BEIJING and SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 14 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASIA), a leading provider of telecom
software solutions and IT security products and services, today announced it
has signed an agreement with Beijing Mobile to expand its Operational
Customer Relationship Management (“OCRM”) system. This system, developed
in 2004, was the first successful OCRM system deployed in China’s telecom
industry.
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“Beijing Mobile’s online operational customer relationship management
system is a landmark system within China’s telecom industry,” said Steve
Zhang, AsiaInfo’s President and CEO. “We have been involved in the
development of Beijing Mobile’s CRM system since its inception and we are
excited to have this opportunity to enhance their customer service
capabilities with this expansion.”
Mr. Zhang noted that as competition in China’s telecom industry
continues to intensify, CRM systems that can unify sales, services and
marketing processes have become increasingly important. AsiaInfo continues
to see strong opportunities to deliver their leading CRM solutions to telecom
operators in China. Prior to this agreement, AsiaInfo successfully partnered
with Beijing Mobile to develop Phase I, II and III of their CRM system. In
2004, AsiaInfo completed Phase I of Beijing Mobile’s CRM system which
unified the call center and sales office customer data systems. In Phase II
and Phase III, AsiaInfo integrated the CRM system to ensure seamless
operation with Beijing Mobile’s business operation support system. The
current expansion will increase the data processing capabilities of the OCRM
system to support the rapid increase in user traffic and customer service
demands.
About AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc.
AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASIA) is a leading provider of
high-quality telecom software solutions and 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 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. The Company moved major operations to China in 1995
and played a significant role in the construction of the national backbones
and provincial access networks for all of China’s major national telecom
carriers, including China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom and China
Netcom. Since 1998, AsiaInfo has continued diversifying its product offerings
and is now a major provider of telecom software solutions in China.
For more information about AsiaInfo, please visit
http://www.asiainfo.com .
The information contained in this document is as of December 14, 2006.
AsiaInfo 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’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; the long and variable
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; 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, 2005, and in our periodic reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K (if any)
filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and available
at http://www.sec.gov .