ORIEL SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH CATHAY PACIFIC FOR ONLINE PAYMENT BUSINESS
IN PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)

Key Points
BilltoBill to provide its payment services solution to Cathay Pacific Airways;
BilltoBill solution will allow travellers from the People’s Republic of China to book online
using mainland China domestic debit and credit cards, and other payment methods;
Integration of the BilltoBill solution with Cathay Pacific Airways website is near completion
with transaction processing expected to commence in December 2006.

Melbourne, Australia, 22 November 2006: The Directors of Oriel Communications Limited (“Oriel”) announces the signing of an Agreement between Oriel’s Chinese subsidiary, BilltoBill, and Cathay Pacific Airways. The agreement applies to both Cathay Pacific Airways (CX), named Airline of the Year 2006 in its 60th anniversary year, and Dragonair (KA), a leading regional carrier and a wholly owned subsidiary of Cathay Pacific.

Cathay Pacific is an award-winning airline operating an extensive international network. Dragonair is a strong regional carrier with scheduled services to 21 cities in mainland China

BilltoBill will provide its payment processing solution for Cathay Pacific and Dragonair mainland China travellers, using proprietary debit cards, credit cards and bank transfers in RMB, and cell phone authenticated and telephone payments. BilltoBill will support both airlines from its offices in mainland China. The BilltoBill payment solution has been directly integrated with Cathay Pacific’s in-house reservation system and is to be integrated with ‘Amadeus’ which Dragonair deploys as its airline reservations solution. Transaction processing for Cathay Pacific is expected to commence in December 2006.

The Agreement with Cathay Pacific is a major step forward for Oriel in securing contracts with international merchants in the travel sector.

Oriel’s CEO, Martijn Hovinga, said “It is a great honour that Cathay Pacific, one of the world’s most admired airlines, has selected BilltoBill. Following Dragonair becoming a wholly owned subsidiary in September 2006, the Cathay Pacific Group services 21 cities in mainland China with about 400 flights a week, more than any other non-mainland airline. Based in the aviation hub of the Hong Kong SAR, the Cathay Pacific group is uniquely positioned to bridge international travellers to mainland China and vice versa."

About Cathay Pacific
Cathay Pacific Airways is a Hong Kong-based carrier that celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2006 and was named “Airline of the Year 2006” by Air Transport World. The airline serves more than 100 destinations in 35 countries and territories around the world. Its fleet of 101 wide-bodied aircraft is one of the youngest in the sky and will grow to more than 130 aircraft by 2010. Cathay Pacific currently operates scheduled passenger flights to Beijing and Xiamen in mainland China, with a new service to Shanghai commencing 1 December 2006. The airline’s wholly owned subsidiary, Dragonair, has an extensive mainland China network, currently serving 21 cities. Cathay Pacific is a founder member of the oneworld? alliance whose network covers more than 600 destinations around the world. See www.cathaypacific.com and www.dragonair.com.

About Oriel (ASX: OCO)
Oriel Communications Ltd is a public company, incorporated and domiciled in Australia. Oriel's principal line of business is providing payment and related services to companies (merchants) in Asia Pacific. In the business to business space Oriel offers a new service called “BizztoBizz Accelerator”. The BilltoBill business to consumer service is an outsourced payment gateway for helping merchants to accept payments through multiple methods, such as credit cards, local debit cards and bank transfers. www.orielcommunications.com.au