TNS Adds the Personal Touch with New Office in Hong Kong

Transaction Network Services (NYSE:TNS), a world leader in electronic trading data connectivity, has opened an office in Hong Kong to enhance its presence within the Asia-Pacific region. Supporting TNS’ Financial Services Division (FSD), this new office will further augment TNS’ services for customers in one of the world’s most influential financial centres and target nearby emerging countries, such as China. The Hong Kong office is the latest addition to a growing list of established TNS locations across the Asia-Pacific region that already includes Japan, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, India and Australia. "The opening of our Hong Kong office is a reflection of the economic growth sweeping the region,” comments John Pilch, Regional Sales Director, "Our presence here recognises that new and existing customers benefit from local, partnership driven support to complement our global services.” Alex Walker, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Financial Services Division, said: "Asia-Pacific is the fastest growth market in the world, and represents significant opportunities for TNS to drive new business that will support this expansion. As China continues to open its doors to the rest of the world, Asia’s influence on global trade will increase and drive demand for fast, secure and robust data communications from a network capable of connecting to any location in the world. We’re delighted to be here.” With over 120 points-of-presence, TNS provides services to customers in 28 countries across North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, with its reach extending to many more. Financial institutions using TNS’ network can access a variety of mission critical trade-related messages, data and applications, which support order routing, trade executions, direct market access and algorithmic trading. About TNS 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. Statements and information contained in our press releases and newsletters that are not descriptions of historical fact may contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other factors beyond our control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or performance and from any opinions or statements expressed with respect to future periods. www.tnsi.com Approval Procedure Please review this article and, if you wish to discuss the copy or make amendments, contact Paul / Kelly at Ptarmigan or Clare/Beka at TNS. Once you have approved the copy, please enter the approval date and return to Ptarmigan. Title: Hong Kong Office Opening APPROVAL PROCEDURE   DATE (UK) RECEIVED     DRAFT APPROVED Clare Cockroft 17.07.2008 18.07.2008 John Pilch 18.07.2008 21.07.2008 Alex Walker 21.07.2008 07.08.2008 Alan Schwartz 07.08.2008 07.08.2008 Legal – Jim McLaughlin, Mike McCarthy 07.08.2008 08.08.2008 Ray Low, Henry Graham 11.08.2008 11.08.2008 Denny Randolph 11.08.2008 11.08.2008 Please note: This release will be circulated to the trade and technical press. The information may also be submitted for use in brochures, on the TNS website and in-house magazines.