China Tel Group Appoints Company President and COO

(Business News & Technology News, 30 May 2008)

China Tel Group Inc. has appointed Colin Tay as President and Mario Alvarez as Chief Operating Officer. Both gentlemen joined the Company's Board of Directors as of May 24th of this year and held previous executive positions with Trussnet USA Inc., which was recently acquired by China Tel.

As Company President, Tay brings over 25 years of large infrastructural construction project experience working in the markets of Asia. Before becoming President of Trussnet in 1993, he was with YKK Architectural Products Pte Co. Ltd, Singapore, and YKK Taiwan Co. Ltd. Prior to joining YKK, Tay was with Hyundai Engineering & Construction, part of the worldwide Hyundai organization. Some of his more notable projects have included Terminal II of Singapore's Changi Airport, the Thamrin Commercial Plaza in Indonesia, the China World Trade Center, MRT Stations for Taiwan's rapid transit system, the Kaohsiung Linden Hotel and the international data center for ACER Computer.

Mario Alvarez is eminently qualified for his role as COO as he was previously associated with Trussnet USA as both an executive director and principal architect ever since that company's formation. Prior to this, he was Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, a Director and the co-founder of VelociTel LLC. In that capacity, he directed the VelociTel group from its formation as a portion of his architectural practice into a multi-national organization with hundreds of employees throughout the world.

"We now have our senior leadership in place and are moving forward rapidly with our strategic plans for China and the extraordinary opportunities within that country's telecom sector. We have a singular opportunity to develop and operate the latest in 3.5GHz Wireless broadband technology for up to 29 cities across China. This coverage area alone represents a population density of over 300 million persons and 50 percent of the overall national GDP. We are very fortunate and pleased to have the experience and skills of both Colin and Mario available to us as we move ahead," comments Company CEO George Alvarez.

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