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News Release Solars and OpenFares Team to Provide Net Fares Expanding Travel Agent Desktop access to Net Fares in the New Zero Commission Era Vancouver, BC and Montreal, PQ, September 24, 2002 – Solars (SCS Solars Computing Systems Inc.; TSX-V: SCS and OTC-US: SCSIF), a leading provider of business-to-business content management and distribution solutions for the travel industry, and OpenFares Inc., a software solution provider to the North American airline consolidation industry, announced today a new Marketing Alliance that will increase Net Fare content to the Travel Agent Desktop and expand agent accessibility to these fares over all the major Global Distribution System (GDS) networks. The alliance will also include a mutual development agreement, to further improve related content and application integration for the Travel Agent Desktop. "Our goal is to seamlessly deliver as much preferentially priced travel content to the travel agent desktop as possible,” stated Rick Ridding, Solars’ Director of Business Development and Technology. “The new era of zero agent commissions on scheduled airfares has dramatically enhanced the value of Net Fares to the travel agent. Our partnership with OpenFares gives us a distinct advantage in the Net Fare market segment, empowering the travel agent with ability to quickly make an intelligent fare choice from a broad and more diverse product source.” About OpenFares: Based in Montreal, PQ, OpenFares provides the industry with browser based fare management and distribution solutions to air consolidators and wholesalers around the world. With a rapidly growing client base of already 50 specialists worldwide and many strategic partnerships, OpenFares offers the most dynamic software solution, always to date with industry changes. Visit OpenFares at www.openfares:com About Solars: Based in Vancouver, BC, Solars’ is a supply chain intermediary to the travel industry linking suppliers with retail channels. Solars’ core competency is the ability to electronically gather and compile travel product content from disparate sources; and, facilitate the management, distribution and booking of that content via both the Internet and the major Global Distribution Systems. Solars’ proprietary products include: SolarNet & TourTek For more information see: https://www.solars.com/ For further information on Solars, please contact: Greg Lytle Solars - VP Corporate Communications Direct: [phone] [e-mail] This Media Release may contain forward-looking statements, which reflect the Corporation’s current expectations regarding future events. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Actual events could differ from those projected herein and depend on a number of factors including the success of the Corporation’s sales strategies.