AsiaInfo-Linkage Signs NG-BOSS 3.0 and NG-BASS 3.0 Upgrade Contracts

BEIJING and SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASIA) ("AsiaInfo-Linkage" or the "Company"), a leading provider of telecommunications software solutions and related services, today announced that it has signed five Next Generation Business Operation Support System ("NG-BOSS") 3.0 version upgrade contracts with Gansu Mobile, Inner Mongolia Mobile, Qinghai Mobile, Tianjin Mobile and Xinjiang Mobile and two Next Generation Business Analysis Support System ("NG-BASS") 3.0 version upgrade contracts with Qinghai Mobile and Zhejiang Mobile. All are provincial subsidiaries of China Mobile, the largest telecommunications operator in the world.

"Competition among China's three telecom carriers is driving demand for our best-of-class IT solutions," said AsiaInfo-Linkage President and Chief Executive Officer Steve Zhang. "These upgrade contract wins demonstrate our strong position in the market as a provider of specialized and cutting edge IT solutions. The NG-BOSS 3.0 upgrades will optimize billing and accounting functionality including increased information sharing capabilities and more accurate real-time billing capacity. Moreover, the NG-BOSS 3.0 upgrades will improve the carrier's CRM functionality, including more efficient e-channel operation, customized business management procedure and the development of a multi-tiered customer service system with an emphasis on VIP and corporate customers. The NG-BASS 3.0 upgrade will expand the application of the current system, enhance customer analysis and optimize business analysis and targeted marketing solutions."  

For the past two years, AsiaInfo-Linkage has worked on China Mobile's NG-BOSS Phase-I rollout, or version 1.0, before signing contracts to upgrade NG-BOSS to version 2.0, which primarily took place in early 2010. The Company continues to make progress in the signing of additional contracts to upgrade NG-BOSS to version 3.0 in order to provide a more comprehensive bundled solution, enhance TD-SCDMA functionality and improve customer service quality.

Similarly in the past two years, AsiaInfo-Linkage has been upgrading China Mobile's Business Intelligence ("BI") systems to accommodate the rollout of the carrier's TD-SCDMA 3G network. The Company has worked on China Mobile's NG-BASS Phase-I rollout, or version 1.0, before signing NG-BASS Phase-II, or version 2.0 upgrade contracts in the first half of 2010. AsiaInfo-Linkage is targeting to sign additional NG-BASS 3.0 upgrade contracts in order to provide carriers with an integrated solution that will enhance business applications and marketing solutions.

AsiaInfo-Linkage currently provides NG-BOSS systems for 18 of 31 China Mobile subsidiaries. BI systems are currently installed at China Mobile's headquarters and 18 of 31 China Mobile subsidiaries.

About AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc.

AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASIA) is a leading provider of high-quality software solutions and IT services in China's telecommunications industry. Following the merger between AsiaInfo and Linkage on July 1, 2010, AsiaInfo-Linkage leverages both AsiaInfo's and Linkage's leading market positions and complementary customer bases to provide a robust, comprehensive service offering primarily to China's telecom operators. AsiaInfo-Linkage's world-class R&D capabilities and extensive base of highly skilled engineers provide best-of-class solutions to help customers differentiate themselves from the competition.

For more information about AsiaInfo-Linkage, please visit www.asiainfo-linkage.com.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

The information contained in this document is as of April 28, 2011. AsiaInfo-Linkage assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this document as a result of new information or future events or developments.

This document contains forward-looking information about AsiaInfo-Linkage's operating results and business prospects that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. You can identify these statements by the fact that they use words such as "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "project," "intend," "plan," "believe," and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial performance. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: government telecommunications infrastructure and budgetary policy in China; our ability to maintain our concentrated customer base; our ability to successfully integrate the business of Linkage into ours; the long and variable billing cycles for our products and services that can cause our revenues and operating results to vary significantly from period to period; our ability to meet our working capital requirements; our ability to retain our executive officers; our ability to attract and retain skilled personnel; potential liabilities we are exposed to because we extend warranties to our customers; risks associated with cost overruns and delays; our ability to develop or acquire new products or enhancements to our software products that are marketable on a timely and cost-effective basis; our ability to adequately protect our proprietary rights; the competitive nature of the markets we operate in; and political and economic policies of the Chinese government. A further list and description of these risks, uncertainties, and other matters can be found in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, and in our reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and available at www.sec.gov.

For more information about AsiaInfo-Linkage, please visit www.asiainfo-linkage.com.

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