Aricent, a KKR and Sequoia Company, Appoints Sanjay Dhawan as President and Chief Operating Officer

Aricent, the full-service, full-spectrum communications software
company, today announced the appointment of Sanjay Dhawan as president
and chief operating officer (COO). Dhawan brings to his position more
than 23 years´ experience in the communications technology industry.
Since joining Aricent as chief strategy officer in 2006, Dhawan has
overseen several business units and delivered record-breaking
financial results. In his new role as president and COO, Dhawan will
steer Aricent´s multiple business units, sales organization, strategic
business initiatives and numerous corporate functions.

"Sanjay Dhawan´s proven leadership skills, endless energy and
complete commitment to Aricent have been inspirational to everyone
around him since he joined the company in 2006," said Ash Bhardwaj,
chief executive officer, Aricent. "During our most recently completed
quarter, Sanjay´s leadership resulted in the highest quarterly revenue
in Aricent history."

"The communications sector is one of the most dynamic markets in
the global economy, with new opportunities and possibilities emerging
each day," said Sanjay Dhawan, president and COO, Aricent. "I am
delighted to take on this new role at Aricent and am positive that
with the continued support of clients, employees and partners, Aricent
will reach even greater heights."

Prior to Aricent, Dhawan was chairman, CEO and co-founder of Inkra
Networks, where he helped the company to define the virtual networking
market segment through its line of virtual data center technologies.
Before starting Inkra, he was vice president of business development
at Netopia, a leader in DSL access products. He fueled rapid growth at
Netopia by focusing on sales to service providers in Europe and Asia.
Dhawan joined Netopia when it acquired StarNet Technologies, a pioneer
in voice-over-DSL technology, which he co-founded and led as its
president and CEO.

Dhawan holds a Masters of Science degree in electrical engineering
from Brunel University, England and a Bachelor of Science degree in
electronics and communications from REC Kurukshetra, India.

About Aricent

With corporate offices in Palo Alto, California, Aricent is a
full-service, full-spectrum communications software company. Aricent
offers software services and products that enable the world´s leading
communications equipment manufacturers, device manufacturers and
service providers to improve time-to-revenue and maximize efficiency.
Owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR), Sequoia Capital and
Flextronics International Ltd., Aricent has more than 350 clients
worldwide, including Airtel, Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco Systems, Ericsson,
Inmarsat, Juniper, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Texas
Instruments, Virgin Mobile and Vodafone. For more information, visit
www.aricent.com.

Aricent is a trademark of Aricent, Inc. in the United States
and/or other jurisdictions.