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Pacific Internet Launches Data Centre Service in China

Posted on: Wednesday, 20 December 2006, 21:00 CST

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 , 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 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 http://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 . 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

Pacific Internet Limited

CONTACT: Bernard Ho of Pacific Internet Limited, +65-6771-0433 or+65-9782-3393, bernard.ho@pacific.net.sg; or Mervin Wang of Pacific InternetLimited, +65-6771-0780 or +65-9798-6077, or mervin.wang@pacific.net.sg, bothof Pacific Internet

Web site: http://www.pacnet.com/

Source: PRNewswire

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