AsiaInfo Wins Business Operation Support System Solution Contract From Liaoning Mobile.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BEIJING & SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 30, 2002 AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. ), a leading provider of telecom software solutions in China, today announced that it has signed a Business Operation Support System (BOSS) contract with Liaoning Mobile, a provincial subsidiary of China Mobile. Under the terms of the contract, AsiaInfo will develop a complete Business Operation Support System for the carrier's mobile business and provide the carrier with around-the-clock technical support and system maintenance to ensure an efficient uninterrupted and stable system. Following a rigorous selection process, AsiaInfo took this project over from its original contractor, who was unable to complete the assignment. Servicing more than six million mobile subscribers, approximately 15% of the population of Liaoning province, Liaoning Mobile is one of the earliest China Mobile subsidiaries to implement a BOSS solution. AsiaInfo has provided BOSS solutions to eight other China Mobile subsidiaries, including those in Shanghai Shanghai (shăng`hī`, shäng`hī`), city (1994 est. pop. 12,980,000), in, but independent of, Jiangsu prov., E China, on the Huangpu (Whangpoo) River where it flows into the Chang (Yangtze) estuary. , Inner-Mongolia, Zhejiang, Guangxi, Guizhou, Tibet, Gansu, and Jiangxi. "We are proud to have Liaoning Mobile as another BOSS customer. Our advanced solutions, good post-sale service track record and a stable team of talented professionals were key to this contract win," said James Ding, president and chief executive officer of AsiaInfo. "In order to reduce risk and maximize return on investment, carriers prefer to work with well established vendors on network and solution upgrades. Carriers such as China Mobile, Liaoning increasingly demand a wide variety of software solutions, this is something that AsiaInfo is well positioned to benefit from." About AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASIA) is a leading provider of telecom software solutions in China. The company's full range of solutions include Network Infrastructure, Operation Support Systems and Service Applications. AsiaInfo's products and services cover network services, including design, implementation, operation and optimization optimization Field of applied mathematics whose principles and methods are used to solve quantitative problems in disciplines including physics, biology, engineering, and economics. ; customer care and billing software, decision support system software; and service applications encompassing messaging, broadband broadband Term describing the radiation from a source that produces a broad, continuous spectrum of frequencies (contrasted with a laser, which produces a single frequency or very narrow range of frequencies). , wireless and other advanced applications. A Delaware-registered company, AsiaInfo has constructed national backbones and provincial access networks for all of China's major national telecom carriers since 1995, including China Telecom, China Netcom China Netcom, full name China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited, abbreviated CNC, was originally formed in August 1999 by the People's Republic of China government to enable inward investments to build high speed Internet communications in the country. , China Mobile, China Unicom China Unicom, full name China United Telecommunications Corporation, 中国联通, HKSE: 0762 NYSE: CHU, is a telecommunication operator in the People's Republic of China. 52. and China Railcom. Since 2000, the company has successfully shifted its focus from Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the infrastructure construction to the provision of a full suite of telecom software solutions. For more information about AsiaInfo, please visit http://www.asiainfo.com. The statements in this news release contain forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from anticipated results. Further information on risk factors that could affect AsiaInfo's results of operation are detailed in AsiaInfo's registration statement, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A copy of the registration statement, including exhibits, may be reviewed at the Commission's public reference room at Judiciary judiciary Branch of government in which judicial power is vested. The principal work of any judiciary is the adjudication of disputes or controversies. Regulations govern what parties are allowed before a judicial assembly, or court, what evidence will be admitted, what Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. The registration statement and other company filings can also be reviewed by accessing the Commission's Internet site at http://www.sec.gov, which contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the Commission. |
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