AsiaInfo Signs Contracts to Upgrade BI Systems in Seven China Mobile Subsidiaries

Monday, May 11, 2009

BEIJING and SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 8 /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 has signed contracts with seven China Mobile subsidiaries in Chongqing, Liaoning, Qinghai, Sichuan, Hubei, Guizhou and Tibet to upgrade Business Intelligence (“BI”) systems to accommodate the rollout of China Mobile’s TD-SCMDA (“TD”) 3G network.

“Industry restructuring and the issuance of 3G licenses have recently created numerous opportunities for AsiaInfo to leverage our core competency in billing, customer relationship management and business intelligence software into important market share gains. At the same time, ongoing maintenance and regular upgrades like these continue to be a long-term and dependable driver of growth for our business,” said Steve Zhang, AsiaInfo’s president and chief executive officer. “Besides system upgrades, our team of highly knowledgeable consultants is increasingly working with China Mobile to better utilize the data collected by our BI systems to design innovative and targeted sales and marketing campaigns that help the carrier maintain its leading market position and increase average revenue per customer. With our increasingly close relationships with all three of China’s telecom carriers and a growing consensus that advanced IT software is essential to remaining competitive in today’s telecom market, I’m confident that we can leverage our success with China Mobile in the BI space into new market share in the future.”

AsiaInfo first developed its BI system for China Mobile in 2003. The upgrade will add TD data analysis capabilities to existing systems at the seven China Mobile subsidiaries, allowing them to perform detailed data analysis on voice and value-added service usage by TD customers. The BI systems will also link the subsidiary-level BI systems with the data analysis system at China Mobile headquarters. By interfacing with the subsidiary-level BI systems, the headquarters system collects customer data and provides high- level analytical capabilities for decision making.

AsiaInfo currently provides BI systems for 15 of 31 China Mobile subsidiaries.

Source: PR Newswire