A single network based on Avaya
Communication Manager traveling over an ATM wide area network (WAN) provided
by Deutsche Telecom will connect all the offices, and soon be pressed into
play to support the FIFA Confederations Cup Germany 2005 in June. On the ground, the ESPN STAR Sports Event
Management Group manages and promotes premier sporting events around Asia,
including the Asian X Games and the San Miguel Asian 9Ball Tour.

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Avaya is also gearing up communications at several of the stadiums to
support the event.
* During the 2002 FIFA World Cup(TM), Avaya 's network provided voice and
data services for groups such as the media, the 32 final teams and
every stadium across two countries.

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In each stadium, the critical network components will be fully duplicated
to secure the highest availability of the converged communication network even
in case of outages. Compared to
viewers in England, sports fans here get to watch ten matches each competition
week including a line-up of programming that covers predictions, highlights,
news and information as well as pre- and post-game analysis.

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Additionally, Avaya will provide converged voice and data infrastructure
and applications for the new, 48,000-seat stadium under construction in
Frankfurt. By the close of
the season, sports viewers in Asia would have seen up to 380 League matches
compared to the previous 165. Together with our FA package of
football rights, UEFA Champions League, Asian Football packages and Spanish
Primera Liga, it has reaffirmed our position as Asia 's most complete provider
of sports programming.

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The solutions in place fully serve our current
needs and will also fulfill our longer-term requirements for becoming a
central component of the new network deployed in 2006.

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From ten matches a week, a majority
of them live, to a variety of different magazine and news shows it is clear
that fans are getting far and above the usual football fix compared to fans in
England. (Peoplemeter)

ESPN STAR Sports is a 50:50 joint venture between two of the world's
leading cable and satellite broadcasters, ESPN Inc.E.

Contact:

Stephenie Vasko, ESPN STAR Sports
Tel: +65-6488-6126
Email: vaskos@espnstar.

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Avaya Gears Up Organizers and Stadiums for 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany

Following installation and testing in May this year, the system's
capabilities will be tested when Frankfurt Waldstadion hosts the opening ,
final and other matches for the FIFA Confederations Cup Germany 2005.

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ESPN STAR Sports Scores By Providing Most Comprehensive
Football Coverage of Asia's Most Popular TV Sport

SINGAPORE, March 2 /Xinhua -PRNewswire/ -- English Premier League viewers
across Asia are being served more football than in England on Asia's number
one sports broadcaster ESPN STAR Sports. All programmes include content and elements that
engage and involve viewer participation taking soccer entertainment to a whole
new level. League matches on ESPN STAR Sports continue to be the
top programming on cable, rating 10 times better than the best programme on
all other cable channels.

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ESPN STAR Sports boasts a stellar football programming schedule that also
includes coverage of some of the world's most-watched soccer tournaments
including the English Premier League, FA Cup, Senior and Under 21 England home
matches, World Cup and European Championship qualifiers, Spanish Primera Liga
and the UEFA Champion 's League among others. We bring the world's premier live sports and leading regional
events to viewers 24 hours a day.

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"Following the smooth running of the communications networks during the
2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea/Japan(TM), Avaya has clearly demonstrated its
ability to deliver seamless converged communications on the world stage," said
Doug Gardner, managing director of Avaya's FIFA World Cup (TM) program. "We
have already completed an installation at Cologne Stadium and are excited
about working on this new construction project in Frankfurt, and the role it
will have in the 2006 FIFA World Cup(TM).avaya.A and STAR Sports
Hong Kong.com.

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BASKING RIDGE, N., Preparations are
underway in Germany to ready the converged voice and data infrastructure that
will connect local FIFA organizers, stadiums, media, officials and thousands
of volunteers during the 2006 FIFA World Cup(TM), Avaya announced today.
The 2006 FIFA World Cup(TM) will be hosted in twelve cities across Germany
including: Berlin (final match stadium), Cologne , Dortmund, Frankfurt,
Gelsenkirchen, Hamburg, Hanover, Kaiserslautern, Leipzig, Munich (opening
match stadium), Nuremberg and Stuttgart. designs, builds and manages communications networks for more
than 1 million businesses worldwide, including over 90 percent of the FORTUNE
500(R). Driving the convergence of
voice and data communications with business applications -- and distinguished
by comprehensive worldwide services -- Avaya helps customers leverage existing
and new networks to achieve superior business results.
The network has also produced an unprecedented number of programmes
dedicated to the English Premier League. The programming
line-up includes staples Football Focus and Tiger First Edition hosted by John
Dykes, and new favourites like Football Crazy, an alternative football -based
show aimed at Asian youth.
This multilingual, online platform which is closely integrated with ESPN and
STAR Sports on air networks, has established the sites as the number one
on-line sports destination in their respective markets.

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The FIFA
Confederations Cup Germany 2005 is considered the final test for some national
teams before next year's big event. "Avaya already has a time-tested
record in provisioning the right products and allocating the best skilled
people for processing even the most complex of tasks, including the 2002 FIFA
World Cup(TM) and the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003. We have 13
networks -- ESPN Asia, ESPN India, ESPN Taiwan, ESPN Philippines, MBC-ESPN
(Korea), ESPN Singapore, ESPN Hong Kong, Xing Kong Sports, STAR Sports India,
STAR Sports Taiwan , STAR Sports Singapore, STAR Sports S.

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Focused on businesses large to small, Avaya is a world leader in
secure and reliable Internet protocol (IP) telephony systems and
communications software applications and services.

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"A bullet-proof communications network is essential for us in the
preparation stage and preliminary to make the forthcoming tournaments -- FIFA
Confederations Cup 2005 as well as the 2006 FIFA World Cup(TM) -- successful,"
said Mike Kelly, Head of FIFA IT Solution. Journalists reporting on the 2006 FIFA World
Cup(TM), will have a highly reliable and resilient network over which they may
access match information and transmit stories and photos.

Notes:
* Avaya converged voice and data infrastructure and applications
supporting offices and stadiums may include: Avaya Communication
Manager, powering Avaya S8700 Media Servers, Avaya G650 Media Gateways,
Avaya Network Infrastructure Switches, Wireless Access Points and IP
Devices.
Said Rik Dovey, Managing Director, ESPN STAR Sports: "We have invested a
great deal to strengthen and enhance our soccer coverage and programming.

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In 2003, Avaya installed a converged communications
network at the Cologne stadium that will easily expand to meet the voice and
data requirements to host the world's largest sporting event. Peak time
communications associated with FIFA World Cup(TM) matches can potentially
require 1,000 trunks and 2,500 extensions, an eightfold increase in the number
of ports normally required for a football stadium.S.

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* Contracts for the Cologne and Frankfurt stadiums are not part of
Avaya's sponsorship of the 2006 FIFA World Cup and were won in
conjunction with Deutsche Telekom.com .com

Cheryl Sim, ESPN STAR Sports
Tel: +65-6488-6134
Email: simc@espnstar.

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The League's 2004/2005 season is seen in 210 million homes across Asia
live and exclusive on ESPN STAR SPORTS. On-line ,
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With Avaya converged solutions already in place in half of 2006 FIFA
German Local Organizing Committee (LOC) venue offices, the remaining six sites
will be completed over the next month. For the current 2004/2005 season
alone, ESPN STAR Sports has produced a total of 10 programmes covering
predictions, highlights and the latest soccer information. We are Asia's
complete sports provider reaching over 110 million households for ESPN and
over 54 million households for STAR Sports (as of July 2004).

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As a result, we continue to
trust Avaya's solution as the best foundation for a state-of-the-art converged
communications infrastructure. This allows for uninterrupted, efficient communications
for German Organizing Committee employees, FIFA staff, as well as suppliers
and German Stadia operators. For more information
visit the Avaya website: http://www.

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The network's coverage of the English Premier League itself has scored its
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users providing them with in-depth sports news, results and competitions.

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About Avaya
Avaya Inc.
This unprecedented number of English Premier League programmes demonstrates
our commitment to deliver not only the most complete but the best coverage of
the League to sports fans across Asia. From the ratings, it is evident viewers appreciate
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software , systems and services, and the official converged communications
provider of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. This included 120,000 connections
and 40,000 endpoints among 20 stadiums
* For the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, following a late change in host
countries due to the SARs virus, Avaya equipped six U. In the last season alone, 8 out of 10
million people with cable in Asia tuned in weekly to watch the drama and
excitement of the EPL.