AsiaInfo to Develop Integrated BSS for China Telecom in Heilongjiang and Henan Provinces
July 27 2009 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
BEIJING and SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 27
/PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc.
(NASDAQ:ASIA) (the "Company"), a leading provider of telecom
software solutions and IT security products and services in China,
today announced it has signed contracts to integrate mobile and
fixed-line Business Support Systems ("BSS") for China Telecom in
Heilongjiang and Henan provinces. "Integrated billing and customer
relationship management across multiple businesses is a crucial
step in China Telecom's goal of becoming a leading, full-service
telecommunications provider," said Steve Zhang, AsiaInfo's
president and chief executive officer. "Convergent billing and
optimization projects make up our largest near-term opportunity
with China Telecom as the carrier looks to attract and retain
high-value customers through the offering of attractive bundled
services. In the coming months, our team of highly qualified
engineers will work with China Telecom in Heilongjiang and Henan to
ensure that all the functionalities and localized features of the
current systems are seamlessly migrated, along with user data, to
the new, integrated systems, allowing China Telecom to take its
customer service to the next level." Under the terms of the
contracts, AsiaInfo will build out a convergent BSS solution that
will integrate China Telecom's mobile and fixed-line billing and
CRM systems. The new system will support all the functionalities
and localized features of the current systems as well as new
service offerings relating to China Telecom's 3G business. AsiaInfo
will also migrate user data from the existing mobile and fixed-line
systems to the new integrated system and optimize data and
processes to meet China Telecom's enhanced customer service,
usability and stability requirements. About AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc.
AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASIA) is a leading provider of
high-quality telecom software solutions and IT security products
and services to some of China's largest enterprises as well as many
small and medium sized companies in China. An established leader in
the Chinese telecommunications industry, AsiaInfo became a
prominent supplier of IT security products and services in China
with the acquisition of Lenovo's non-telecom related IT services
business in 2004. Organized as a Delaware corporation, AsiaInfo
began operations in the United States in 1993. The Company moved
major operations to China in 1995 and played a significant role in
the construction of the national backbones and provincial access
networks for all of China's major national telecom carriers,
including China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom and China
Netcom. Since 1998, AsiaInfo has continued diversifying its product
offerings and is now a major provider of telecom software solutions
in China. For more information about AsiaInfo, please visit
http://www.asiainfo.com/ . Safe Harbor Statement The information
contained in this document is as of July 27, 2009. AsiaInfo assumes
no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in
this document as a result of new information or future events or
developments. This document contains forward-looking information
about AsiaInfo's operating results and business prospects that
involve substantial risks and uncertainties. You can identify these
statements by the fact that they use words such as "anticipate,"
"estimate," "expect," "project," "intend," "plan," "believe," and
other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any
discussion of future operating or financial performance. Among the
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are
the following: government telecommunications infrastructure and
budgetary policy in China; our ability to maintain our concentrated
customer base; the long and variable billing cycles for our
products and services that can cause our revenues and operating
results to vary significantly from period to period; our ability to
meet our working capital requirements; our ability to retain our
executive officers; our ability to attract and retain skilled
personnel; potential liabilities we are exposed to because we
extend warranties to our customers; risks associated with cost
overruns and delays; our ability to develop or acquire new products
or enhancements to our software products that are marketable on a
timely and cost-effective basis; our ability to adequately protect
our proprietary rights; the competitive nature of the markets we
operate in; political and economic policies of the Chinese
government. A further list and description of these risks,
uncertainties, and other matters can be found in our Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, and in
our reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K (if any) filed with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission and available at
http://www.sec.gov/. For investor and media inquiries, please
contact: In China: Sheryl Zhang AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. Tel:
+86-10-8216-6039 Email: Justin Knapp Ogilvy Financial, Beijing Tel:
+86-10-8520-6556 Email: In the United States: Ms. Jessica Barist
Cohen Ogilvy Financial, New York Tel: +1-646-460-9989 Email:
DATASOURCE: AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. CONTACT: In China: Sheryl Zhang
of AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc., +86-10-8216-6039, ; or Justin Knapp of
Ogilvy Financial, Beijing, +86-10-8520-6556, ; or In the United
States: Jessica Barist Cohen of Ogilvy Financial, New York,
+1-646-460-9989, Web site: http://www.asiainfo.com/
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