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AsiaInfo Announces Share Repurchase Program

BEIJING and SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 11 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. (''AsiaInfo'') (Nasdaq: ASIA), a leading provider of telecom software solutions and security products and services in China, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program under which AsiaInfo may repurchase up to 4 million shares, or approximately 9%, of its outstanding common stock, par value US$0.01.

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''The establishment of this share repurchase program reflects the confidence of our management and Board of Directors in AsiaInfo's future,'' said Steve Zhang, AsiaInfo's President and Chief Executive Officer.

Under the program, AsiaInfo may, from time to time for a period of 90 days, depending on market conditions, share price and other factors, make one or more purchases, on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions, of up to 4 million shares of common stock. Such purchases under the program will be made in accordance with applicable law and subject to any required regulatory approvals. Any common stock repurchased by AsiaInfo will become part of its treasury stock and may be used by AsiaInfo to finance or execute acquisitions, equity incentive plans, or other arrangements.

About AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc.

AsiaInfo Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASIA) is a leading provider of high- quality telecom software solutions and security products and services to some of China's largest enterprises as well as many small and medium sized companies in China. An established leader in the Chinese telecommunications industry, AsiaInfo became a leading provider of security products and services in China with the acquisition of Lenovo's non-telecom related IT services business in 2004.

Organized as a Delaware corporation, AsiaInfo began operations in the United States in 1993. The Company moved major operations to China in 1995 and played a significant role in the construction of the national backbones and provincial access networks for all of China's major national telecom carriers, including China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom and China Netcom. Since 1998, AsiaInfo has continued diversifying its product offerings and is now a major provider of telecom software solutions in China.

For more information about AsiaInfo, please visit http://www.asiainfo.com .

The information contained in this document is as of January 11, 2006. AsiaInfo assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this document as a result of new information or future events or developments.

This document contains forward-looking information about AsiaInfo's operating results and business prospects that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. You can identify these statements by the fact that they use words such as "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "project," "intend," "plan," "believe," and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial performance. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: government telecommunications infrastructure and budgetary policy in China; our ability to maintain our concentrated customer base; the long and variable cycles for our products and services that can cause our revenues and operating results to vary significantly from period to period; our ability to meet our working capital requirements; our ability to retain our executive officers; our ability to attract and retain skilled personnel; potential liabilities we are exposed to because we extend warranties to our customers; risks associated with cost overruns and delays; our ability to develop or acquire new products or enhancements to our software products that are marketable on a timely and cost-effective basis; our ability to adequately protect our proprietary rights; the competitive nature of the markets we operate in; political and economic policies of the Chinese government. A further list and description of these risks, uncertainties, and other matters can be found in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, and in our periodic reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K (if any) filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and available at http://www.sec.gov .

For more information, please contact:

Eileen Chu

AsiaInfo Technologies (China), Inc.

Tel: +86-10-8216-6017

Email: ir@asiainfo.com

Christina Splinder

Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide

Tel: +86-10-8520-6550

Email: Christina.Splinder@ogilvy.com

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