Cricket Selects Openet Telecom's FusionWorks™ Mediation

March 18, 2004, Dublin, Ireland and Reston, VA; Openet Telecom, a world leader in real-time charging, convergent mediation and rating, today announced that Cricket Communications, Inc. has selected Openet's FusionWorks Mediation solution for its innovative, unlimited local service. Cricket will use FusionWorks Mediation to support critical business analysis of inter-carrier voice traffic over its wireless networks.

John Rainger, CEO of Openet, states “We are thrilled by Cricket's selection of Openet's FusionWorks Mediation solution, and proudly add them to our growing customer base. Cricket's commitment to innovative services is a good match for FusionWorks Mediation's rules-based architecture, which provides the flexibility to introduce new services and features quickly and easily, as market demands change.”

About Openet

Openet is a leading worldwide provider of event processing and transaction management solutions. The Transactional Intelligence of the company's solutions extracts increased value from diverse service provider networks, enabling rapid introduction of new services and reliable, cost-effective management of existing services. Openet is focused on delivering best-in-class network edge solutions and specialized engagement processes that create business value from network activity. A global company, Openet's implementations include long-running engagements with the world's leading service providers such as British Telecom, Orange, AT&T and Verizon Wireless. For more information, visit www.openet.com.

For further information:
Openet
Andrea Kavanagh
Phone: +353 1 620 4600
Email: Andrea.Kavanagh@openet.com

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SHIFT Communications
Megan Lane
Phone: 617-681-1254
Email: mlane@shiftcomm.com