Facilitate Data Exchange Between Northern,Southern China and Across the Globe
Intelligent DNS Service Ensures the Fastest Path to Company Websites and
Boosts Browsing Speed More Than 15 Times
SINGAPORE, Dec. 20 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pacific Internet
Limited (Nasdaq: PCNTF), Asia Pacific's largest telco-independent Internet
Communications Service Provider by geographic reach, today announced that
its wholly owned subsidiary, Pacific Internet (Hong Kong) Limited, has
launched a Data Centre Service in China. The service is specifically
tailored to serve Hong Kong enterprises with cross-border communications
needs across the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and the Asia Pacific region.
The launch of Pacific Internet's Data Centre Service has successfully
bridged Internet interoperability between the Southern and Northern parts of
China, facilitating data transfer and secure seamless connections within the
Chinese mainland and the rest of the world.
"Regular downtime of company websites and slow data transfer can cost
millions of dollars in losses to companies with bases in China," Eddy Kuk,
managing director of Pacific Internet (Hong Kong) Limited says. "Pacific
Internet's China Data Centre Service comes with 'single connection but
multiple Internet gateways options', which means customers' servers are now
directly connected to the local carriers in the Southern and Northern parts
of China, Hong Kong and Pacific Internet's robust Asia Pacific
infrastructure. Data can then be transmitted over the gateways and connected
to the rest of the world without interruptions."
Enterprises with multiple branches located in Hong Kong and the Chinese
mainland can now house their mission-critical data on Pacific Internet's
dedicated servers in China and avoid data transmission delay due to traffic
congestion. Pacific Internet also offers an Intelligent Domain Name Service
(DNS) service, which ensures that customer's websites hosted in Pacific
Internet are visited via the fastest path judged by the visitors' locations
and the traffic situations to the server. Customers can make use of their
bandwidth more effectively and attain the best browsing speed and experience
for their websites. With Pacific Internet's China Data Centre Service,
visitors can significantly boost browsing speed by up to 15 times.
Pacific Internet's China Data Centre Service currently covers 10 POPs
including Shenzhen, Beijing, Shanghai and other cities in the Pearl River
Delta, where most of Hong Kong enterprises' branch offices and factories in
China are located. They can now empower their businesses through this best-
in-class co-location service.
Corporate customers can have different gateway solution options,
choosing either one single gateway with China Telecom or China Netcom; a two-
gateway solution connected across the two incumbents within the Chinese
mainland; or a three-gateway option, which also further connects to Pacific
Internet's backbone in addition to local carriers in China. Customers can
enjoy further peace of mind, with data stored under secured and
environmentally controlled rack housing, backed by professional 24 X 7
physical access and network monitoring.
Pacific Internet President and CEO, Mr Phey Teck Moh, welcomed the
launch of the new Data Centre. "Connecting businesses from Hong Kong,
China, and across the region, is a service that Pacific Internet is uniquely
placed to deliver," he said. "Extending our services both geographically,
and by creating additional value for our clients, is key to our business
growth plan over the next five years. We expect this initiative to
contribute significantly to our footprint expansion, as well as bring new
levels of sophistication to our customer service offerings."
About Pacific Internet Limited
Pacific Internet Limited or PacNet (Nasdaq: PCNTF) is the largest
telco-independent Internet Communications Service Provider by geographic
reach in the Asia Pacific region. The Company has direct presence in
Singapore, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Australia, India, Thailand and
Malaysia. PacNet delivers a comprehensive suite of data, voice and video
services to both corporate business and consumer customers. For more
information, visit www.pacnet.com .
About Pacific Internet (Hong Kong) Limited
Pacific Internet (Hong Kong) Limited ("Pacific Internet") is a wholly
owned subsidiary of NASDAQ-listed Pacific Internet Limited (Nasdaq: PCNTF).
Pacific Internet offers the full range of IP-based communications solutions,
including data, voice, security, messaging, remote access, hosting and cross
border connectivity for business users in Hong Kong and Greater China. A
pioneer ICSP, founded in 1993, Pacific Internet has grown into one of the
country's next-generation IP communication solutions provider and has built
a solid reputation in providing superb customer experience to business
users, backed by a strong financial position and proven success.
Cautionary Statement
Statements made in this press release with respect to Pacific Internet's
current plans, estimates, strategies and beliefs and other statements that
are not historical facts are forward-looking statements about the future
performance of Pacific Internet. Forward-looking statements include but are
not limited to those using words such
as "seek", "expect", "anticipate", "estimate", "believe", "intend", "project"
, "plan", "strategy", "forecast" and similar expressions or future or
conditional verbs such as "will, "would", "should", "could", "may"
and "might". These statements reflect management's current expectations,
beliefs, hopes, intentions or strategies regarding the future and
assumptions in light of currently available information. They are subject
to a number of risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to (i)
changes in the economic, regulatory and political environments in the
countries where Pacific Internet operates; (ii) changes and developments in
technology and the Internet marketplace; (iii) Pacific Internet's continued
ability to develop and win acceptance of its products and services, which
are offered in highly competitive markets; (iv) the success of its joint
ventures and alliances; (v) exchange rates, particularly between the
Singapore dollar and the U.S. dollar and other currencies in which Pacific
Internet makes significant sales or in which its assets and liabilities are
denominated; and (vi) the outcome of contingencies. In light of the many
risks and uncertainties surrounding the Internet marketplace, the actual
results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking
statements. Pacific Internet assumes no obligation to update any such
statements.
Investors & Analysts
Mervin Wang
Pacific Internet Limited
Direct: +65-6771-0780
Mobile: +65-9798-6077
Email: mervin.wang@pacific.net.sg
Media
Bernard Ho
Pacific Internet Limited
Direct: +65-6771 0433
Mobile: +65-9782-3393
Email: bernard.ho@pacific.net.sg