Aricent Achieves Record Business Performance

Company Generates Record Revenue, Significant Customer Wins, Strategic
Investment and Company Accolades

PALO ALTO, Calif., June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Aricent, a global innovation,
technology and services company focused exclusively on communications, today
announced record revenue for its fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, capping a
challenging year filled with a number of significant company milestones and
achievements.

"While the global economic conditions over the past year were quite
challenging, I am extremely proud of our team and our performance as a
company," said Sudip Nandy, chief executive officer of Aricent. "Not only did
we achieve the highest revenue in the history of the company, we are seeing
increased customer awareness of and preference for our unique combination of
innovation, products, and services. Our industry continues to undergo
unprecedented change, and we are thrilled to be deeply engaged with our
customers as they shape the future of communications."

Aricent achieved record business results in its fiscal year ending March 31,
2009. Highlights include:
-- Exceeded $460 million in revenue, the highest annual revenue in the
company's history;
-- Launched the award-winning Celltop, a mobile client framework that
enables the delivery of next-generation content, commerce and
communication services;
-- Received additional strategic funding from KKR and The Family Office;
-- Appointed ex-Wipro executive Sudip Nandy as CEO;
-- Announced ex-Accenture CEO Joe Forehand as Chairman of the Board;
-- Released new products for Long Term Evolution (LTE), Home Gateways and
Metro Ethernet;
-- Announced several new customers, including Sprint, Sony Ericsson, and
TDC;

-- Selected to multiple top business lists, including Global Services
Magazine's selection of Aricent as a Top 100 Global Services
Company.

James H. Greene Jr., member of KKR added, "The past year was a tremendous test
for businesses globally. Aricent's performance during this period is further
validation of the strength of the company's vision, and more importantly,
clear evidence of the value customers perceive in the company's solutions and
services."

About Aricent
Aricent is a global innovation, technology and services company focused
exclusively on communications. Aricent combines the leading innovation
capabilities of frog design with unparalleled domain expertise in
communications as a strategic supplier to the world's foremost infrastructure,
application and service providers. The company's investors include Kohlberg
Kravis Roberts & Co., Sequoia Capital, The Family Office and Flextronics
International Ltd. For more information, visit http://www.aricent.com.

Keywords & tags: Aricent, KKR, Sprint, Intel, Sony Ericsson, The Family
Office, Sprint, Sony Ericsson, TDC, Long Term Evolution, CellTop, Global
Services

Aricent is a trademark of Aricent Inc., in the United States and other
jurisdictions. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.

SOURCE Aricent

Steve Manuel, Sr. Director, Corporate Marketing of Aricent, +1-650-391-1621,
steve.manuel@aricent.com; or Americas, Chris Lalli of Cohn & Wolfe,
+1-415-365-8540, chris.lalli@cohnwolfe.com; or Europe, Paula Muezerie of
AxiCom, +44 208 392 4081, aricent@axicom.com; or India, Shikha Singh Sehrawat
of Text 100, +91 981 175 7369, shikhas@text100.co.in, all for Aricent