Asia Netcom Deploys MediaRing VoizBridge Session Controllers Throughou

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    SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2005--MediaRing(TM) (SGX:M09) (www.mediaring.com), a global provider of telephony solution and services, today announced that Asia Netcom (www.asianetcom.com), a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Netcom, has deployed MediaRing VoizBridge session controllers throughout its extensive VoIP network.
    "Asia Netcom is a premiere VoIP network provider across Asia. From China to Australia and beyond, Asia Netcom provides the highest quality of voice and data over a privately owned MPLS based IP backbone. We are pleased that Asia Netcom has chosen MediaRing VoizBridge as a premiere partner in providing the highest quality, most cost-effective services available," said Khaw Kheng Joo, chief executive officer of MediaRing.
    "MediaRing has proven to be an invaluable partner throughout the deployment of our VoIP service platform. MediaRing VoizBridge provides the most flexible solution with regards to deployment and scalability, and has enabled interoperability in a seamless and efficient manner, allowing us to deploy the networks faster and with optimum performance," said Bill Barney, Asia Netcom's president and chief operating officer.
    Last year, Asia Netcom announced the build-out of their VoIP service platform over its pan-Asia based privately-owned MPLS network. The MediaRing VoizBridge session controller solution provides Asia Netcom with necessary high-performance session controller functions such as network address translation (NAT) enabling seamless traffic exchange between private and public IP domains, topology hiding, and protocol inter-working. The unique distributed signaling and media component architecture of MediaRing VoizBridge enables Asia Netcom to have a centralized signal inter-working cluster whereas the media inter-working components are installed at their respective regional hubs. Such a distributed topology provides significant network design flexibility, optimal network utilization, reduced media backhaul charges and helps maintain lower end-to-end latency.

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    About Asia Netcom

    Asia Netcom is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Netcom ((NYSE:CN), (SEHK:0906)), an incumbent telecommunications service provider in China. Asia Netcom operates an extensive telecommunications network infrastructure in the Asia Pacific region, including a privately-owned subsea cable system, EAC, as well as extensive terrestrial backhauls and telehouses in all key Asian markets. Leveraging these strategic assets, Asia Netcom provides a comprehensive portfolio of city-to-city connectivity, data communications and IP-based solutions and services to enterprise, ISP and carrier customers in the Asia Pacific region. The company is headquartered in Hong Kong with local offices in all major Asian markets, the US and Europe. For more information, please visit our Website at: www.asianetcom.com

    About MediaRing Ltd.

    MediaRing is a global telephony solution and services company specializing in providing VoIP interconnect and value-added IP telephony solutions and services to carriers, service providers, businesses and consumers worldwide. MediaRing VoizBridge is a market leading, carrier-class session controller product introduced to the market in Q1 2002. Since its introduction, MediaRing VoizBridge has been deployed in various carrier-class installations including at Tier-1 providers, NTT, Telekom Malaysia and Saigon Postel. MediaRing VoizBridge highlights include: VoIP protocol inter-working, multi-vendor interoperability, NAT traversal and topology hiding (signaling and media), access control and security, call session routing, OSP to non-OSP inter-working, call detail record generation and support for media processing. For more information, please visit www.mediaring.com and www.voizbridge.com .

    MediaRing VoizBridge(TM) is a trademark of MediaRing, Inc.

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CONTACT: MediaRing Kaushik Patel, 408-962-1258 510-579-3150 cell kpatel@mediaring.com or Asia Netcom Lorain Wong, +852 2121 2973 +852 9500 2333 mobile lorain.wong@asianetcom.com

KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA HONG KONG SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL ASIA PACIFIC INDUSTRY KEYWORD: TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKING INTERNET E-COMMERCE PRODUCT SOURCE: MediaRing

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