Infonet Nominated for Best Carrier at World Communications Awards 2000; Company Also Nominated for Best Customer Care.

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EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 2000

Infonet Services Corporation (NYSE:IN)(FSE:IN), one of the world's leading providers of global communications services to multinationals, today announced that Emap Media has nominated Infonet for Best Carrier at the World Communications Awards (WCA) 2000.

Infonet also received a second nomination in the Best Customer Care category previously announced last month.

The final winners of the WCA, which were designed to recognize the communication industry's recognition of excellence, will be officially announced at a gala dinner for 500 industry delegates on November 14 in Monaco. The award ceremony also takes place on the first evening of CommsLive.Europe, the new communications event being held November 14-16.

In the Best Carrier category, Infonet was sponsored by Cisco Systems, the organization's exclusive provider of router technology. The two other major category nominations include Best New Carrier and Best Wireless/Mobile Operator.

Two methods are used to determine the winners of the World Communication Awards: the Winning Carriers Survey, which is an in-depth study of the views of 65,000 industry executives, including 15,000 enterprise users that select the Best Carrier, New Carrier and Wireless/Mobile Operator categories. Separately, an adjudicated judging process determines the winners of the remaining eight categories, which includes Best Customer Care.

This year's panel of judges has been selected from a variety of companies and industry bodies for their reputation as key opinion-leaders within the communications industry.

The judges include: Julian Bright, Editor, Roam (Chairman of the Judges); Marcel Corminboeuf, Global Purchasing Manager, Reuters; Bridget Cosgrave, Deputy Director General, ETSI; Roger Dean, Executive Director, EEMA; Candace Johnson, President, Europe Online Networks and Founder, GTWN; Audrey Mandela, Managing Director, Mandela Associates; Diana Sharpe, Chairman, INTUG and Pindar Wong, Chairman, Asia Pacific Internet Association.

About Infonet

Infonet Services Corporation is a world leader in providing value-added global communications services to multinational enterprises. Over 2 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.

About World Communication Awards

Launched in October 1999 during Telecom '99, the World Communication Awards (http://www.totaltele.com/wca or www.worldcommsawards.com) have been designed as a unique and prestigious way of recognizing excellence in the high-profile communications industry.

Recognized at a gala dinner in Geneva during Telecom '99, last year's winners included Craig McCaw, France Telecom, GlobalTelesystems (GTS) and Sonera. This year, the climax of the communications industry year will be held alongside the new industry event CommsLive.Europe in Monaco.

About CommsLive.Europe

CommsLive.Europe (http://www.commsliveeurope.com) is Europe's first annual communications event to fully address the needs of the operator marketplace. This year it will be held in Monaco, from November 14 to 16 2000.

The three-day event will feature a conference run by Gartner, offering an unmatched combination of presentations, visionary keynotes and analytical discussion, and an exhibition bringing together leaders from the European communications and information technology industries and communications decision makers.

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 and Infonet undertakes no duty to update the information to take account of later events. 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, 10-Qs 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.