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Green Packet makes inroads into Indonesia

2007-11-14
Green Packet Media Center

Deployment of SONmetro with local telco Infoasia

KUALA LUMPUR, 14 November 2007 – Green Packet Berhad (“Green Packet”) has made a major breakthrough into Indonesia by teaming up with local telco operator PT Infoasia Teknologi Global Tbk. (“Infoasia”)

Infoasia will be deploying Green Packet’s SONmetro in certain residential areas in the capital city of Jakarta for the rollout of mesh wireless broadband services. The target markets are personal home users, small office home office (SOHO), internet cafes, schools, universities, corporates and malls.

“Infoasia is going to deploy city wide mesh WiFi network with mobility capability in few major cities in Indonesia. We have been talking to several other solution providers and have chosen Green Packet with their SONMetro solution. We are excited and will have our first pilot project with Green Packet ready before end of this year,” said Noviana Halim, the Vice President Director of Infoasia.

“Indonesia is the World’s fourth most populous after China, India and USA. With current population of close to 240 million and broadband users only made up 0.9 million in 2007, which is less than 0.4% penetration rate, the prospects are indeed immense,” said Kelvin Lee, Green Packet’s Worldwide Solutions Group General Manager.

“We are excited to be working with Infoasia, an established telco operator in our first foray into Indonesia. The choice of Infoasia to deploy our proven SONmetro solutions is a vote of confidence and is expected to raise our profile in Indonesia” said Kelvin.

In July this year, Green Packet, in partnership with Kalaam Telecom Bahrain BSC (c) (“Kalaam Telecom”), rolled out its wireless broadband network successfully in Bahrain. Kalaam Telecom’s fixed wireless broadband in partnership with Green Packet as the technology and infrastructure provider is the first operational wireless internet in Bahrain. Deployment has already started in Juffair.

Meanwhile, Green Packet has also released its third quarter financial results. For the nine (9)-month period ended 30 September 2007, Green Packet registered a revenue of RM96.38 million which represented a growth of 72.7% compared to the same corresponding period in 2006. However, pre-tax profit before exceptional gain decreased to RM30.65 million from RM35.63 million in the same corresponding period last year. There was a one-off exceptional gain of RM5.19 million due to gain of dilution in share of net assets of associate company last year. The slight decrease in pre-tax profit was due to the temporary slow down in solution orders from China telcos in anticipation of the award of 3G licenses ahead of China hosting the Olympic Games in August 2008. Nevertheless, the 3G award for the China telcos will be a positive catalyst for Green Packet in the long run because there will be solution requirement for integration of 3G and other existing networks. Lower contribution from its associate companies and the higher initial operating costs incurred for its broadband business have also subdued the growth.

“Green Packet has sales emerging from its other key regions in Southeast Asia and Middle East and North Africa which will serve to cushion the temporary hiccup in sales from China. Additionally, the prospects of China telcos receiving 3G licence would outweigh any temporary slow down,” said Puan Chan Cheong, Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Green Packet.

About PT Infoasia Teknologi Global Tbk (Infoasia)
Infoasia is a public listed company listed on the Jakarta Stock Exchange since 2001. The company specialises in integrated communication and multi media services. The Company is a Next Generation Network service provider (NGN) who is in the line of internet services businesses, wireless communication service provider, cable TV operator, voice and data traffic trading and wholesaling, VPN provider, VoIP operator, NAP (Network Access Point) operator, distributor of IT products, e-commerce business networking and integration and satellite services business. Infoasia is going to deploy major wireless mobility capability for both fixed and mobile solution in major cities in Indonesia. Infoasia network is an MPLS ready and specializing in IP technology.

About Green Packet Berhad (Green Packet)
Green Packet is a leading global developer of Next Generation Mobile Broadband Networking Solutions. Green Packet’s mission is to provide a seamless and unified platform for the delivery of user centric multimedia communication and services regardless of the nature and availability of the backbone infrastructure.

Green Packet's SONaccess is designed to enable fixed-mobile convergence, WLAN-cellular integration and secure seamless roaming across multiple networks. Its primary feature is the concurrent delivery of all media types – voice, data and video – to an easy-to-use graphical user interface, independent of location and type of networks.

Green Packet's SONbuddy is a software that turns each Wi-Fi device into an intelligent router so that they automatically organize a multi-hop self-healing network without the need for an access point or other wireless infrastructure. All the users within this Self Organizing Network (“SON”) can communicate with each other using the built-in applications like VoIP, Instant Messaging, File Exchange and Screen Sharing.

Green Packet’s SONmetro solution, designed for metropolitan coverage, is an innovative mesh-network solution over Wi-Fi that provides the ultimate wireless broadband experience using Opportunity Driven Multiple Access (ODMA) technology that adapts to available transmission opportunities. This enables the provision of wireless broadband connectivity at GSM type coverage with DSL/Cable data speeds at a cost relatively lower than most wireless solutions.

For more information about Green Packet, visit www.greenpacket.com