PacificNet Linkhead to Hold Annual IVR Value-added Services and Video Application Conference and Annual NMS China User Conference

PacificNet Inc. (Nasdaq: PACT), a leading provider of Interactive Voice Response (IVR) platform, CRM and telemarketing services, call center, Direct Response Television (DRTV) and Value-Added Services (VAS) in China, announced today that its subsidiary PacificNet Linkhead to hold Voice Value-added Services and Video Application Conference and Annual NMS China User Conference from Mar. 24-26, 2006 in Nanchang, China. PacificNet, NMS and Linkhead's top management, senior engineers and other distinguished guests will attend and discuss the technology and application of mobile and IP video in China and some of the leading international operators will introduce their successful experience in implementing 3G.

Important clients, resellers, and partners, most of whom are telecom carriers, equipment manufacturers, service providers, technical providers, content providers, platform providers, telecom value-added service system integrators and operators, are also invited to attend this conference.

The conference is themed ''Creative Application and Opportunity of Voice, Video and ATCA Technology.'' ATCA, or The Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture (AdvancedTCA) is an open industry specification for building high-performance telecommunications and data communications systems. Developed by the PICMG consortium, AdvancedTCA is now poised to make considerable inroads into a market that has traditionally been dominated by vertically integrated proprietary systems. ATCA provides the telecommunications industry with an opportunity to adopt a standard architecture for a broad spectrum of products, including wireless access, wireless core networks, and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network elements. ATCA is gaining momentum in the telecom industry worldwide. ATCA is also finding its place in 3G deployment as it is delivering faster time-to-market, greater cost-efficiency and more flexibility as wireless vendors move to a common, open-standard hardware platform.

This 3-day annual user conference provides a valuable platform for PacificNet Linkhead's customers, VARs, resellers and channel partners to discuss in details on PacificNet Linkhead's latest solutions for the IVR and Voice-based VAS and our partner NMS's new technology, products, advanced application of 3G video. In addition, attendees in the telecom VAS industry will discuss the status and opportunities of IMS, mobile and IP video service, application of video value-added service on mobile network and NGN network, and how to capitalize on the fast-approaching 3G deployment in China.

Concurrently, PacificNet Linkhead's technology partner NMS Communications (Nasdaq: NMSS) will elaborate on its newly developed products, including Video Interactive Services, Vision Media Servers, Mobile and IP Video Services, Advanced Video Applications, IMS Network Elements Based on Advanced ATCA. NMS has been engaged in providing advanced solutions and services for developers to develop up-to-date applications to win customers and grab market shares, so its strategic plan in 2006 is expected to promote customers' business to a higher level.

About PacificNet

PacificNet Inc. ( http://www.PacificNet.com ), through its subsidiaries, invests in and operates companies that provide outsourcing and Value-Added Services (VAS) in China, such as call centers, telemarketing, direct response television (DRTV) marketing, CRM, interactive voice response (IVR), mobile applications, and communications product distribution services. PacificNet's clients include the leading telecos, banks, insurance, travel, marketing, and business services companies, and telecom consumers, in Greater China. PacificNet's corporate clients include China Telecom, China Mobile, Unicom, PCCW, Hutchison Telecom, Bell24, SONY, TCL, Huawei, American Express, Citibank, HSBC, Bank of China, Bank of East Asia, DBS, TNT, and Hong Kong Government. PacificNet employs over 2,500 staff in its various subsidiaries throughout China with offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and branch offices in 26 provinces in China, and is headquartered in Minneapolis USA and Hong Kong.

About Linkhead

Beijing Linkhead Technologies Ltd. ( http://www.Linkhead.com ) is a leading value- added telecom service (VAS) provider, interactive voice response (IVR) development company, and Color Ring-Back Tone system provider in China. Linkhead's clients and revenue-sharing partners include some of the leading telecom operators in China such as China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom, UTStarcom, etc.

About NMS Communications

NMS Communications (Nasdaq: NMSS) is a leading provider of technologies and solutions for mobile applications and infrastructure. NMS products enable new mobile voice, data, and video applications and improve the performance and quality of wireless networks, helping our customers grow their revenues and profits. Customers and partners include the world's leading telecom equipment providers, system integrators, communication developers, and mobile and fixed- line network operators.

Safe Harbor Statement

This Company's announcement contains forward-looking statements. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about our beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, PacificNet's historical and possible future losses, limited operating history, uncertain regulatory landscape in China, fluctuations in quarterly operating results. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in PacificNet's Form 10K and other filings with the SEC.

For more information, please contact:

PacificNet USA office:

Jacob Lakhany

Tel: +1-605-229-6678

PacificNet Beijing office:

Ada Yu

Tel: +86-10-6495-4330 x158

23/F, Tower A, TimeCourt, No.6 Shuguang Xili,

Chaoyang District, Beijing, China 100028

Email: investor@pacificnet.com

CEOcast, Inc. for PacificNet

Ed Lewis

Tel: +1-212-732-4300

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