Tata Indicom presents mobile internet ‘like never before’...in association with Samsung on the new ‘explore’ handset

Company Brief

Hyderabad, September 15, 2007

Tata Teleservices, India’s fastest-growing telecom service provider, today unveiled the country’s first Mobile Web Browser, fully optimized for mobile Internet, in association with Samsung Telecommunications India on ‘Samsung Explore’ — a sleek feature-rich handset priced at only Rs 5,499/. This new-age browser is designed to provide mobile users a true Web experience at speed 3-4 times faster than GPRS, with access to all websites—and all this on a stylish multimedia device from Samsung, at a very affordable price.

“This innovation is an important step in extending the power of the Internet on to Mobile Devices, making it accessible to the large and growing mass of mobile users. With our new mobile web browser, Tata Indicom customers can get a rich and full Internet experience—on handsets that are very affordable,” said Mr. Sanjeev Khera, COO-AP Circle, Tata Teleservices Limited. “The new capabilities of the Mobile Browser with the faster access of CDMA, provides a quick and full experience, unlike any other that we have seen till now,” he added.

Tata Indicom’s web browser is first being introduced on the ‘Samsung Explore’ handset. Mobile Internet comes at easy prices—ranging from Rs 10 per day to Rs 99 for a month, with unlimited Internet access.

“This efficient mobile browser further reiterates our commitment to bring in latest innovations and leverage the power of CDMA for our customers—across a choice of handsets. The Internet provides a rich opportunity to explore, learn and grow and we will continue to introduce innovative products that maximize customer value,” Mr. Khera added.

Samsung Explore comes with a ‘Go Active’ connection that offers incoming facility for a year and free 1,000-minutes Tata-to-Tata calling at no extra cost. Additionally, Tata Indicom customers also have the option to select their own tariff plan from various consumer-friendly and attractive tariff options.

The QSC family of solutions enables smaller, sleeker, more power-efficient devices for mass markets by featuring industry-leading levels of integration. The QSC family has now been expanded to support CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, EV-DO Rev. A, Assisted-GPS etc, so even mainstream handsets can offer mobile broadband data, sophisticated location services and more. QSC solutions enable cost-competitive devices with in-demand features such as polyphonic ringtones, wallpapers, games, MP3 player and digital camera. All leading CDMA device manufacturers have brought QSC solutions to the Indian market.

The Tata Indicom Mobile Web Browser, powered by Novarra Inc, can be easily downloaded on BREW® enabled handsets. The Mobile Web browser allows users to access rich portals, and get full Web access on their mobile phones in a user-friendly way. Users can also access rich text and images Web-based mails, and search for all sites like news, sports, entertainment etc. They can even do their blogging, network on friendship sites and enter forms for travel, e commerce, jobs and more.

For further information, please contact:

Suryaprakash Reddy

Tata Teleservices Limited

Tel: 040 6655 4062

Uzzal Mohan

Vaishnavi Corporate Communications

Tel: 92462 15332