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EXHIBIT
99.1
ARBINET APPOINTS CHRISTIE HILL AS
GENERAL COUNSEL
HERNDON, VA January
12, 2010 – Arbinet Corporation (NasdaqGM: ARBX), a leading provider of
telecommunications services to fixed and mobile operators, today announced that Christie A. Hill
has been appointed General Counsel, effective February 1, 2010. She succeeds William
Terrell “Terry” Wingfield Jr., Esq. who is remaining with the company through
February 28, 2010 to ensure a smooth transition.
Ms. Hill
brings nearly 25 years of legal and corporate governance experience to Arbinet.
Most recently she served in the U.S. Department of Treasury as the oversight
liaison executive responsible for enhancing transparency with respect to the
Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Prior to that, she spent over 10 years in
the telecommunications industry working first for Nextel Communications,
building and developing its Office of Governance and Corporate Responsibility,
and then at Sprint Nextel Corporation, managing the governance and ethics
functions in her capacity as Corporate Secretary and Chief Ethics Officer. In
these roles, Ms. Hill drove significant improvements in the companies’ corporate
governance and stakeholder outreach, providing greater transparency and enhanced
communications between the board of directors and its constituents.
“We are extremely pleased to have
Christie join us to lead our legal team,” said Shawn O’Donnell, President and
Chief Executive Officer of Arbinet. “The Board of Directors and I are confident
that Christie’s legal and telecommunications experience combined with her strong
governance and regulatory understanding will strongly contribute to the future
growth of Arbinet.”
Prior to
her work at Nextel, Ms. Hill served as counsel at Honda of America, providing
legal advice and counsel on general corporate and transactional matters. Ms.
Hill began her career at Jones Day Reavis & Pogue. She received her
Bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude from Ohio State University and her J.D., with
honors from Ohio State University College of Law. She also received a Strategic
Business Leadership Certificate from Georgetown University Graduate School of
Business.
About
Arbinet Corporation
Arbinet
is a leading provider of international voice and IP solutions to carriers and
service providers globally. With more than 1100 carriers across the world
utilizing the Arbinet network, Arbinet combines global scale with sophisticated
platform intelligence, call routing and industry leading credit management and
settlement capabilities. Customers and suppliers include many leading fixed
line, mobile, wholesale and VoIP carriers as well as calling card, ISPs and
content providers around the world who buy and sell voice and IP
telecommunications capacity and content. The Company can be reached at its
corporate headquarters in Herndon, VA at +1 703.456.7100 or by email at
sales@arbinet.com.
Forward-Looking
Statements
This
press release may contain forward-looking statements regarding anticipated
future revenues, growth, capital expenditures, management's future expansion
plans, expected product and service developments or enhancements, discussions of
strategy, and future operating results. Various risks and uncertainties may
cause Arbinet's actual results to differ materially. Please refer to Part I,
Item 1A of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2009, and other filings that have been
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Arbinet assumes no obligation
to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise and such statements are current only as
of the date they are made.
Contacts:
Andrea
Priest / Andi Salas
Joele
Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
212-355-4449