Tata Communications to Launch Cisco TelePresence Exchange

Singapore (ots/PRNewswire) -

- Exchanges to be Deployed in India, US and UK

Tata Communications, a leading provider of the new world of
communications, announced today that it will introduce telepresence
exchange services for Cisco TelePresence(TM) (http://www.cisco.com/e
n/US/netsol/ns669/networking_solutions_solution_segment_home.html) ,
a major expansion of its telepresence services. The Global Meeting
Exchange will support meetings between any connected private and
public Cisco TelePresence rooms.

Tata Communications is in discussion with a number of regional
carriers to collaborate on extending the Global Meeting Exchange into
geographically diverse markets. As a result, any business with a
connection to the Global Meeting Exchange will have unparalleled
access to set up Cisco TelePresence virtual meetings with their
ecosystem of users, achieving a very high level of collaboration
without the major costs and disruptions of international travel.

Tata Communication's telepresence services include managed
private Cisco TelePresence rooms, public TelePresence rooms that can
be rented by the hour, and the ability for these private and public
rooms to connect with each other. To reliably and cost-effectively
support global business to business (B2B) connectivity, Tata's Global
Meeting Exchange will have major telepresence service points of
presence (PoPs) in Mumbai, New York, and London and minor points of
presence co-resident in Tata's global MPLS PoPs in major cities
around the world. Customer connections will be supported at any of
many easily reached PoPs and this globally dispersed PoP distribution
will ensure optimum performance with short connection paths.

"The Global Meeting Exchange will conveniently support B2B
sessions amongst any connected private and public Cisco TelePresence
rooms," said Peter Quinlan, Director of Managed Telepresence
Services, Tata Communications. "This pioneering global service
framework pushes telepresence from being a private intra-company
experience to support the strong demand for inter-company sessions."

"The Global Meeting Exchange builds upon our current Managed
telepresence private network and Public Room services; our extensive
owned data bandwidth across the world; Tata's major national network
assets in India, South Africa, and later this year China; and our
inter-carrier relationships developed as the number one carrier of
international voice calls and one of the largest inter-carrier
provider of Internet peering. Our B2B cooperation with Cisco and
partner carriers will bring a new level of value demanded by Cisco
TelePresence users," said John Landau, senior vice-president Global
Managed Services, Tata Communications.

"In today's environment, business leaders are recognizing that
improving speed to decision making and improving employee
productivity in a cost-effective manner are business imperatives,"
said Naresh Wadhwa, president and country manager of Cisco India.
"Cisco TelePresence enables companies to improve productivity and
reduce expenses while at the same time collaborating more effectively
and improving business innovation. We are pleased to be working
closely with Tata Communications to bring the benefits of Cisco
TelePresence to its customer base."

"The exceptional growth of telepresence deployments during 2008
is a testament to the strong user experience provided by these
integrated visual collaboration solutions, In addition, while the
current economic climate has negatively impacted IT-related spending,
it has fueled interest in telepresence," reports Ira Weinstein
partner at Wainhouse Research. "Services like Tata's Global Meeting
Exchange that enable inter-company telepresence sessions will further
increase the benefit and value of these highly-immersive sessions.
Organizations deploying telepresence should include
company-to-company telepresence capabilities in their global
communication strategy."

Tata Communications is a market-leading provider of telepresence
services with a comprehensive offering for enterprises' ecosystem of
users globally. The service includes Cisco-certified TelePresence
network, a hosted and managed service, the world's first public rooms
and soon, the world's first open global telepresence exchange. Tata
Communications currently has operational public rooms in India -
Mumbai, Bangalore (x2), Chennai, Hyderabad and Gurgaon; London and
Boston, and has recently announced an agreement to manage a public
room in Manila for PLDT in the Philippines. Tata Communications plans
to significantly expand their global network of rooms by the end of
2009.

For further information on Tata Communications Telepresence
Services visit http://www.tatacommunications.com/telepresence

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 centre and colocation
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 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 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 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, update or alter its
forward-looking statements.

Media Contacts:
Lee Ann Lim
Tata Communications
+1-703-999-1726
Leeann.lim@tatacommunications.com
S Ravindran,
Tata Communiciations
ravindran.s@tatacommunications.com
Media Agency
STC Associates
+1-212-725-1900 x204
kristen@stcassociates.com

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Contact:
Media Contacts: Lee Ann Lim, Tata Communications, +1-703-999-1726,
Leeann.lim@tatacommunications.com. S Ravindran, Tata Communiciations,
ravindran.s@tatacommunications.com. Media Agency, STC Associates,
+1-212-725-1900 x204, kristen@stcassociates.com