MUMBAI, India, September 7 /PRNewswire/ --     Tata Communications Transformation Services Limited (TCTS), a
leading provider of business transformation, telecom BPO and consultancy
services, announced that they have launched NOC operations, subsequent to
SEACOM commissioning the 1.28 Terabytes per second (Tb/s), 17,000-kilometre
cable system. TCTS NOC has started managing the network administration,
operations and maintenance functions of this SEACOM cable system which
connects the African continent to the rest of the world.

Leveraging its parent company's (Tata Communications)
expertise in the sub-sea domain, TCTS will help SEACOM enhance connectivity
for businesses based out of Europe, Asia and India by providing them with
cable and capacity options into Africa and vice versa; an option never
available before.

SEACOM will ensure a robust fulfillment and assurance
experience to its customers through TCTS' offshore global delivery centres,
which provide cost-effective 24X7 service delivery to customers across the
world.

The SEACOM cable system enables Tata Communications to provide
fully integrated network services from South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania and
Kenya to its networks in Europe, Asia and India.

Besides high capacity international bandwidth, enterprises and
carriers using SEACOM can enjoy delay-free voice and video services made
possible by reduced Round Trip Delay (RTD).

"We are proud to be associated with the SEACOM cable project
that will bring much needed connectivity into Africa. With our expertise in
managing operations of submarine and terrestrial networks, we can bring
process efficiencies to SEACOM and as a result transform the businesses and
lives of the local people," said V S Shridhar, Chief Operating Officer of
TCTS.

The launch of SEACOM augments the SAT3 and SAFE cables in West
Africa and South Africa. This gives telcos in Africa the ability to provide a
fully redundant service by supplying access via two routes to anywhere in the
world, and can reach Europe, for the first time, via multiple routes.

"Before the development of this cable system, most east and
southern African nations relied on small and costly satellite circuits to
meet their international network requirements," said Brian Herlihy, SEACOM
CEO. "SEACOM's establishment marks the first step in meeting the region's
fast rising demand for bandwidth and connectivity and we expect many more
services to be rolled out as a result of SEACOM's arrival. Businesses using
the SEACOM network will truly benefit from TCTS' expertise in managing all
business and network operations as well as the leverage offered through the
broader Tata Communications group of businesses."

For more information on Tata Communications Transformation
Services, visit http://www.tatacommunications-ts.com

About Tata Communications

Tata Communications is a leading global provider of a new
world of communications. With a leadership position in emerging markets, Tata
Communications leverages its advanced solutions capabilities and domain
expertise across its global and pan-India network to deliver managed
solutions to multi-national enterprises, service providers and Indian
consumers.

The Tata Global Network includes one of the most advanced and
largest submarine cable networks, a Tier-1 IP network, with connectivity to
more than 200 countries across 400 PoPs, and nearly 1 million square feet of
data center and collocation space worldwide.

Tata Communications' depth and breadth of reach in emerging
markets includes leadership in Indian enterprise data services, leadership in
global international voice, and strategic investments in operators in South
Africa (Neotel), Sri Lanka (Tata Communications Lanka Limited), Nepal (United
Telecom Limited), and subject to approval by the Chinese government, China
(China Enterprise Communications).

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)

http://www.tatacommunications.com

About Tata Communications Transformation Services

Tata Communications Transformation Services Limited (TCTS), a 100%
subsidiary of Tata Communications Ltd., provides leading business
transformation, telecom BPO and consultancy services to telecommunication
companies around the world. TCTS delivers solutions for all stages of the
carrier lifecycle including but not limited to network engineering and
design, implementation and operations functions.

TCTS is a part of the $62.5 billion Tata Group. The Tata Group comprises
98 operating companies in seven business sectors, with presence in more than
80 countries across six continents and has a shareholder base of over 2.9
million. TCTS leverages the market expertise of the Tata Group's global
telecom operation capabilities and globally established IT, process and
consulting skills.

TCTS is headquartered in Mumbai, India with global offices in Europe and
North America. TCTS has two world-class ISO 27001 & PAS 99 certified delivery
centres in Pune and Chennai, operating independently from its parent,
preserving full confidentiality of all its customers' business processes.
TCTS carries the rich traditions and business ethics of the Tata companies
that are also adopted by Tata Communications, its parent organization.

About SEACOM

SEACOM, which is privately funded and over three quarter
African owned, will assist communication carriers in south and east Africa
through the sale of wholesale international capacity to global networks via
India and Europe. The undersea fibre optic cable system will provide African
retail carriers with equal and open access to inexpensive bandwidth, removing
the international infrastructure bottleneck and supporting east and southern
African economic growth.

SEACOM will be the first cable to provide broadband to
countries in east Africa which, at the moment, rely entirely on expensive
satellite connections. Within Africa, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar,
Tanzania and Kenya are inter-connected via a protected ring structure.
Additionally, a second express fibre pair is provided from South Africa to
Kenya. These two fibre pairs have a combined capacity of 1.28Tbs. Express
fibre pairs are also provided from Kenya to France into a PoP in Marseilles,
and from Tanzania to India into the PoP in Mumbai. SEACOM has procured fibre
capacity from Marseilles to London as part of the SEACOM network.

SEACOM's enormous capacity will enable high definition TV,
peer to peer networks, IPTV, and surging Internet demand. Pricing will be
significantly lower than current satellite or fibre pricing.

SEACOM will be ready to serve southern and east African
markets from July 2009, well in time to meet the bandwidth needs of the 2010
Soccer World Cup in South Africa, and the growing requirements of the
economies in the countries it will serve.

SEACOM is 76.25% African owned by:

- Industrial Promotion Services (26.56%), an arm of the Aga
      Khan Fund for Economic Development
    - Venfin Limited (25%)
    - Convergence Partners (12.5%)
    - Shanduka Group (12.5%)



The remaining 23.44% is held by Herakles Telecom LLC.

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, updates or
alters its forward-looking statements.

Media Contacts:
    Pooja Prabhu
    Tata Communications Transformation Services
    +91-92233-16001
    pooja.prabhu@tatacommunications.com
 
    Danny Lim
    Hill & Knowlton Singapore for Tata Communications
    +65-6390-3360
    danny.lim@hillandknowlton.com.sg