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Sify.com Launches Interactive Gaming Site 'ANTZILL'

Posted on: Tuesday, 6 January 2009, 06:08 CST

CHENNAI, India, January 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

- Introduces Exclusive Rewards Program That Earns Gamers Attractive Prizes

Sify Technologies Limited (Nasdaq: SIFY), a leader in Consumer Internet and Enterprise Services in India, announced the launch of 'ANTZILL' - an interactive gaming site with a vast array of community features. Designed especially for young gaming enthusiasts, the site provides them with a platform to challenge, play and interact with other gamers. Antzill was developed and designed after taking research inputs from consumers across the country.

Venkata Rao, EVP and Head, Portals and Consumer Marketing, Sify Technologies Limited said, "Sify is committed to understanding the Indian consumer and is at the forefront of bringing them the best user experience across all its services. In line with this, Antzill is the only gaming portal in the country which offers a rewards program that provides every gamer an opportunity to redeem points for attractive prizes.

"Our objective is to offer multiple gaming options to the consumer and allow them to enjoy a number of privileges including challenging other gamers, maintaining personal profiles, rating favorite games, scrapping friends and encashing points earned against prizes like i-pods and mobile phones on Sifymall".

Antzill hosts a unique feature, the Friend Leader Board, wherein gamers can check the top scores for all games. This special feature helps them boost their competitive spirit by challenging their friends and family to fight it out on the virtual field.

Antzill has over 75 scoring and 400 non-scoring games on display, genre wise arrangement of games to appeal to all categories of gamers and help them choose their favorite genre including sports, racing, strategy, puzzle etc.

Gaming in India is growing at the rate of 50% per annum and the key drivers of this sector are casual gamers who are school and college going youth in the age group of 17-25. Most gaming happens on action, sports and racing.

For more details on Antzill, log on to: http://games.sify.com/

About Sify

Sify is among the largest Managed Enterprise and Consumer Internet Services companies in India, offering end-to-end solutions with a comprehensive range of products delivered over a common telecom data network infrastructure reaching 500+ cities and towns in India.

A significant part of the company's revenue is derived from Corporate Services, which include corporate connectivity, network and communications solutions, security, network management services, enterprise applications and hosting. Sify is recognized as an ISO 9001:2000 certified service provider for network operations, data center operations and customer support, and for provisioning of VPNs, Internet bandwidth, VoIP solutions and integrated security solutions, and ISO 27001 certified for Internet Data Center operations. Sify has licenses to operate NLD (National Long Distance) and ILD (International Long Distance) services and offers VoIP back haul to long distance subscriber telephony services. The company is India's first enterprise managed services provider to launch a Security Operations Center (SOC) to deliver managed security services. A host of blue chip customers use Sify's corporate service offerings.

Consumer services include broadband home access, dial up connectivity and the e-port cyber cafe chain across 180 cities and towns. Sify.com the consumer portal of Sify has sub portals like http://www.samachar.com, http://www.walletwatch.com, http://www.sifymax.com and http://www.chennailive.in, http://www.bangalorelive.in, http://www.mumbailive.in, http://www.hyderabadlive.in the city based live video on the web. The content is available in 5 Indian languages, which include Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Tamil.

For more information about Sify visit http://www.sifycorp.com

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The forward-looking statements contained herein are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. Sify undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements.

For a discussion of the risks associated with Sify's business, please see the discussion under the caption "Risks Related to Our Business" in the company's report on Form 20-F for the year ended March 31, 2008, which has been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and is available by accessing the database maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.

SOURCE Sify Technologies Limited

Source: PR Newswire

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