TELSTRA TO PROVIDE GLOBAL MPLS SOLUTION FOR AICENT

Telstra provides multimegabit bandwidth connections throughout Asia Pacific

NEW YORK, NY & SAN JOSE, CALIF. - JANUARY 23, 2008- Telstra Incorporated today announced a new contract to supply Aicent Inc. with a global MPLS solution to deliver improved scalability, operational efficiency, as well as extending network coverage throughout Asia Pacific.

Deployed largely over ethernet, Telstra's global IP network aims to reduce infrastructure costs and increase speed and efficiency for Aicent's customer base across Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The service will connect Aicent's mobile data services to their mobile operator customers for reliable, high-quality bandwidth and to enable global roaming on wireless networks.

Aicent's customer list of more than one hundred wireless operators - includes four of the world's top five largest mobile carriers - that in turn serves more than one billion mobile subscribers globally.

In order to address the needs of these operators, Aicent constantly strives to grow its network infrastructure and backbone routes using only the highest-quality services from known and trusted providers.

"Aicent takes great care in providing a mission critical, robust and redundant network to our customers," said Haiyang Zhang, Director of Program Management at Aicent. "We regard Telstra as a key customer as well as a key provider, able to meet our strict criteria of reliable network performance and quality of service."

Aicent has been providing network services to Australian based Telstra Corporation since 2004, including GPRS Roaming Exchange (GRX) services, multi-media messaging services (MMS) and more recently SMS. Telstra recently reached the milestone of connecting more than 100 roaming partners for MMS, a first amongst operators.

"Telstra's experience with Aicent's people, products and customer service has been extremely positive," said Vincent Morreale, Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing of Telstra Incorporated. "This relationship is now further enhanced by welcoming them to our international customer portfolio."

Telstra Incorporated's President and CEO, Andrew Morawski said Telstra's strengths were its strategic network assets and powerful partnerships across the globe.

"Telstra owns one of the most technologically advanced IP global backbones in the world, spending $A1.2 billion on infrastructure over the last five years alone," he said. "While our capability is global, we offer regional diversity through local expertise - and the Asia Pacific is our domain, our specialty."

Telstra Incorporated is the US based arm of Telstra International.

Telstra International is a global service provider and a division of the leading domestic Australian-based, tier 1 telecommunications and information services company, Telstra Corporation Limited.

Telstra owns one of the most technologically advanced IP backbone global networks in the Asia Pacific region, offering an extensive portfolio of state-of-the-art solutions to global customers, including voice, mobile, broadband, IP, MPLS and managed services. Telstra provides global solutions to 200 of the world's top 500 companies in Asia Pacific, Latin America, North America and Europe. For further information, visit www.telstra-usa.com

Serving more than one billion mobile subscribers, Aicent Inc. provides data network, messaging and roaming solutions to more than 100 mobile operators worldwide. Aicent enables interoperability between its customers and other carriers by operating one of world's largest GRX networks. Through extensive direct connections and peering arrangements, the Aicent network reaches nearly all 2.5G/3G operators across the globe. Aicent also operates integrated mobile messaging services, including one of the world's first and largest multimedia messaging exchanges, and offers other value-added services that help carriers maximize revenue opportunities. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Aicent has regional offices in Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe. For more information, please visit: www.aicent.com.

Press Contacts:
Tricia GaNun
Telstra Incorporated
Tel: 917.945.0516
tricia.ganun@usa-telstra.com

Aicent, Inc.
John Sidline
Mobility Public Relations
Tel: 503.946.3311
jsidline@mobilitypr.com