TNS Goes Live with NASDAQ OMX Europe

RESTON, Va.--(Business Wire)--
Transaction Network Services` (NYSE:TNS) Secure Trading Extranet now offers
connectivity to NASDAQ OMX Europe.

The deal makes NASDAQ OMX Europe available to TNS` 1,500-strong financial
community of interest, which includes buy and sell side institutions, trading
application providers, stock exchanges, electronic communications networks
(ECN`s) and alternative trading systems across the Americas, Europe and the Asia
Pacific region. Existing and new users of the multilateral trading facility
(MTF) will also be able to use TNS for fast, secure and reliable connectivity
under the terms of the agreement.

John Owens, Vice President of Exchanges and ECNs for TNS` Financial Services
Division, said: "We are delighted to be working with NASDAQ OMX Europe and see
this very much as a win-win situation for all involved. Increasing the number of
alternative trading venues connected to our Secure Trading Extranet gives our
customers more choice when making trading decisions, while for NASDAQ OMX
Europe, linking to our network makes it easier for organisations to do business
with it.

"NASDAQ OMX Europe is a dynamic new platform and we anticipate many market
participants will be interested in learning more about what it has to offer. We
are pleased to be helping the team as the MTF carves out its position in the
industry."

Todd Golub, Vice President and COO of NASDAQ OMX Europe added: " We are
committed to providing a superior trading experience for our participants
through initiatives such as order routing, high speed trading with extremely low
latency and highly competitive pricing. Our connection to TNS` Secure Trading
Extranet will play a role in helping us achieve this. Through TNS we are able to
offer our customers a greater choice in how they connect to us and satisfy a
growing demand for ultra-efficient, high-speed trading."

TNS` extensive client community incorporates over 1,500 financial community
end-points, representing buy- and sell-side institutions, market data and
software vendors, exchanges and alternative trading venues.

For further information about TNS log onto www.tnsfinancial.com

About Transaction Network Services

Transaction Network Services (TNS) is an international data communications
company that enables payments, money and voices to move around the world.

TNS` mission is to enable the world to transact. It does this through a broad
range of networking, communications and value added services, which it provides
to many of the world`s leading retailers, banks/processors, telecommunications
companies and financial markets.

Since its inception in 1990, TNS has designed and implemented multiple data
networks, each designed specifically for the transport of transaction-oriented
data. TNS' networks support a variety of widely accepted communications
protocols and are designed to be scalable and accessible by multiple methods.
Today, TNS has offices throughout the world serving customers in 28 countries
with the ability to provide services in other countries.

For further information about TNS, visit www.tnsi.com.

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Ptarmigan Bell Pottinger
Paul Rogers/ Kelly Gough
Tel: +44 (0)113 237 2821
paulr@ptarmiganpr.co.uk
kelly@ptarmiganpr.co.uk
or
TNS
Clare Cockroft
Tel: +44 (0)114 292 6416
ccockroft@tnsi.com

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