BEIJING and SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sep. 15, 2009 (PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall) -- AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASIA) ("AsiaInfo" or the "Company"), a leading provider of telecom software solutions and IT security products and services in China, today announced that it will upgrade Henan and Jiangxi Mobile's Business Operation Support Systems ("BOSS") to Next Generation Business Operation Support Systems ("NG-BOSS").
"Consistent with our previously stated goals, we are pleased to announce contract wins with Henan and Jiangxi Mobile, which brings the total number of provinces that we will upgrade from BOSS to NG-BOSS to 11," said Steve Zhang, AsiaInfo's president and chief executive officer. "These 11 provinces give us approximately 33% market share of China Mobile's BOSS solutions, including one in Zhejiang and one in Henan province that each boasts a user-base of more than 45 million customers. In addition to these 11 upgrades which are a part of China Mobile's phase-I NG-BOSS rollout, we are currently developing the technical specifications for China Mobile's phase-II NG-BOSS system. With a strong foundation laid, I am confident that our experience growing alongside China Mobile will continue to transpire into sustainable, long-term growth opportunities."
The system is being built in response to China Mobile's transformation into a fully integrated service provider and its effort to evolve its service from traditional network-oriented to customer-driven. The NG-BOSS is expandable to meet future capacity and business-line additions, employs state-of-the-art security features and uses advanced technology to ensure a user-friendly interface.
The Company expects its phase-I NG-BOSS upgrades to be completed by the end of first quarter of 2010.
About AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc.
AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASIA) is a leading provider of high-quality telecom software solutions and IT security products and services to some of China's largest enterprises, as well as many small and medium sized companies in China. An established leader in the Chinese telecommunications industry, AsiaInfo became a prominent supplier of IT security products and services in China with the acquisition of Lenovo's non-telecom related IT services business in 2004.
Organized as a Delaware corporation, AsiaInfo began operations in the United States in 1993.
