM underscore our overall growth and demonstrate how we have effectively leveraged our network and engineering capabilities from the wireless industry into emerging vertical market segments. With the addition of our technology consulting practice and the risk management tool, we can additionally offer our customers with the means to more efficiently manage projects and improve their competitive edge.”

WFI’s technology consulting practice launches by leveraging more than a decade of telecommunication industry experience in designing and deploying communications networks and implementing advanced technologies. The Company’s vendor and technology independence together with its industry experience provide the foundation for analyzing the marketplace objectively and offering customized solutions. The consulting practice will focus on risk management, program and project management, marketing consultancy, business planning and transformation, due diligence and advanced technologies. WFI is targeting its consulting services to existing and potential new customers across the EMEA region.

WFI’s Risk Management tool is based upon an IRIS software backbone that is fully customizable for each client engagement. Among its many functions, the risk management tool accepts risk variable inputs to generate scenarios for optimum decision-making and business guidance, helping to define quantifiable risk measures across a carrier’s project or program. Once all of the variables have been entered, the tool computes associated risk and assigns values for corresponding decisions. Coupled with WFI’s industry experience, the risk management tool is a cost-saving and decision-making service that supplements the Company’s end-to-end network and deployment services for telecom customers.

WFI’s EMEA-based wireless services include comprehensive network engineering which encompasses planning and consulting, design and optimization, deployment and integration and overall management of wireless networks for many of Europe’s largest wireless carriers and equipment manufacturers such as O2, Vodafone, Orange, Nortel, Nokia, Huawei and many others.

About WFI

WFI is an independent provider of systems engineering, network services, technical outsourcing and technology consulting services for the world’s largest wireless carriers, enterprise customers and for government agencies. The company provides the design, deployment, integration, and the overall management of wired and wireless networks which deliver voice and data communication, and which support advanced security systems. WFI is a U.S.-based company headquartered in San Diego, CA, with offices located throughout the United States and abroad. The Company’s European headquarters is located in Guilford, Surrey. WFI has performed work in over 100 countries since its founding in 1994. News and information are available at www.wfinet.com. (code: WFI-mb)

Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains certain forward-looking statements including, without limitation, expressed or implied statements concerning the Company’s expectations regarding future financial performance and market developments that involve risks and uncertainties. Such statements are only predictions, and the Company’s actual results may differ materially. Factors that may cause the Company’s results to differ include, but are not limited to: changes in the scope or timing of the Company’s projects; slowdowns in telecommunications infrastructure spending in the United States and globally, which could delay network deployment and reduce demand for the Company’s services; the timing, rescheduling or cancellation of significant customer contracts and agreements, or consolidation by or the loss of key customers; the adoption rate of new wireless data services; financial constraints on our customers that could cause us to write off accounts receivable or terminate contracts; failure to successfully consummate acquisitions or integrate acquired operations; changes in the Company’s effective income tax rate; the rate of adoption of telecom outsourcing by network carriers and equipment suppliers; the rate of growth of adoption of WLAN and wireless security systems by enterprises; and competition in the marketplace which could reduce revenues and profit margins. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements. These and other risk factors are more fully discussed in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2005 and in other filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Contact: Michael Baehr VP of Communications and Investor Relations Wireless Facilities, Inc. 858.228.2799 Direct michael.baehr@wfinet.com 

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Michael Baehr, VP of Communications and Investor Relations of Wireless Facilities, Inc., +1-858.228.2799, michael.baehr@wfinet.com 
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