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March 21, 2006 11:34 AM US Eastern Timezone

RosettaNet Announces New Appointments Within Executive Committee; Nokia, DHL Executives Enhance Business and Technical Expertise on Consortium's Councils

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2006--RosettaNet announced today the appointments of Matti Heikkila, Vice President Strategy and Business Development at Nokia, as chairman of the RosettaNet Executive Committee and Bob Sartor, Director, Industry & Customer Programs at DHL, as vice-chairman. In these roles, Mr. Heikkila and Mr. Sartor will provide oversight and leadership to RosettaNet's global councils.

RosettaNet is a consortium of more than 500 companies representing $1 trillion in annual revenues that create and implement industry-wide business process standards. RosettaNet is a subsidiary of GS1 US(TM), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the adoption and implementation of standards-based, global supply chain solutions.

"I look forward to the value that Mr. Heikkila and Mr. Sartor will bring to the RosettaNet consortium," says Herman Stiphout, president of RosettaNet. "They each have an excellent track record of successful leadership and are steadfast in their commitment to work with RosettaNet members and their trading partners to develop standards that provide a healthy return on investment."

Mr. Heikkila brings more than 30 years of industry experience to his new position at RosettaNet. Currently he works as Vice President for Strategy and Business Development at Customer and Market Operations in Nokia. Customer and Market Operations is responsible for marketing, sales, sourcing, manufacturing and logistics for mobile devices from Mobile Phones, Multimedia and Enterprise Solutions business groups globally. He served as an officer of RosettaNet's Telecom Council where he helped drive standards initiatives throughout the telecommunications industry.

Heikkila said, "RosettaNet is one of the world's great consortiums, with a proud history of innovation and outstanding talent. It's an honor to join its leadership team and have the opportunity to build on its success by promoting broader awareness and adoption of RosettaNet standards worldwide."

Mr. Sartor is the Director, Industry & Customer programs at DHL, the world's leading express delivery and logistics company. He has nearly 30 years experience in IT and customer integration within the freight forwarding and logistics services industries. At DHL, Mr. Sartor directs the Industry & Customer Programs group. He is responsible for establishing, developing and fostering relationships with DHL's customers with a specific focus on innovation in business process and information integration that contributes to top and bottom line revenues for DHL.

"DHL is absolutely committed to RosettaNet and its mission," says Bob Sartor, RosettaNet Vice-Chairman and Director, Industry & Customer Programs at DHL. "As a member of the RosettaNet leadership team, DHL can further drive industry consensus for standards and best practices in business process and information integration. Business process and information integration standards are a key to operational efficiencies, cost containment and high quality information in the shipping and logistics services space - ultimately it all equates to better customer service."

About RosettaNet

RosettaNet, a subsidiary of GS1 US(TM), is a non-profit consortium dedicated to the collaborative development and rapid deployment of open, business process standards that align processes within global trading networks. RosettaNet standards and services provide a common language for business transactions and the foundation for integrating critical processes among partners within the global supply chain. Companies that use RosettaNet's proven standards benefit from added cost-savings throughout supply chain processes, improved e-business communications with trading partners, enhanced product life cycle management capabilities, and added customer satisfaction. For more information about RosettaNet, visit www.rosettanet.org.
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Carolyn Joiner, 609-620-4523
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