Tata Communications and Internet Systems Consortium Partner for IPv6 Domain Name System Hosting

Redwood City, California and Mumbai (ots/PRNewswire) -
Tata Communications, a leading provider of a new world of
communications and Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. (ISC), a
non-profit public benefit corporation, announced today that the
companies will partner to provide best-in-class Domain Name System
(DNS) Hosting Services for both enterprise and service provider
customers. DNS provides critical functionality for the Internet.

DNS is the means by which organizations can be found online.
Rather than being recognized by a string of numbers representing an
IPv4 address, or as will be increasingly the case, by an IPv6
address, companies are known by the name of their website.

"The internet faces an imminent exhaustion of IPv4 addresses and
needs to urgently adopt and support the longer IPv6 addresses to
ensure its continued growth," said Genius Wong, Senior Vice President
of Global IP and VPN Services for Tata Communications. "This
agreement will provide our customers with the strongest DNS able to
resolve both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses with servers on five
continents."

In addition this partnership with Tata Communications, will allow
ISC's Solid Name Service (SNS) network to grow in global presence and
network capacity. In turn, Tata Communications will be able to bring
ISC's experience and support into supporting their own DNS
infrastructure. SNS is presently serving customer data during beta
service period with production service beginning later this year.

"SNS marks another milestone for ISC as the migration to IPv6
starts in earnest. SNS leverages our DNS operational experience to
ensure our customers are safe in the knowledge they can always be
found on the Internet," stated Paul Vixie, President of ISC. "Tata
Communications is a long standing partner since 1999 in our Hosted@
program and a network provider for many F-root locations over IPv4
and now lPv6. We look forward to continuing our long standing
relationship in the future."

Additionally, DNS is used by computers to interpret e-mail
addresses, find resources such as printers on a network and perform
other types of Internet transactions. ISC's SNS is an outsource
solution for those organizations that must be reachable 24 x 7 x 365.
As an operator of the F-root name server, one of the Internet's 13
root-name servers, ISC has over 13 years experience serving Domain
Name System data in addition to providing BIND, the most widely-used
DNS server software worldwide.

About Tata Communications

Tata Communications, a member of the $62.5 billion Tata Group, is
a leading global provider of a new world of communications. The
emerging markets communications leader leverages its advanced
solutions capabilities and domain expertise across its global and
pan-India network to deliver managed solutions to multi-national and
Indian enterprises, service providers and Indian consumers.

Tata Communications' range of services include transmission, IP,
converged voice, mobility, managed network connectivity, hosting and
storage, managed security, managed collaboration and business
transformation for global enterprises and service providers, as well
as Internet, retail broadband and content services for Indian
consumers. The Tata Global Network encompasses one of the most
advanced and largest submarine cable networks, a Tier-1 IP network,
with connectivity to more than 200 countries across 300 Pops, and
more than 1 million square feet of data center and co-location
facilities.

Tata Communications' unique emerging market depth and breadth of
reach includes a national fiber backbone network and access to
network in over 60 cities and 125 Pops in India, strategic
investments in South African converged services operator, Neotel, Sri
Lanka and Nepal and, subject to fulfillment of conditions precedent,
a 50% ownership in China Enterprise Communications (CEC) providing
full country VPN coverage in China.

Servicing customers from its offices in over 80 cities in 40
countries, Tata Communications is the number one global international
wholesale voice operator and number one provider of international
long distance, enterprise data and Internet services in India, the
Company was named "Best Wholesale Carrier" at the World
Communications Awards in 2006, "Best Pan-Asian Wholesale Provider" at
the 2006 and 2007 Capacity Magazine Global Wholesale
Telecommunications Awards and was awarded "Best Progress in Emerging
Markets" at the 2008 Mobile Communication Awards.

Tata Communications Limited is listed on the Bombay Stock
Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India and its ADRs are
listed on the New York Stock Exchange. (NYSE: TCL)

About Internet Systems Consortium

Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) is a non-profit 501(c)(3),
public benefit corporation with a long history of developing and
maintaining the production quality BIND and DHCP Open Source
software. ISC has increased its focus to include enhancing the
stability of the global DNS directly through reliable F-root name
server operations and ongoing operation of a DNS crisis coordination
center, DNS OARC. ISC is also engaged in further protocol development
efforts, particularly in the areas of DNS evolution and facilitating
the transition to IPv6. ISC is supported by the donations of generous
sponsors, program membership fees and specific fees for services. For
program or donation information, please visit our website at
http://www.isc.org.

Forward-looking and cautionary statements

Certain words and statements in this release concerning Tata
Communications and its prospects, and other statements, including
those relating to Tata Communications' expected financial position,
business strategy, the future development of Tata Communications'
operations, and the general 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 actual results, performance or
achievements of Tata Communications, or industry results, to differ
materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. The important factors that 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 and services that meet customer demands and
generate acceptable margins; failure to successfully complete
commercial testing of new technology and information systems to
support new products and services, including voice transmission
services; failure to stabilize or reduce the rate of price
compression on certain of the company's communications services;
failure to integrate strategic acquisitions and changes in government
policies or regulations of India and, in particular, changes relating
to the administration of Tata Communications' industry; and, in
general, the economic, business and credit conditions in India.
Additional factors 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 Tata
Communications' various filings with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission. These filings are available at
http://www.sec.gov. Tata Communications is under no obligation to,
and expressly disclaims any obligation to, updates or alters its
forward-looking statements.

Media Contacts:
Janice Goveas
Tata Communications
+91-92233-94575
janice.goveas@tatacommunications.com
Media Agency
STC Associates
+1-212-725-1900 x204
kristen@stcassociates.com
Laura Hendriksen
Internet Systems Consortium
+1-650-423-1309
laura_hendriksen@isc.org

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Contact:
Media Contacts: Janice Goveas, Tata Communications, +91-92233-94575,
janice.goveas@tatacommunications.com; Media Agency, STC Associates,
+1-212-725-1900 x204, kristen@stcassociates.com; Laura Hendriksen,
Internet Systems Consortium, +1-650-423-1309,
laura_hendriksen@isc.org