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Belgacom Goes beyond the ´Edge´ in Pioneering the Use of RawFlow´s Hybrid Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Technology across its Telco Infrastructure



    Belgium´s largest Telco provider Belgacom has given the seal of
    approval for RawFlow´s award winning state of the art proprietary P2P
    technology.

    The deal will see Belgacom´s subsidiary Telindus integrated into
    RawFlow´s Global iCDN network as well as rolling out RawFlow´s P2P
    content distribution technology across its expansive Telco
    infrastructure.

    Mikkel Dissing, President of RawFlow comments: "We are very happy
    to be working with Telindus alongside Belgacom. Having recently
    announced 99.7% broadband penetration in Belgium, Belgacom is one of
    the world leaders in Broadband provision and have a network over which
    RawFlow´s P2P technology will create substantial enhancements and
    savings. We solve distribution problems by going beyond the ´edge´
    directly to the customers".

    John Vanhoucke, manager of the Belgacom Telindus Streaming Media
    Competence Centre commented: "Telindus are very pleased to be fore
    runners in adopting RawFlow´s P2P technology to expand our live
    streaming capabilities across our Telco infrastructure".

    After months of rigorous testing and benchmarking against fierce
    competition, RawFlow´s proprietary P2P solution delivered the most
    reliable, scalable, cost efficient and high quality live streaming
    broadcasts.

    The approval of RawFlow´s hybrid CDN which augments their
    proprietary P2P technology signifies a ´thumbs up´ for the use of P2P
    technology in the Telco sector and demonstrates the real and proven
    benefits over unicasting. This is further reinforced by test cases
    carried out by major Telco´s in Europe including French National
    broadcaster TF1 (www.TF1.com).

    RawFlow have recently launched iCDN, a free no obligation trial
    with the first 1000GB of data transfer for free. Visit www.Rawflow.com
    to find out more.

    NOTES TO EDITORS

    About Telindus

    Telindus is a group of companies which offer ICT services and
    solutions to the corporate and public sector internationally. They
    also offer management and support services in relation to their ICT
    contracts. The company was founded by John Cordier in 1969. In 2005,
    Telindus achieved a turnover of EUR 618 million. It has 2,750
    employees, and is present in 14 western European countries and in
    Hungary, China, and Thailand. Telindus has its headquarters in
    Belgium. In January 2006, Telindus joined the Belgacom Group as an IT
    services subsidiary. For more information please see www.telindus.be
    or www.telindus.co.uk

    About Belgacom

    Belgacom is the incumbent Telco operator in Belgium having
    replaced the RTT (the national telegraph and telephone company), in
    1930. The Belgacom Group is Belgium´s reference provider of integrated
    telecommunication services. In 2006 Belgacom acquired Telindus and
    strengthened its offer of IT and network integration services for the
    corporate and professional markets. This year the Belgacom Group
    launched its first bundled offers combining fixed/mobile telephony,
    ADSL and television. Belgacom´s management committee is led by
    President and CEO, Didier Bellens. Further information can be found at
    Belgacom.

    About RawFlow

    RawFlow is a leading provider of live peer-to-peer streaming
    technology that enables broadcasters, CDN´s and webcasters to maximize
    the scalability. RawFlow was founded and managed by an experienced
    team of Internet entrepreneurs in 2000. In 2005, RawFlow received
    financial backing by leading venture capital firm Benchmark. RawFlow
    has also recently launched Selfcast (www.selfcast.com) - a new
    platform for User Generated Broadcasting. Further information can be
    found at www.rawflow.com.