DALLAS - SEPTEMBER 2, 2005 --- Adea Solutions, Inc., a global provider of business process and technology consulting services, announced today that it has been awarded a three-year contract from NextiraOne™ (www.nextiraone.com/us) to provide advanced technology services and network field services. The renewable contract is anticipated to be worth $75 million to $100 million over a three-year period.

NextiraOne is enhancing its service offerings for enterprise clients including a significant focus on professional services as it moves to a more client-centric business model. Through its professional services offerings, NextiraOne assists clients in planning for and implementing initiatives such as securing networks, optimizing contact centers and effectively migrating current infrastructures to converged technologies. This agreement will enable the company to enhance its professional services capabilities and expand its customer footprint with additional resources as this segment of its business grows. In addition, it enables NextiraOne to increase business efficiencies with its existing personnel, reduce costs and standardize strategic resourcing processes.

"With our increased focus on growing our professional services practice, we needed an experienced partner to help supplement our technical workforce to meet the IT solution needs of our clients," said Dale Booth, president and CEO of NextiraOne. "Adea Solutions was selected for its technical services excellence and its proven ability to deliver high quality results for its clients. Adea's global engagement and delivery model will add real value to NextiraOne's service offerings.

"We're delighted to have NextiraOne as a client and look forward to a long and mutually profitable relationship with them," said Chip Wagner, president of Adea Solutions. "The same global engagement and delivery model that has added value to Verizon, HP, and others will deliver measurable results for NextiraOne. This relationship is a clear step forward in our growth strategy and in the expansion of our service offerings."

About NextiraOne
NextiraOne North America is a leading enterprise communications services provider that specializes in the delivery of professional, managed and maintenance services for traditional, IP and converged voice and data networks. From information security to IP telephony to contact center applications, NextiraOne offers its client base the complete lifecycle of consultation and solutions development designed to address today's business challenges. With a foundation of telecommunications industry expertise dating back to the 1970s, NextiraOne enjoys a rich history that has been woven from the fabric of Williams Communications Solutions, Milgo Solutions, Racal-Datacom, Timeplex and Executone. For more information, please visit www.NextiraOne.com.

NextiraOne is owned by Platinum Equity (www.platinumequity.com), a global acquisition firm specializing in the strategic operation of mission-critical services and solutions businesses according to a unique M&A&O^SM model of value creation.

About Adea Solutions, Inc.
Adea Solutions is a global business process and information technology solutions consulting company employing more than 1,500 people in six countries. The company leverages technology to create sustainable business value for clients in Communications, Retail/Manufacturing, Life Sciences, . The company was founded in 1996, is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner in North America. Adea International Private Ltd., is a wholly owned subsidiary with European headquarters in London and Asian headquarters in Bangalore, India, which includes a global development center that is appraised at CMMI Level 5. For more information please visit www.adeasolutions.com.

Contact:
Sadie McCrary
Media Relations Representative
M/C/C for NextiraOne
972-480-8383 ext. 222
Sadie_McCrary@mccom.com

Howard LaMunion
ConsulttUs Group for Adea Solutions
214-282-0535
lamunion@consulttus.com