AsiaInfo Wins China Unicom Contract, Worth Fifty Million Dollars; Project to Expand China Unicom's Successful VoIP Business

Business Wire, April 3, 2001

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

BEIJING/SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 3, 2001

AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASIA), a leading provider of software products and infrastructure solutions for next generation network operators in China, announced today it has won a contract to expand China Unicom's Voice over IP (VoIP) network infrastructure. As the first contract of a total solution series, this agreement mainly comprises equipment purchase, which is valued at US$ 50 million.

This contract follows two previous AsiaInfo supported project for China Unicom: to initiate IP phone services in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and nine other cities in late 1999 and to expand its VoIP backbone to an additional 300 cities in China in March 2000. During the third project, AsiaInfo's Internet infrastrucutre solutions will further expand China Unicom's network capacity to over 7600 leased lines, tripling the current capacity to cover 328 cities in the country. The network offers caller ID IP phone services oriented to GSM and CDMA users and corporate users, as well as debit card IP phone services.

Established in 1994, China Unicom is the second-largest national public telecommunications operator in China, providing a wide array of services including long distance telephone services, local telephone services, mobile communications services, and data communications services. VoIP service represents an emerging business opportunity for the company. The new investment in expanding network infrastructure demonstrates that its VoIP business has been gaining momentum.

"The large expansion project reflects China Unicom's successful VoIP business. As a cost-efficient communication alternative, IP telephony will be adopted by an increasing number of end users. We are proud that China Unicom has again selected us as a technology partner to further develop this business," said James Ding, President and CEO at AsiaInfo. "We are confident that our network solutions and software products will assist China Unicom in remaining at the forefront of China's next generation communications market."

About AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc.

AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASIA) is a leading provider of software products and infrastructure solutions for next generation network operators in China. The company offers telecommunications service providers total network solutions and develops proprietary software for Internet service providers, Internet content providers and telecommunications service providers.

Its customer management and billing software products meet the complex, mission-critical provisioning, accounting, reporting and marketing needs of Internet and telecommunications service providers. In addition, the company supplies carrier-scale messaging products to Internet service providers in China.

Since it moved its operations from the US to China in 1995, AsiaInfo has served as a chief architect of China's Internet infrastructure, crafting Internet backbones for all the major national carriers including China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Netcom. For more information about AsiaInfo, please visit http://www.asiainfo.com.

The statements in this news release contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from anticipated results. Further information on risk factors that could affect AsiaInfo's results of operation are detailed in AsiaInfo's registration statement, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A copy of the registration statement, including exhibits, may be reviewed at the Commission's public reference room at Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. The registration statement and other company filings can also be reviewed by accessing the Commission's Internet site at http://www.sec.gov, which contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the Commission.