tata communications press release : global media and entertainment solutions group

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www.tatacommunications.com2010 Tata Communications Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

PRESS RELEASFor immediate release

Tata Communications maximizes digital media opportunities in thenew global Media & Entertainment ecosystem

Launch of Video Connect a dedicated global video networkAcquisition of BTs Mosaic platform - enables digital media management and workflow

To invest around $50 million in the GMES group over two years

Mumbai/ London January 27, 2010 Tata Communications, a leading provider of the new world ofcommunications, today announced its Global Media & Entertainment Solutions (GMES) group.

Tata Communications launched its dedicated global video network - Video Connect and unveiled its mediamanagement platform Mosaic which the company recently acquired from BT Group plc. As part of the GMESportfolio, Video Connect and Mosaic - will complement Tata Communications existing Media and Entertainmentservices, offering media companies an integrated end-to-end solution that enables global collaboration across themedia ecosystem.

Through the GMES group, Tata Communications aims to maximize the opportunities that digital media provides byenabling end-to-end management, distribution and delivery of content over its lifecycle from production to distribution.This makes Tata Communications a unique solutions provider, enabling collaboration and integration with variouspartners in the Media ecosystem and offers a robust global media delivery infrastructure to reach the end-user.

The Media industry can thus tackle emerging challenges posed by globalization and the fragmented consumption ofmedia using Tata Communications portfolio.

Video Connect from Tata CommunicationsAs the worlds most advanced dedicated global video network, Video Connect is designed to help broadcasters,studios and production houses deliver video content flexibly and cost-effectively to media hotspots worldwide. Byleveraging Tata Communications global network infrastructure, Video Connect ensures permanent availability of

bandwidth and seamless transmission of video at constant bit rates.

Video Connect offers up to 99.999% uptime by providing auto re-routing on diverse and protected paths on bothprimary route as well as around-the-globe over and above the basic triple-protected SDH network between VideoConnect PoPs. Thus there are 4 redundant and diverse paths between each of the 12 Video Connect nodes acrossNew York, Los Angeles, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Sydney, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune, Delhi andHyderabad, as well as more downstream partners in each region PoP on the network.

Media Contacts:Janice GoveasTata Communications+91 92233 [email protected]

Danny LimHill & Knowlton Singapore for TataCommunications+65 6390 [email protected]


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A dedicated video network operations center provides round the clock monitoring to ensure system availability alongwith Video analytics to provide reports on Video quality.

Performance and price are the biggest challenges faced by online broadcasters today. Video Connect is designed tohelp them tackle these two challenges performance is guaranteed by time-tested DTM technology running atopTata Communications robust backbone, while cost effectiveness is brought about by the direct routing nature of thenetwork, said Genius Wong, Sr. VP Network Services, Tata Communications

Broadcasters can expect further savings from Video Connects flexible pricing scheme as they can pick traffic

direction and purchase the exact bandwidth required for a specific amount of time, and be billed according to usage.Video Connects on-demand and customization capabilities also allow broadcasters to activate the service for specialbroadcasts and enable different feeds to be used for different time zones so that revenue streams can be createdfrom local advertising.

Tata Communications Mosaic PlatformThe Tata Communications Mosaic platform, with its Cloud-based media management, helps media customersimprove cross-enterprise collaboration for content creation, management and multi-format delivery.

Mosaic enables enterprises to deliver innovative services that meet rapidly changing consumer demands, maintainand expand audience numbers, provides flexibility of an open operating environment and lower production costs.One of Mosaics unique capabilities is that it provides complete digital asset management, ensuring secure, efficientaccess to content and workflow throughout the value chain, which is delivered as an online service over the web.

Mosaics service-oriented architecture enables media companies to monetize digital content more efficiently whileaddressing the challenges of globalization and fragmented consumption of media faced by the industry.

The new service is targeted at the entire spectrum of media customers encompassing content creators, producers,post-production houses, digital media publishers, content service providers and TV channels.

The acquisition of the Mosaic platform strengthens our global media and entertainment portfolio with powerful cloud-based digital media management applications that can be accessed over the Web. This enhances our existingportfolio of services that we are offering to the media and entertainment sector. Tata Communications intends toinvest about $50 million to strengthen its media and entertainment portfolio over the next two years said VinodKumar, President and COO, Tata Communications By integrating our global network infrastructure and managedservices portfolio with Mosaics digital media management capabilities, we are now able to create a unique platform

that can take care of content workflow from production to distribution across the world.

Julian Wheeler, part of the Mosaic team at BT, now as VP Global Media & Entertainment, Tata Communications saidAs a team were extremely excited to join Tata Communications. By leveraing the power of Mosaic to with TataCommunications capabilities we intend to address the challenges being faced in the Media and Entertainmentmarket


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In addition to Video Connect and Mosaic, other services in Tata Communications GMES portfolio include SatelliteBroadcasting with TV Up-linking and Playout room capabilities, The GMES solutions are closely integrated with theTata Communications Global Media delivery infrastructure which include Content Delivery Network (CDN) service,Managed services - Managed Security, Managed Hosting and Storage,, Ethernet and IPL capabilities. TataCommunications current GMES customers include Frances TV5MONDE, Indias NDTV and Singapores IAHGames.

For more information on Tata Communications GMES portfolio visit www.tatacommunications.com/GMES

Related links:Tata Communications expands capabilities in the Media and Entertainment sector with acquisition of BT Group plc'sMosaic Business

About Tata Communications

Tata Communications is a leading global provider of a new world of communications. With a leadership position in emerging markets, TataCommunications leverages its advanced solutions capabilities and domain expertise across its global and pan-India network to deliver managedsolutions 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, with connectivity to morethan 200 countries across 400 PoPs, and nearly 1 million square feet of data center and collocation space worldwide.

Tata Communications depth and breadth of reach in emerging markets includes leadership in Indian enterprise data services, leadership in globalinternational voice, and strategic investments in operators in South Africa (Neotel), Sri Lanka (Tata Communications 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 ADRs are listed on theNew 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, including those relating toTata Communications expected financial position, business strategy, the future development of Tata Communications operations, and thegeneral economy in India, are forward-looking statements. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors,including financial, regulatory and environmental, as well as those relating to industry growth and trend projections, which may cause actualresults, performance or achievements of Tata Communications, or industry results, to differ materially from those expressed or implied by suchforward-looking statements. The important factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from suchforward-looking statements include, among others, failure to increase the volume of traffic on Tata Communications network; failure to developnew products and services 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 to stabilize or reducethe rate of price compression on certain of the companys communications services; failure to integrate strategic acquisitions and changes ingovernment policies or regulations of India and, in particular, changes relating to the administration of Tata Communications industry; and, ingeneral, the economic, business and credit conditions in India. Additional factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements todiffer 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 Tata Communications various filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. These filingsare available at www.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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