Sify Becomes the First ICT Player to Have Submarine Cable System

CHENNAI, India , February 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SifyTechnologies Limited, a leader in Enterprise and ConsumerInternet Services in India with global delivery capabilities today announcedits readiness to activate their capacities in the Europe India Gatewaysubmarine cable system, in doing so becoming the first ICT player to do so.

US $700 million high-capacity fiber-optic cable

EIG is a US $700 million high-capacity fiber-optic cable and one of themost advanced submarine cable systems in the world. It will providemultinational clients additional diversity and capacity to meet theircritical communications needs. When fully activated, the EIG will be thefirst, direct, high-bandwidth optical fiber system from the UK toIndia.

The immediate beneficiaries are Sify's enterprise clients and partnersinIndia,Europe & Americas, who can but leverage their enhanced capabilityto extend network and managed services acrossMiddle East andAfrica.

"We are working with our Middle East Telecom partners to create seamlessnetwork services to serve Indian, Asian & US Carriers and Business and helpthem connect to Middle Eastern countries likeSaudi Arabia,Bahrain,Qatar,UAE,Oman,Yemen,Iraq,Sudan and East African countries likeDjibouti,Somalia,Kenya,Tanzania,Mozambique,South Africa andMadagascar. We arealso working on establishing similar capabilities onIndia's eastern seaboard," Mr. Vegesna added.

"Sify's activation of its capacity in EIG demonstrates our commitment toempower our clients and partners to do business in the global growthmarkets," Mr. Vegesna concluded.

The largest Managed Enterprise

Sify is among the largest Managed Enterprise and Consumer InternetServices companies inIndia, offering end-to-end solutions with acomprehensive range of products delivered over a common telecom data networkinfrastructure reaching more than 600 cities and towns inIndia.

A significant part of the company's revenue is derived from CorporateServices, which include corporate connectivity, network and communicationssolutions, security, network management services, enterprise applications andhosting. Sify is a recognized ISO 9001:2008 certified service provider fornetwork operations, data center operations and customer support, and forprovisioning of VPNs, Internet bandwidth, VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) solutions and integratedsecurity solutions, and ISO / IEC 20000 - 1:2005 certified for Internet DataCenter operations. Sify has licenses to operate NLDand ILD services and offers VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) back haul tolong distance subscriber telephony services. The company isIndia's firstenterprise managed services provider to launch a Security Operations Center(SOC) to deliver managed security services. A host of blue chip clients useSify's corporate service offerings.

The specialized domains ofeLearning Services

Sify as well caters to global markets in the specialized domains ofeLearning Services and Remote Infrastructure Management Services. TheeLearning Services designs, develops and delivers state-of-the-art digitallearning solutions for non-profit, for-profit organizations and governmentalorganizations in the fields of Information research, engineering,environment, healthcare, education and finance. The Remote InfrastructureManagement Services provides dependable and economical solutions aroundmanaged services, hosting and monitoring.

Consumer services include broadband home access and the ePort cyber cafechain across more than 200 cities and towns inIndia. Sify.com, the popularconsumer portal, has channels on news, entertainment, finance, sports, gamesand shopping. Samachar.com is the popular portal aimed at non-residentIndians around the globe. The site's content is available in 8 Indianlanguages, which include Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Tamil, Punjabiand Gujarati just in case to English.