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Thursday, December 18, 2008

CHINA ENTERPRISE NETCOM AND PREMIERE GLOBAL SERVICES JOIN FORCES

On-Demand Audio and Web Conferencing to Allow Chinese Professionals Enhanced Productivity and Reduced Need for Business Travel

Malaysia – December 17, 2008 – Premiere Global Services (NYSE: PGI), a global provider of on-demand, communication technologies–based business process improvement solutions, today announced it is joining forces with China Enterprise Netcom Corporation Limited (China Entercom), a leading communication solutions organisation, to launch conferencing and collaboration solutions into China to give Chinese customers more access to high quality, on-demand, competitive reservationless, event and Web conferencing services. Under the scope of the arrangement, China Entercom will sell Premiere Global’s audio and Web conferencing and Premiere Global will provide technical service and support.

"The growth potential for audio and web conferencing services in China is truly compelling. Rising awareness and a change in cultural preferences along with strong market expansion is accelerating adoption, leading to rapid growth in new users each year. The total market for web and audio conferencing services in China is forecast to reach $174.1 million by 2013, reflecting a 22.5 percent compound annual growth rate,” said Roopam Jain, Principal Analyst for Conferencing and Collaboration, Frost & Sullivan.

The new relationship between China Entercom and Premiere Global provides the following:
- China Entercom will market full-featured, international conferencing and collaboration applications – including reservationless audio, event and Web conferencing – to their China-based customers.
- Premiere Global customers doing business in China can leverage China Entercom’s extensive data and voice network including local, national and international toll-free access numbers.

“Globalisation continues to be a fact of doing business, so it was important that we reach this milestone with China Entercom to support the multinational conferencing needs of our customers,” said Dennis Choo, Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Premiere Global Services.

“Companies worldwide are looking for additional ways to save money in this challenging economy. By working with China Entercom, we can provide our customers around the world with a more cost-effective way to collaborate.”

“By using Premiere Global’s state of the art technology, China Entercom now is able to offer an additional product range to our portfolio. Founded in 2000, China Entercom provides ‘One-Stop Shop’ data network services and solutions that support application-oriented network infrastructure, value-added service, e-commerce, etc. We now look forward to offering conferencing to our clients in China,” said Cherry Sun, Chief Operation Officer, China Entercom.

China Entercom’s major shareholders, China International Trust and Investment Corporation Group (CITIC), and the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) have strong financial and government backgrounds. Having full licenses covering multi-communication services operations, China Entercom provides a wide range of telecom services and IT solutions to enterprises throughout the region.

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