AsiaInfo to Service the Deployment of China Mobile's Next Generation IP Infrastructure |
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Expands Strategic Partnership with the World's Largest Mobile Operator
BEIJING and SANTA CLARA, Calif, July 23 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASIA), a leading provider of telecom
software solutions and IT security products and services, today announced
that it has signed a contract with China Mobile, the world's largest mobile
operator, to service the deployment of its next generation IP
infrastructure.
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Under the terms of the agreement, AsiaInfo will provide advanced
professional services to the project including making technical
specifications, supervising integration, network design, network traffic
analysis, as well as network performance evaluation and optimization.
"We are very pleased to act as strategic consultants for the
development of China Mobile's next generation IP infrastructure," said
Steve Zhang, President and Chief Executive Officer of AsiaInfo. "As a
pioneer in China's internet development, AsiaInfo has accumulated rich
expertise in IP networking technologies and we are confident that we can
help China Mobile establish world-class IP infrastructure to support its
next generation services."
The network will support voice, data, and video services, and will
serve as the carrying network for China mobile's future 3G, NGN, and
enterprise VPN services. It will adhere to world-class standards for
service quality, reliability, and security.
Mr. Zhang continued, "The project also serves as an excellent
opportunity to expand our relationship with China Mobile and develop a
clearer understanding of their future service demands."
About AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc.
AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASIA) is a leading provider of high-
quality telecom software solutions and security products and services to
some of China's largest enterprises as well as many small and medium sized
companies in China. An established leader in the Chinese telecommunications
industry, AsiaInfo became a prominent supplier of security products and
services in China with the acquisition of Lenovo's non-telecom related IT
services business in 2004.
Organized as a Delaware corporation, AsiaInfo began operations in the
United States in 1993. The Company moved major operations to China in 1995
and played a significant role in the construction of the national backbones
and provincial access networks for all of China's major national telecom
carriers, including China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom and China
Netcom. Since 1998, AsiaInfo has continued diversifying its product
offerings and is now a major provider of telecom software solutions in
China.
For more information about AsiaInfo, please visit
http://www.asiainfo.com .
The information contained in this document is as of July 23, 2007.
AsiaInfo assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements
contained in this document as a result of new information or future events
or developments.
This document contains forward-looking information about AsiaInfo's
operating results and business prospects that involve substantial risks and
uncertainties. You can identify these statements by the fact that they use
words such as "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "project," "intend,"
"plan," "believe," and other words and terms of similar meaning in
connection with any discussion of future operating or financial
performance. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially are the following: government telecommunications infrastructure
and budgetary policy in China; our ability to maintain our concentrated
customer base; the long and variable billing cycles for our products and
services that can cause our revenues and operating results to vary
significantly from period to period; our ability to meet our working
capital requirements; our ability to retain our executive officers; our
ability to attract and retain skilled personnel; potential liabilities we
are exposed to because we extend warranties to our customers; risks
associated with cost overruns and delays; our ability to develop or acquire
new products or enhancements to our software products that are marketable
on a timely and cost-effective basis; our ability to adequately protect our
proprietary rights; the competitive nature of the markets we operate in;
political and economic policies of the Chinese government. A further list
and description of these risks, uncertainties, and other matters can be
found in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2006, and in our periodic reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K (if any) filed
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and available at
http://www.sec.gov .
For more information, please contact:
For Investors:
Charles Zhang
AsiaInfo Technologies (China), Inc.
Tel: +86-10-8216-6039
Email: ir@asiainfo.com
For Media:
Rory Macpherson
Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
Tel: +86-10-8520-6553
Email: rory.macpherson@ogilvy.com
SOURCE AsiaInfo Technologies (China), Inc.
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CONTACT:
Charles Zhang of AsiaInfo Technologies
(China), Inc., +86-10- 8216-6039, or ir@asiainfo.com; or Rory
Macpherson of Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide for AsiaInfo
Technologies, +86-10-8520-6553, or rory.macpherson@ogilvy.com
