SINGAPORE -- Pacific Internet Limited ("PacNet") (Nasdaq: PCNTF - News), Asia Pacific's largest telco-independent Internet communications service provider by geographic reach, today announced the appointment of its new Managing Director for its India operations, in a move that strengthens the Company's commitment to this growth market.

Mr. Raj Metrani joins Pacific Internet with more than 16 years of experience in the information technology (IT) and Telco industries. His appointment comes at a significant time in PacNet India's history, as Mr. Raman Palaniappan achieves a successful turn-around of the operation, and CEO Mr. Phey Teck-Moh prepares for a more aggressive push into the market as part of the Company's five-year strategic business plan.

"Raman's commitment to strengthening the position of PacNet India in the Indian market was instrumental in laying the foundations for its next phase of growth and we would like to thank him for his past contributions," said Mr. Phey.

"With Raman's departure, the time is right to appoint an India-based Managing Director to oversee the national operations and to identify the fastest growth opportunities."

Before joining PacNet India, Mr. Metrani was Director of Operations for Cable & Wireless India. In this role, he was responsible for the business services team on the sales of managed bandwidth, network integration, call centre solutions, managed network services, remote infrastructure management, security services and audits. During this period, he was responsible for off-shoring four key lines of business from the UK to India, increasing revenue from US$1 million to US$10.8 million in four years.

Prior to his time at Cable & Wireless, Mr. Metrani successfully held key roles in Business Development, Sales, Channel Management and Marketing operations at Motorola and ASCOM.

Mr. Phey said, "PacNet's India business is founded on providing high-end wide area network (WAN) access technologies to multi-national and national companies."

"I believe that with his many years of sales and operational experience working for leading players in the market, together with his status as a well-known professional in the field, Raj is the right person to take PacNet India's operations to new levels of success in this burgeoning technology area," he said.

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