WHEREVER.net (Nasdaq:WNET), a worldwide leader in advanced IP-based communications solutions, announced today that China Netcom Corporation Ltd. (CNC), a major Chinese carrier, has signed an agreement to use WHEREVER.net's global network for IP-based communications. Under terms of the agreement, CNC will be able to offer its customers high quality, low cost VoIP services through international routing of voice and fax calls over WHEREVER.net's global network. For WHEREVER.net, the agreement extends its already significant presence in the Asian market by allowing termination of WHEREVER.net traffic onto CNC's network.

The collaboration with CNC is expected to result in significantly lower Cost of Service expenses for WHEREVER.net for delivery of its China-bound traffic. Both parties to the agreement will benefit from their joint provision of less expensive, higher-quality service to customers in the Greater China region and the world over.

China Netcom, the new telecommunications carrier in China, recently deployed CNCnet, an 8,000 mile fiber optic DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) network offering 40 gigabits per second carrying capacity to support its integrated IP-based communications services strategy.

"The addition of WHEREVER.net to our family of IP-based communications partners is significant for a number of reasons," stated Edward S. Tian, China Netcom's CEO. "WHEREVER.net brings a high-quality network with rapidly expanding global reach, a growing presence in Asia, and significant experience with international VoIP and virtual private network (VPN) solutions. Our relationship with WHEREVER.net will allow us to offer expanded services to our customers very quickly."

"China will be a driver of significant IP-based telephony traffic in the future and will continue to be a very important market for WHEREVER.net," said Johnny Lee, CEO of WHEREVER.net. "Our selection by CNC highlights the quality and expanse of our network, particularly in Asia, and should contribute even further to the tremendous growth we've seen for communications services over our IP network. With this agreement, WHEREVER.net becomes one of only a few foreign telecom players in the vast Chinese market. We look forward to working with CNC to provide the highest-quality IP-based telecommunications services regionally and globally."

About China Netcom Corporation Ltd.

China Netcom Corporation Ltd. (CNC) was established in August 1999 with investments from the Chinese Academy of Science, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television, the Ministry of Railways and the Shanghai Municipal Government. CNC has been created to build a new generation of telecommunications infrastructure and will provide a seamless platform form a range of integrated telecom services including data, voice, video, fax and other intelligent and value-added services. CNCnet is the first large scale, high-speed and broadband IP network of its kind in China. It is also a leader among global carriers in building a large scale high speed network which integrates both IP over DWDM and gigabit switching router technology. More information about CNC, please visit the company's Web site http:// www.cnc.net.cn.

About WHEREVER.net

WHEREVER.net is a leading provider of telephony solutions utilizing Internet protocol. First established in 1994, WHEREVER.net has developed an extensive global VoIP network with 105 Points-of-Presence (POPs) in countries around the world including: Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and the Netherlands. Utilizing WHEREVER.net's communications solutions, corporate and individual customers can cost-effectively complete voice and fax transmissions to virtually any country in the world using Internet protocol. Headquartered in Hong Kong, WHEREVER.net's current IP telecommunications product and service offerings include direct dialing IDD, Virtual Private Networks, Phone Cards and Value-added communications services.