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Jataayu MMS, WAP, SMS platforms chosen by Tata Teleservices for Wireless Data Services rollout throughout India
April 26, 2004;
Tata is the biggest IT company in India, so this deal is a good news for Jataayu - company from which Microsoft purchased MMS client for Microsoft smartphone 2003.

Jataayu Software, announced the signing of a deal to deploy their Multimedia Messaging Services (MMS), Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and Short Message Services (SMS) Platforms on the Tata Teleservices CDMA Network, for their Tata Indicom subscribers throughout India.

"Jataayu is pleased to be joining the select circle of Tata Indicom partners who are working to provide advanced communications throughout India", said Mahesh Jain, Managing Director Jataayu Software. "We believe this contract is the beginning of a long-term relationship that will contribute to Tata Indicom's success in bringing world-class messaging and wireless data services to customers in India."

Announcing his pleasure at adding Tata Indicom to a growing list of prestigious carrier wins today, Mr. Raj Kesarimall, Director- Marketing said "Tata Indicom chose Jataayu over several leading platform vendors since Jataayu can rise to the challenge of meeting a demanding set of technical and business requirements specific to Tata Indicom. This win reinforces Jataayu’s position as a leading technology supplier to network operators and the tremendous value it offers them in reducing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of wireless data services."

"Tata Indicom selected Jataayu after a long and rigorous technical examination of its messaging and wireless data solutions as well as the business benefits that these offer. We put the Jataayu solutions through their paces, and they came up a winner on all counts”, said Mr. Swami Krishnan, Head - New Product Initiatives, Tata Teleservices. "We value Jataay'’s experience in the WAP and Multimedia Messaging domain and its track record in supporting carrier-grade scalability and performance requirements to meet our current and future expansion plans. Jataayu is one of the pioneers in this area and their solutions are well-positioned for the wireless data services market".

The Tata Indicom wireless data services network will be deployed supporting an initial 1 Million customers. This system is expected to grow across India and has the potential to be one of the largest wireless service deployments in the world. Tata Indicom plans to utilize the flexibility of the Jataayu Platforms to offer a variety of services and applications and significantly enhance revenue share from wireless data services.

About Jataayu Software

Jataayu Software, a pioneer in the Wireless Internet industry was the first in the world to launch its WAP 2.0 compliant products. With a strong commitment to technology development and focus on the Mobile arena, today Jataayu is a worldwide leader in the area of MMS, WAP, SMS, IM and SyncML. The company provides carrier grade, highly scalable Servers/Gateways, Chat, PIM and Notification/ Alert systems for Mobile Operators and Enterprises on GSM/GPRS/3G and CDMA environments.

For the Mobile device market the company provides highly portable, customizable WAP, MMS IM, SMS, and SyncML Clients on a variety of platforms and Operating Systems. More information on the company can be found on www.jataayusoft.com.

About Tata Teleservices

Tata Teleservices is India's leading private telecom service provider. The company offers integrated telecom solutions to its customers under the Tata Indicom brand, and uses the latest CDMA 3G1X technology for its wireless network. Currently operating in 6 states i.e. Delhi Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat, the company has a customer base of about 1.6 million. With a planned nationwide footprint across the country, Tata Teleservices has acquired licenses to operate in 11 more circles, which include Bihar, Haryana Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Kolkata, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh (East), Uttar Pradesh (West) and West Bengal.

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