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Pacific Internet Launches Data Centre Service in China

Pacific Internet Limited
2006-12-21 13:22 1404

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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

Source: Pacific Internet Limited
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