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PRESS RELEAFor immediate release

Tata Communications extends connectivity into Australia via PPC1 Cable System

Mumbai, October 14, 2009: Tata Communications, a leading provider of a new world of communications, today announced that it

will start delivering capacity into Australia via the privately owned PIPE Pacific 1 (PPC-1) cable system.

PPC-1 is a new two-fiber-pair cable system connecting the US territory of Guam to Sydney, Australia. The cable system spans6,900 km and can provide up to 2.56 Terabits per second of capacity to the rapidly growing Australian market. The PPC-1 cablesystem will be Australias first carrier-neutral cable to offer city-to-city capacity, overcoming the need for expensive backhaulconnections into Sydney.

PPC-1 introduces a new cost-effective high-speedconnectivity option to and from Australia, and will enablediversity from the older generation AJC and Southern Crosscable systems.

The PPC-1 cable system lands directly into TataCommunications Guam cable landing station allowing

seamless integration of the cable with the Tata GlobalNetwork (TGN). This enables connectivity from Sydney tothe rest of the world via Tata Communications extensivesubsea cable network including TGN-Intra Asia to the Asianregion, and TGN-Pacific for onward connectivity from Japanto the USA.

The partnership between Tata Communications and PIPENetworks extends the PPC-1 cable system from Australia tothe rest of the world, adding much-needed route diversityand carrier neutrality to this growing market. This extensionto Australia from Asia through our partner PIPE Networks,comes just weeks after our announcement of our expansioninto Africa via the SEACOM cable system. We are pleasedthat our plans for global leadership in the submarine cable

network have been pushed up another notch, said SimonCooper, Tata Communications Vice President forInternational Network Development.

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Media Contacts:Sajedah ShaidaTata Communications+91 [email protected]

David ChinHill & Knowlton Singapore for TataCommunications+65 6390 [email protected]
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Tata Communications currently owns the Tata Global Network, which includes the TGN Atlantic, TGN Western Europe, TGNNorthern Europe, TGN Pacific, TGN Intra Asia, and TGN-TIC subsea cable systems. It is also a partner in consortium cablesincluding SEACOM, SE-ME-WE-3, SE-ME-WE-4, SAFE/SAT 3 and APCN 2. Currently, Tata Communication has more than 2terabytes of lit capacity and is the worlds largest carrier of voice traffic.

About Tata CommunicationsTata Communications is a leading global provider of a new world of communications. With a leadership position in emergingmarkets, Tata Communications leverages its advanced solutions capabilities and domain expertise across its global and pan-India network to deliver managed solutions to multi-national enterprises, service providers and Indian consumers.

The Tata Global Network includes one of the most advanced and largest submarine cable networks, a Tier-1 IP network, withconnectivity to more than 200 countries across 400 PoPs, and nearly 1 million square feet of data center and collocation spaceworldwide.



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Tata Communications depth and breadth of reach in emerging markets includes leadership in Indian enterprise data services,leadership in global international voice, and strategic investments in operators in South Africa (Neotel), Sri Lanka (TataCommunications Lanka Limited), Nepal (United Telecom Limited), and subject to approval by the Chinese government, China(China Enterprise Communications)

Tata Communications Limited is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India and its ADRsare listed on the New York Stock Exchange. (NYSE: TCL)www.tatacommunications.com

Forward-looking and cautionary statements

Certain words and statements in this release concerning Tata Communications and its prospects, and other statements, includingthose relating to Tata Communications expected financial position, business strategy, the future development of TataCommunications operations, and the general economy in India, are forward-looking statements. Such statements involve knownand unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including financial, regulatory and environmental, as well as those relating toindustry growth and trend projections, which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of Tata Communications, orindustry results, to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The important factorsthat could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from such forward-looking statements include,among others, failure to increase the volume of traffic on Tata Communications network; failure to develop new products andservices that meet customer demands and generate acceptable margins; failure to successfully complete commercial testing ofnew technology and information systems to support new products and services, including voice transmission services; failure tostabilize or reduce the rate of price compression on certain of the companys communications services; failure to integratestrategic acquisitions and changes in government policies or regulations of India and, in particular, changes relating to theadministration of Tata Communications industry; and, in general, the economic, business and credit conditions in India. Additionalfactors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from such forward-looking statements,many of which are not in Tata Communications control, include, but are not limited to, those risk factors discussed in TataCommunications various filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings are available atwww.sec.gov. Tata Communications is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any obligation to, updates or alters itsforward-looking statements.

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