Tata Communications Announces Participation in West African Cable System

Johannesburg (ots/PRNewswire) - Tata Communications, a
leading provider of a new world of communications, has announced its
participation in the US$600 million, new West African Cable System.
This investment will further boost Tata Communications' global reach
and enhance the company's investments in the region.

A multinational consortium of leading telecommunications
operators recently signed a Construction and Maintenance Agreement
(C&MA) and Supply Contract for the implementation of the West Africa
Cable System (WACS).

WACS is a submarine fibre optic cable that will link countries in
Southern Africa, Western Africa and Europe, with at least 3.84
terabits per second of international bandwidth. The planned landing
points include South Africa, Namibia, Angola, the Democratic Republic
of the Congo, the Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana,
Côte d'Ivoire, Cape Verde, Canary Islands, Portugal and the United
Kingdom. The landings in Namibia, the DRC, the Republic of Congo and
Togo will provide the first direct connections for these countries to
the global submarine cable network.

Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks has been contracted to supply
the 14,000 km long cable system with all associated landing points,
which is expected to be ready for service by 2011.

Costing about US$600-million, the project has brought together a
multitude of nations and some of the world's most influential
telecommunications players in a joint effort to use state-of-the-art
technology in linking more people more efficiently than ever before.

The West Africa Cable System represents a significant
telecommunications infrastructure investment through a joint effort
of a number of African and Global operators and will have ample
capacity to serve the region's international connectivity needs for
many years to come.

The telecommunications companies that have signed the WACS
Construction and Maintenance Agreement include Angola Telecom,
Broadband Infraco, Cable & Wireless, MTN, Telecom Namibia, Portugal
Telecom, Sotelco, Tata Communications, Telkom SA, Togo Telecom and
Vodacom.

WACS will provide Africa with faster and better connectivity to
Europe and the world at far cheaper rates; savings which will be
passed onto consumers.

"We are very pleased to be participating in the West Africa Cable
System. The investment is another step for Tata Communications in
bolstering its capabilities in the African market, and will enhance
our service propositions together with our partner Neotel in bringing
added diversity into South Africa." said Mr. Byron Clatterbuck,
Senior Vice President-Global Transmission Services at Tata
Communications.

About Tata Communications

Tata Communications, a member of the US$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 centre and co-location
facilities.

Tata Communications' unique emerging market depth and breadth of
reach includes a national fibre 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 fulfilment 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 along with its global subsidiaries,
(Tata Communications), 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)

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 stabilise 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, update or alter its
forward-looking statements.

Media Contacts:
S Ravindran
Tata Communications
+91-9223306610
ravindran.s@tatacommunications.com
Media Agency
STC Associates
+65-9168-1147
Vetriveal@stcassociates.com

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