Fantastic Network Solutions to Develop IT Infrastructure for Panama International Merchandise Mart, Latin America's Largest Business Marketplace


ATLANTA, December 15 /PRNewswire/ --

- US$67 Million Deal is the First Part of an Exclusive 10-Year
Partnership for 14 Projects Worldwide

Fantastic Network Solutions (FNS), a global provider of IT solutions
including voice, data and IP television, has signed a US$67 million agreement
with Panama International Merchandise Mart (PIMM), the largest business
marketplace in Latin America that brings together showrooms, merchants,
offices, hotels, a convention center and a host of services to create a
mini-city.

This is the first segment of an exclusive 10-year agreement under which
FNS will build the technology infrastructure and provide next generation
telephony, communications networks and IT support to 14 wholesale
merchandising developments planned by PIMM Holding Inc. worldwide. A rapidly
growing, Atlanta-based technology provider, FNS was selected because of its
expertise in creating, installing and operating advanced turnkey
communications systems.

PIMM's planned global expansion contemplates a multi-billion dollar
technology infrastructure investment along the next ten years. FNS's
technology infrastructure would total more than US$700 million.

In Panama, FNS will create a voice, data and content network to serve
tenants and merchants in PIMM's 34 showroom buildings, four hotels,
restaurants, convention center, ten office buildings, condos, apartments and
other properties. The firm also will provide a network operations center
building, support and maintenance, including on-site IT experts, a call
center for customer service and a voice recognition system with multiple
language capabilities.

Located near the Colon Free Zone in Panama, PIMM has been designed to
fill the void for companies and merchants wishing to partake in international
trade without the barriers of doing business in North America, leveraging
tax, financing and access advantages available in Panama. PIMM offers this
opportunity to global merchants, including those on the 2,500 tenant wait
list for space in the Colon Free Zone. With the FNS agreement, PIMM will now
also provide the highest level of IT offerings anywhere in the world.

"This agreement gives us a tremendous opportunity to prove our unrivaled
IT expertise and leadership across the world," said Dennis M. O'Leary,
Chairman and CEO of Fantastic Network Solutions. "Not only will we provide
cutting edge equipment and best of breed system design to each PIMM market,
but we also will manage and support all the IT and telecom services for
thousands of users, guaranteeing our firm a steady revenue stream."

"I am delighted to work with Nortel and Fantastic Networks. We are going
to be the first in the world to offer an artificial-intelligence telecom
system, which will allow our users to do business around the world and save
money," said Reynald H. Katz, President and CEO of PIMM Holding. "The US$67
million investment in this agreement, one of the largest ever made in Latin
America for a telecommunications system, is well worth it."

FNS is expected to complete work at PIMM Panama in 2010. A timetable is
being finalized for 14 future global deployments in several countries and
regions including the U.S., Canada, China, India, Europe, Australia, Russia,
South Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Venezuela,
Brazil and Mexico.

About Fantastic Network Solutions:

Fantastic Network Solutions is a global technology provider in the
business of selling, installing and servicing IT technology systems including
hardware and software that integrates telephone, internet, television and
"last mile" connections for those services. FNS is an authorized reseller of
Nortel Networks under and by virtue of an agreement with that firm.
www.fantasticnetwork.com

About Panama International Merchandise Mart

PIMM Holding Inc. is the holding company for Panama International
Merchandise Mart, S.A., a U.S.-based company that is expanding its operations
worldwide. PIMM Holding is currently in negotiations for expansion in the
U.S., Canada, China, India, Europe, Australia, Russia, South Africa, the
Middle East, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Brazil and Mexico.
www.pimmholding.com and www.pimm.com

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