Saudi Arabia's Rawabi Telecom Selects Pactolus Communications; Next-Gen Service Provider RTS and Integrator Verscom Transforming The Gulf States IP Services Landscape.

MARLBOROUGH, Mass. -- Pactolus Communications Software Corporation, developers of the most comprehensive IP voice service suite and service delivery environment for telecom service providers, today announced the selection of its SIPware Services and RapidFLEX Service Creation Environment by Rawabi Telecom and Software (RTS), a subsidiary of Rawabi Holding Company, one of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's largest and fastest-growing companies. RTS will offer a range of IP services including Voice over Broadband Telephony, IP Conferencing and Prepaid Calling to customers throughout the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar and Kuwait via its growing network of service provider partners.

"RTS is committed to supporting the growth of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the GCC countries and the greater MENA region," notes Rawabi Telecom & Software's Chief Operating Officer, Maro Simatovic. "We're driven to provide differentiating services that uniquely serve this fast-growing region, and we will fully leverage Rawabi Holding Company's brand power and efficient customer acquisition and communications channels."

RTS is developing an advanced services infrastructure to support the economical delivery of integrated landline, internet, television, and mobile services bundles, and provide consumers with new value, simplicity and choice. RTS is honing these service offerings through a detailed analysis of subscriber service preferences, and is working with partners to realize next-gen services opportunities as the region's telecom industry undergoes deregulation.

Verscom, a leading telecommunications systems integrator throughout the European, Middle Eastern and African markets, is lead integrator for RTS. Verscom is deploying Pactolus' SIPware IP voice services suite and using the RapidFLEX Service Creation Environment to build broadband voice, prepaid and conferencing services.

"We've selected Pactolus as the exclusive IP voice services software vendor for the performance, scale and reliability of its SIPware suite, and for the extreme ease, flexibility and power of its Service Creation Environment," comments Verscom CTO Ali Argun. "IMS is key to our ongoing growth strategies, and Pactolus enables RTS to expand its IP services reach."

Pactolus CEO Paul Blondin concludes: "The Middle East is a strategic, innovative and rapidly growing telecom market. We are honored to have been selected by Rawabi and Verscom, and are committed to partnering with them to drive advanced, innovative services."

About Rawabi Holding Company:

RAWABI Holding is one of the fastest-growing companies in Saudi Arabia, and has established itself over the last thirty years as one of the region's leading industrial organizations. It is the sole distributor for more than 40 internationally recognized service and manufacturing companies in the construction & engineering, oil & gas, petrochemicals, utilities, power & electrical, telecommunications & IT, freight forwarding, marine, trading and manufacturing industries, and is actively expanding into telecommunications. (www.RawabiHolding.com)

About Verscom:

Verscom LLC. is emerging as one of the world's most innovative and effective public network developer/integrators. Its advanced carrier architectures and innovative IP telephony voice services are driving aggressive growth, and turning market opportunity into service profitability for network operators across the Middle East, Europe and the Americas. Its architects design and implement advanced, economical IP switching and transmission for land-based, wireless and satellite networks, and create/customize IP telephony services suites that establish VoIP performance and reliability benchmarks (www.Verscom.com).

About Pactolus

Pactolus Communications Software Corporation is the leading developer of SIP-based IP voice services, installed in 50+ carrier networks such as WebEx, Primus Canada, VCG Telecom, USA DataNet, LatiNode and XO Communications, supporting 2 billion minutes of use per month. Its core innovations such as advanced call control capabilities for SIP-based networks are also deployed in leading carriers through the market's dominant VoIP platform OEMs, and are unmatched in the industry. Pactolus' customizable SIPware(TM) services suite includes broadband IP telephony, prepaid and post paid calling card, reservationless and event audio conferencing, voice messaging and service-integrated operator assistance. Pactolus' RapidFLEX Service Delivery Platform and Service Creation Environment (SCE) combine to create a comprehensive, open, and flexible software framework (www.Pactolus.com).