China Telecom Partners with Guardtime as a Keyless Signature Distributor Guardtime today announced a partnership with China Telecom,

establishing China T elecom as a keyless signature service provider via its Tianyi 3G platform. Beijing (China) | Palo Alto, CA (USA), November 09, 2012 -- Guardtime ( http://w ww.guardtime.com ), the leading provider of keyless signature technology for val idating the integrity and authenticity of digital data, today announced a partne rship with China Telecom, the largest fixed line telecommunications service prov ider in the People's Republic of China, establishing China Telecom as a keyless signature service provider via its Tianyi 3G platform. Tianyi 3G platform Executive Zhe Mong Li said, Guardtime's keyless signature techno logy is completely unique and has the potential to revolutionize communications by providing an independent audit trail for all voice and electronic messaging o n Chinese networks, removing any doubt about message integrity and authenticity. We are looking forward to integrating the technology into our platform and prov iding the service to our mobile subscribers. Mike Gault, CEO of Guardtime ( http://www.guardtime.com ), added: "China is a ke y market for Guardtime and we're thrilled to be working together with China Tele com. Together with our existing partners, companies such as, Voxeo Labs, Messag e Bus and Joyent, we hope to transform society to one where electronic data is m ore reliable than physical and where all data, whether generated by voice, email or machine, comes with irrefutable proof of integrity and authenticity. Establ ishing China Telecom as a partner is a major step forward for our vision. Wang li Yun Chairman of the Zhejiang Cixi Government nomination committee which recently awarded Guardtime the 2M RMB Shanglin prize commented: We are very pleas ed to see the traction Guardtime is getting in this (Chinese) marketplace. Wheth er it is app stores, smart metering, email, voice, telematics or cloud platform integration, Guardtime ( http://www.guardtime.com ) has a key role to play in Ch inese society in the coming years and decades.

About China Telecom: China Telecom Corporation Limited (simplified Chinese: , ) (SEHK: 728 se state-owned telecommunication company. It is the largest fixed-line service a nd third largest mobile telecommunication provider in the People's Republic of C hina. About Guardtime: Guardtime was founded with the goal of solving one of the biggest problems in co mputing: how to be sure electronic data is authentic. Guardtime's Keyless Signat ures provide proof of origin and that not a single bit has changed since a speci fic point in time. The verification of the signature can be done offline without reliance on keys, secrets, or the existence of a trusted third party. Guardtime 's mission is to change the world to one in which Keyless Signatures are ubiquit ous and a natural part of the everyday data lifecycle, whether on disk, in trans it, or in the Cloud. Visit http://www.guardtime.com for more information about u sing Keyless Signatures for signing your data. Guardtime Media Contact: Victor Cruz, MediaPR.net, Email: vcruz@mediapr.net Press & Media Contact: Victor Cruz, Principal MediaPR.net Inc Palo Alto, California 94301 - (USA) (978) 594-4134 vcruz@mediapr.net http://www.guardtime.com