AsiaInfo Releases New Service-Oriented Network Management Software; AISerBase Provides High-End Network Management Functionality.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

BEIJING, China & SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 2001

AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASIA), a leading provider of telecommunications and Internet software products and infrastructure solutions in China, today announced the release of its new service-oriented network management software products: AISerBase.

Driven by an increasing demand for sophisticated network management software, AISerBase is created to offer high-end network management features. Aiming to provide multiple services, network operators have shifted network management emphasis from simple hardware management to service-oriented value-added functions. AISerBase manages all aspects of network environment including hardware, applications, services and customers at four different layers: equipment, application, service and business. AsiaInfo's leading convergent billing software (AICBS), unified messaging software (AIUM) and this new software constitutes a full suite of software products for unified communications needs.

Several unique characteristics of AISerBase differentiate it from other network management software products. For large-scale network, AISerBase groups and manages systems by service category such as leased line services, dial-up services and Web services. This structure enables operators to streamline management process and prioritize management tasks in an organized fashion. More importantly, the service-oriented management structure offers flexibility to operators to provide multiple services in a convergent environment. Furthermore, while traditional network management software products only deal with static network elements such as hardware, AISerBase also manages dynamic factors such as usage patterns.

Benefiting from AISerBase, network operators, mostly telecom carriers and Internet data centers, will improve their service offerings and quality in a number of ways. First, being highly automated, AISerBase can significantly increase cost efficiency of network management activities. The multi-vendor support feature also minimizes management expenses. Second, by monitoring and assessing network traffics in real time, AISerBase collects and analyzes statistical data on systems by service category, which can be used to manage service level agreements (SLAs) and make sound investment decisions for network expansion. Third, AISerBase facilitates many customer-oriented value-added services such as customer self-evaluation on service usage.

"AISerBase represents an ideal platform for network operators who would like not only to improve network management efficiency, but also to provide their customers and themselves with value-added network management services," said Steve Zhang, senior vice president and general manager of Software Products SBU (Strategic Business Unit) at AsiaInfo. "As part of the company's high-end software strategy, the on-schedule release of AISerBase demonstrates our strong R&D capability, deep understanding of customer requirements and fast response to these requirements. With a strong new product development pipeline, we believe our leadership in the China Internet software market will be further strengthened."

About AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc.

AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASIA) is a leading provider of Internet infrastructure solutions and software in China. The company offers telecommunications service providers total network solutions and develops proprietary software for Internet service providers, Internet content providers and telecommunications service providers.

Its customer management and billing software products meet the complex, mission-critical provisioning, accounting, reporting and marketing needs of Internet and telecommunications service providers. In addition, the company supplies carrier-scale messaging products to Internet service providers in China.

Since it moved its operations from the US to China in 1995, AsiaInfo has served as a chief architect of China's Internet infrastructure, crafting Internet backbones for all the major national carriers including China Telecom, China Unicom, China Netcom and China Mobile. For more information about AsiaInfo, please visit http://www.asiainfo.com.

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