IAHGames Utilizes Tata Communications Global CDN Service to Accelerate Online Gaming Services


SINGAPORE, September 18 /PRNewswire/ --

- First Truly Global CDN Supports Gaming Initiatives in APAC

Tata Communications, a leading provider of a new world of
communications, and IAHGames, a major online game Publisher and Operator in
Southeast Asia, announced this week at the 2008 Games Conference Asiathat
IAHGames has engaged Tata Communications to provide their Global Content
Delivery Network (CDN) service in Asia. Tata Communications' Global CDN
service accelerates game delivery and offers a high quality customer
experience for the digital media and entertainment community. The CDN service
will deliver a range of online games, including the award-winning Granado
Espada and an upcoming title EA SPORTS (TM) FIFA Online 2 which is due for
closed beta testing today.

Tata Communications, which launched its next-generation CDN
service globally last week, delivers one of the highest performance and
reliability in the industry while providing immediate access to content,
including High-Definition Video, without delay or jitter. With more than 300
points of presence worldwide, Tata Communications' now offers the first truly
global CDN service on a state of the art, single ASN global IP network. Tata
Communications CDN service enables large gaming files to download six times
faster than conventional networks

"As one of the top game operators in the Asia-Pacific region,
we choose to work with the best partners in the world to offer unparalleled
gaming experience to our customers," said Mr Yeo Yeok Chuan, Vice President
of Marketing & Strategy for IAHGames "Partnering with Tata Communications and
utilizing their global CDN allows IAHGames to provide a faster and more
efficient way to deliver digital content to our APAC customers. We look
forward to working with Tata Communications to bring high quality gaming
services to gamers based throughout Asia."

According to Mr.Yeo, the global gaming market has grown
tremendously over the past 20 years, now earning more revenue worldwide than
the Hollywood movie industry. Southeast Asia's gaming market in particular
has shown enormous growth over the past few years, and will continue to do so
as online and gamer penetration expands. The vast population of the region
still exhibits a multitude of untapped potential, and based on recent
evolution of the gaming market in Korea and China, Southeast Asia's gaming
community and business will continue to grow exponentially for at least the
next five years.

"The launch of Tata Communications' CDN service offers a
faster and better way for customers to deliver digital content on the
Internet," said Genius Wong, Tata Communications' Senior Vice President of
Global IP and VPN Services. "Supporting IAHGames to deliver its suite of game
contents to the APAC gaming community reduces the need for expensive
infrastructure build-outs by the gaming industry and extends content delivery
worldwide instantly. Tata Communications' goal is to deliver solutions that
meet the needs of the gaming market, most importantly distribution and
enhances customer experience, as it continues to grow globally."

Tata Communications provides one of the Internet's most
advanced CDN services. CDN services enablethe gaming community to easily
outsource distribution of games, video, downloads, and multimedia
applications over the Internet. Tata Communications' Global CDN service
combines Tier-1 Global IP backbone and next generation CDN technology to
deliver high download throughput on large game applications, content, video
clips and also support Live Broadcast HD video feed.

For more information on Tata Communications CDN Service visit
http://www.tatacommunications.com

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 (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).

http://www.tatacommunications.com

About IAHGames

Based in Singapore, IAHGames is a leading publisher, operator and distributor
of online games in Southeast Asia. IAHGames currently hosts award−winning
titles such as Dragonica, EA SPORTS(TM) FIFA Online 2, Granado Espada, Top
Speed, Hellgate: London, and the entire product line from global publisher
Take 2 Interactive, which includes hits such as Grand Theft Auto IV and the
Midnight Club series. Leveraging on Singapore's strategic geographical
location and advanced IT infrastructure, IAHGames continues to strengthen its
position to consolidate the world's fastest growing online games market while
helping publishers and developers bring the world's best games to Southeast
Asia.

http://www.IAHGames.com

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 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:

    Adalyn Khek
    Tata Communications
    +65-6551-3683
    adalyn@tatacommunications.com
 
    Media Agency
    STC Associates
    +1-212-725-1900 x204
    kristen@stcassociates.com
 
    Lynn Soh
    IAHGames
    +65-9698-6099
    lynn@iahgames.com



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