Tata, BitGravity Partner

Tata Communications and BitGravity announce global strategic partnership to address growing demand for high-quality video over the Internet

March 5, 2008

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MUMBAI, India and BURLINGAME, Calif. -- Tata Communications, (NYSE: TCL) a leading provider of the new world of communications, and BitGravity, Inc., the pioneer in Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) for interactive broadcasting, announced today a strategic partnership. Tata Communications will co-brand, resell and jointly market BitGravity's technology platform worldwide as part of a value-added services offering on top of Tata Global Network.

As part of the arrangement, Tata Communications, with a global presence in more than 200 countries across 300 PoPs will provide tight integration with BitGravity's platform and their carrier-grade infrastructure, including collocation and IP-network capacity, and local sales presence in each region for the CDN offering. BitGravity will provide technology and manage the content delivery operation. The service will be sold in Europe and Asia and branded as Tata Communications' CDN Powered by BitGravity.

"Tata Communications has built one of the largestGlobal Tier-1 IP networks in the world and is uniquely positioned to offer its customers value-added services built on its robust infrastructure. Content delivery is driving huge increases in video traffic and this partnership with BitGravity and their innovative technology is a very important corporate initiative for Tata and a core partof our value-added services strategy. Internet-based video viewers want a high-quality, highly reliable experience that rivals television. BitGravity's award-winning platform has redefined video standards and created an unmatched user experience including high-definition, live and interactive video," commented Genius Wong, Senior Vice President, Global IP and VPN service, Tata Communications. "We selected BitGravity as the best technology partner based on its unmatched scalability, reliability and industry-leading innovation."

Tata Communications Ltd.

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