Amanco Brazil and Amanco Argentina Select Infonet to Provide Global Networking Services; Global VPN Delivers Flexibility and Accountability.

Business Editors

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 2000

Infonet Services Corporation (NYSE:IN)(FSE:IN), a leading provider of global communications services for multinationals, today announced that Amanco Brazil and Amanco Argentina have chosen Infonet's Global Intranet Services as the foundation for their communications infrastructure.

This intranet service from Infonet will support Amanco Brazil and Amanco Argentina's sales and production operations. Additionally, the Infonet service will support a wide range of corporate applications, an internal intranet, and access to the public Internet -- with firewalls for employees at five sites throughout Brazil and one site in Argentina.

Amanco Brazil and Amanco Argentina's Enterprise Resource Planning package, SAP's R/3, is the lifeblood of the companies. Optimizing its performance, and that of other corporate applications, is of critical importance to their business. With Infonet's Customized Networking Options, the companies will be able to tailor their network to reflect business needs, maximize network performance and attain global connectivity and support.

"In Infonet we found the credibility, technical expertise and accountability we needed to outsource our network. Infonet can manage our network from end-to-end, leaving us free to focus on our core business so that we can achieve our corporate goals," remarked Frank Kadlec, IT Manager for both companies.

Company management was also impressed that Infonet's network services would enhance their communications with suppliers, partners and customers.

"Our company has just entered a new era of modernization with our IT infrastructure. Communication services are a vital part of this modernization. By integrating several branches of companies into a single, unified VPN, we can significantly enhance our capabilities," explained Kadlec. "Infonet's strong presence in Latin America provides a strategic competitive advantage to us," he stated.

"The relationship between Amanco Brazil and Amanco Argentina and Infonet is a very exciting one. It is truly a partnership," commented Rose Macedo, Country Manager of Infonet Brazil. "We look forward to assisting those companies as they address some exciting challenges in the future," she concluded.

About Amanco Brazil and Amanco Argentina

Amanco Brazil and Amanco Argentina belong to the Amanco Group that consists of over 30 companies and factories located in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru. The group employs directly over 7,000 people. For over 50 years the group has positioned itself as a leader in the production and commercialization of products for the construction and infrastructure industries. Its main lines of business: plastic pipe systems, light weight building systems, as well as metal roofs and structures, water treatment plants, dwells and geosystems.

The Amanco Group bases its leadership on the quality of its products, its excellence in service and its commitment with sustainable development. The quality is sustained on international leading technology; the excellence in service generated by the group's total client orientation; the commitment with sustainable development is a corporate philosophy based on the balance between economic performance, the optimum use of natural resources and the care for corporate social responsibility. For more information look at www.amanco.com.

About Infonet

Infonet Services Corporation is a world leader in providing value-added global communications services to multinational enterprises. Over two million remote access subscribers make Infonet a world leader in Dial IP services. The company numbers more than 2,600 multinational corporations among its client list. Infonet provides Internet, intranet, ATM, remote access, electronic commerce-enabling services and integrated voice/data solutions, plus a full suite of messaging and collaborative products and services. Infonet's services are supported locally in more than 60 countries and territories around the world. The World Network from Infonet is accessible terrestrially from over 180 countries and via satellite worldwide.

Infonet trades publicly on the New York and Frankfurt stock exchanges under the ticker symbol "IN". News and information are available at www.infonet.com.

Safe Harbor Statement: Infonet may have made forward-looking statements in this release. These projections are based on information available to the company as of the date of this release. Risk factors investors should take into account that might affect results include: strength of the market for Infonet products and services, competition, and the timely transitioning of new business opportunities to Infonet's network. Investors should refer to risk factors elaborated on in Infonet's 10K and other recent filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. These documents are available through the investor relations portion of Infonet's Web site at www.infonet.com.