John H. Lee heads T-Systems’ ICT operations in Asia-Pacific

Singapore, May 9, 2008. T-Systems has appointed John H. Lee as Senior Vice President of ICT Operations in Asia-Pacific. As ICT Head of Asia-Pacific based in Singapore, John’s main responsibilities will include driving growth in the Asia-Pacific region and developing the Malaysia location into a point of production as part of the global ICT expansion strategy.

“John is a renowned expert in the ICT businesses. His experience and regional orientation, accompanied by his outstanding market and product knowledge will help drive this region’s growth momentum”, emphasized Nicolas Soergel, T-Systems’ Head of Asia Pacific region. In Asia-Pacific, T-Systems provides ICT solutions to multinational customers including Airbus, Allianz, Bosch, Infineon Technologies, Mitsubishi Motors, Volkswagen and Shell.

Since mid-2004, John had been responsible for "Integrated Technology Services" as Head of British Telecom ITS Asia Pacific. Before that, John was Head of Solutions Design at SITA/SC Asia-Pacific. John also served in Equant Network Services as their Regional Manager for Business Support and Director for Professional services. John was on the leadership team of Asia Global Crossing as their Technical Director for Asia Pacific; and with Apple as a Systems Engineering Consultant, with Digital Equipment as their Network Business Manager, and Standard Chartered Bank as their regional Telecommunications Manager.

John has a Master of Science in computer science at Birbeck College, University of London. He also has a Bachelor of Science (Combined Honours) in business management and computer science from Aston University in Birmingham.

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TM AND T-SYSTEMS START PROVISIONING OF JOINT TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES IN MALAYSIA

Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) and T-Systems Singapore Pte Ltd (T-Systems) today announced their plan to provide joint telecommunications services in Malaysia. The services provided by TM will allow T-Systems to have direct access to its Global Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) IP-based network, which delivers state-of-the-art global IP solutions to 266 cities in 50 countries. The service has been fully operational since December 2007 and is managed by TM with full support provided by T-Systems.

This collaboration between the two companies, offers a seamless connection from Malaysia via T-Systems’ global network to regions like Europe, Americas and the rest of Asia. In Asia, T-Systems provides facilities in all of the region's major cities, seamlessly connecting Asia to the rest of its global network.

The service will provide global interconnection for Malaysia, and customers will be able to enjoy network services of the highest quality in terms of performance, with lower latency and a more cost-effective global backbone. The IP-based solutions and services available include International Private Line, high-speed Internet access, Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network (IP VPN) and other collaboration services agreed by the parties. Conversely, customers may also ride on TM’s global network, which covers among others, the Middle East, Africa and South Asia.

Dieter Sieber, Head of Telecommunications Operations for T-Systems in Asia-Pacific said, "Malaysia is fast becoming a key market for T-Systems and we are pleased to have expanded our IP infrastructure in response to growing customer demand in Malaysia. Customers increasingly require reliable bandwidth-intensive applications, which need a highly advanced network, and this is exactly what T-Systems' network was built for.”

Dato’ Zam Isa, Chief Executive Officer, Malaysia Business, TM said, “TM has been collaborating with strategic partners, both domestically and internationally, in its continuous effort to provide customers a diverse range of high-quality services with wider service coverage. This collaboration represents TM’s commitment in expanding its position and footprint as one of the leading regional service providers, which offers end-to-end solutions to meet its customers’ continually changing needs.”

T-Systems has also seen a strong rise in the demand for international telecommunication services from multinational corporations (MNCs). This rise comes as MNCs increase their expansion drive into new regions as part of economic globalization. As a result, these MNCs are turning to T-Systems in search of flexible and high quality solutions, which offer cost-effective connectivity into the regions they are expanding into.