Specialty Distributor Will Carry Entire Symbol Product Line -- Ideal for the Growing Mobile Workforce -- Throughout Europe and North America

TARRYTOWN, N.Y. & HOLTSVILLE, N.Y. --Nov. 3, 2003 /Wi-Fi Technology News/- Westcon Group, Inc., a global channel provider of networking technology products, and Symbol Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: SBL) a global leader in enterprise mobility solutions, announced today that they have signed a global distribution agreement. The partnership allows Westcon Group to carry the Symbol Technologies product line for North American and European resellers with the intent of expanding the relationship into the Asia Pacific region in the near future.

The Symbol product families, built around the core technologies of rugged mobile computers, wireless local area networks and automatic data capture, are designed to increase real-time decision-making capabilities throughout the enterprise and the supply chain and are ideal for the growing mobile workforce.

Alan Marc Smith, president and CEO of Westcon Group, Inc., commented, "Our global agreement with Symbol Technologies will give our resellers in North America, Europe and beyond unprecedented access to application specific devices, such as rugged handheld computers integrated with bar code data capture and local and wide area networking. Symbol's world-class product line will allow our resellers worldwide to build new solutions, driving new efficiencies for their end-user customers."

Jan Burton, vice president of worldwide channel sales, Symbol Technologies, said, "In an effort to increase our channel presence worldwide, we have chosen to partner with Westcon Group due to its global distribution presence, its proven success in bringing emerging technologies to the marketplace and its product support capabilities. Symbol and Westcon Group provide competitive advantage to any channel partner that wants to differentiate itself in the marketplace by providing access to application specific devices that leverage IP network extension, convergence and security, enabling enterprises to connect people and objects to information resources."

Bart Graf, director of Integration Partners, a reseller based in Cambridge, MA, added, "Our company's focus is providing network solutions to Fortune 1,000 companies. Westcon Group's new distribution agreement with Symbol is particularly exciting because it enables us to offer solutions that address the need for information at any point within the supply chain. This is important because it can enable real-time decision-making, increase accountability, reduce errors and cut costs. These factors obviously weigh heavily on our end-users' purchasing decisions."

About Westcon Group

Westcon Group, Inc. is a global channel provider of networking technology. Through its divisions, Westcon, Comstor and Voda One, the company offers products and services for convergence technology, remote access, Internet and e-business, virtual private networks, videoconferencing, wireless connectivity and network security. Westcon Group Europe is located at Kobaltweg 58, 3542 CE Utrecht, The Netherlands; tel: +31 30 2489 411; fax: +31 30 2489 242. Westcon Group, Inc. is located at 520 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY, USA 10591-5167; tel: 914 829-7170; fax: 914 829-7137; http://www.westcongroup.com.

About Symbol Technologies

Symbol Technologies, Inc. delivers enterprise mobility solutions that enable anywhere, anytime data and voice communication designed to increase productivity, reduce costs and realize competitive advantage. Symbol systems and services integrate rugged mobile computing, advanced data capture, wireless networking and mobility software for the world's leading retailers, transportation and logistics companies and manufacturers as well as government agencies and providers of healthcare, hospitality and security. More information is available at http://www.symbol.com.