ThalysNet is the outcome of cooperation between four state-of-the-art companies: Thalys, Telenet, Nokia Siemens Networks and 21net. Each has contributed its expertise in its business sector. This has led to the birth of a unique concept that combines advanced technology with user-friendliness.

Thalys

To date, over 60 million passengers have already been carried between Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Cologne. Thanks to Thalys, it is even possible to travel without a paper ticket, using the Ticketless service. At the end of 2008, Thalys will take you from Brussels to Amsterdam and from Brussels to Cologne in around one and a half hours. Visit www.thalys.com for details of our offers and those of our partners and to find out about current affairs at Thalys. New: http://thalys.mobi, the site dedicated to mobile Internet users. Thalys is a product of the SNCB, SNCF, DB AG and NS groups and is member of the CER and Railteam.

Telenet

Telenet is the biggest supplier of broadband cable services in Belgium. It specialises in supplying cable television, broadband Internet and telephone services, mainly to customers residing in Flanders. The company also provides services to companies located in Belgium and Luxembourg under the Telenet Solutions brand.

Telenet offers residential services through its cable network, to which over 1.7 million Flemish families are connected, as well as long-term user rights to cable networks to which 700,000 additional families are connected. All of the networks through which Telenet offers residential services in Flanders meet the HFC (hybrid fibre coaxial) two channel digital standards. Telenet offers voice, data and Internet services to its professional customers through a highly advanced optic fibre based backbone which covers all of Belgium and Luxembourg.

21Net undertakes to provide high speed train passengers with an Internet access service characterised by its broadband speed and uninterrupted connectivity during the journey, thanks to the combination of a bi-directional satellite link with terrestrial wireless solutions for train stations and tunnels. Its 'Broadband to Trains' system is the only industrialised system able to supply a broadband connection on high speed trains.

21Net

21Net is the European operator that set up the first bi-directional satellite communications system in the world capable of supplying broadband Internet access on high speed trains. Initially sponsored by the European Space Agency, 21Net was the first access provider to create a broadband Internet connection on a high speed train in 2004.

Since 2004, 21Net has worked closely with the rail operators RENFE, THALYS and SNCF to develop a technically reliable and mature Broadband to Trains system.

21Net undertakes to provide high speed train passengers with an Internet access service characterised by its broadband speed and uninterrupted connectivity during the journey, thanks to the combination of a bi-directional satellite link with terrestrial wireless solutions for train stations and tunnels. Its 'Broadband to Trains' system is the only industrialised system able to supply a broadband connection on high speed trains.

Nokia Siemens Networks

Nokia Siemens Networks is a facilitator of communication services, a field in which it is the global market leader. The company offers a complete, balanced portfolio of infrastructure solutions for mobile and fixed networks and responds to growing demand for services with its 20,000 professionals working across the world. Its cumulative pro forma turnover of EUR 17.1 billion in 2006 makes Nokia Siemens Networks one of the leading players in the telecommunications infrastructure field. Nokia Siemens Networks operates in almost 150 countries. Based in Espoo, Finland, it federates Nokia's network activities (Networks Business Group) and Siemens' network operator activities (Siemens Communications).