Ariantec Inks Deal as Value Added Master Distributor for Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Solutions)

Kuala Lumpur : ICT-based company, Ariantec Sdn Bhd (A member of Metronic Global Berhad) is confident of more than 100% jump in turnover to RM 55mil for its financial year ending December 31, 2008, boosted by the master distributorship of Alcatel-Lucent's enterprise communication solutions.

Ariantec Sdn Bhd (A member of Metronic Global Berhad) - an ICT-based value-added distributor providing customized network infrastructure and managed security solutions to enterprises from Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan and Singapore, announced today its official appointment as Value-Added Master Distributor and signing of memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Alcatel-Lucent.

" We have decided to partner with Alcatel-Lucent because of its vision and leadership in the competitive transformation of enterprise and government customers by delivering secure, end-to-end, business-critical communications solutions that enable new business generation" said Mr. Vincent Loy (Ariantec Executive Director).

Alcatel-Lucent has a complete portfolio of mission-critical communication solutions and services that addresses the needs of today's enterprises, enabling them to turn their communication network into a competitive weapon, while creating profitable and long lasting customer relationships, and boosting employee productivity.

Alcatel-Lucent's proven expertise in industry-specific communication requirements enables Enterprises and Governments to make the best use of every interaction with their customers, suppliers and partners by:
- Transforming network to deliver combined voice, video and data communications across a single secure all-IP network.
- Transforming services to increase employee productivity and reduce business latency with unified communications, real-time collaboration tools and mobility that spans enterprise and carrier networks.
- Transforming business to optimize customer relationships through personalized and consistent interactions and communication-enabled business processes.
Ariantec has a well-established local presence, intimate market knowledge and extensive technical skills. Leveraging on Alcatel-Lucent's range of advanced and open communication solutions, for enterprises, Ariantec can help customers in Malaysia optimize business processes by delivering high-performance voice, data and video solutions that reduce cost and improve efficiency productivity.

Ariantec is a reputable company with world class technology with a wide network of channel partners able to meet local market requirements of specific sectors such as Education, Telecom, Government, Utilities and SME.

For further media information, please contact:

Vincent Loy
Executive Director
Ariantec Sdn Bhd
www.ariantec.com
Email: vincent.loy@ariantec.com