America Online and Satyam Infoway Enter into Agreement to Offer Co-branded Version of AOL Instant Messenger Service.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers DULLES, Va. and CHENNAI, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2000 SatyamOnline Internet Users in India Will Enjoy Real-Time Communications with AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Instant Messenger's Global Instant Messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or Community America Online See AOL. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AOL),the world's leading interactive services company, and Satyam Infoway (Nasdaq:SIFY), India's leading Internet and e-commerce company, today announced a multi-year agreement to distribute a co-branded version of the AOL Instant Messenger See AIM. (sm) service to SatyamOnline ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. customers and through there consumer portal www.SatyamOnline.com and its affiliated Web sites. This alliance with Satyam Infoway is AOL's first agreement in the Indian consumer Internet market. This co-branded AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) service will allow SatyamOnline Internet access See how to access the Internet. and portal users to exchange real-time instant messages not only with fellow SatyamOnline subscribers and portal users, but also communicate instantly with other AIM(sm) users and AOL members who comprise the AOL Buddy List A list of colleagues, workgroup members, friends, etc., that you might wish to communicate with via instant messaging. See instant messaging. (R)network. The service can be downloaded from www.SatyamOnline.com and its affiliated Web sites, and will also be included on the CD-ROMs of the SatyamOnline Internet access software. R. Ramaraj, Satyam Infoway's MD and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. said, "We are excited to be working with AOL to bring its popular AIM service to India. This will allow SatyamOnline Internet access subscribers and www.SatyamOnline.com portal users to communicate instantly online with friends, family and colleagues around the world with the easiest-to-use, most convenient and secure real-time messaging tool available. By this agreement with AOL, we will be able to connect SatyamOnline's growing customer base of over 160,000 customers with other AIM users and AOL members worldwide." Michael Lynton, President of AOL International, said, "We are very pleased to work with Satyam Infoway, an innovative leader in the Internet and e-commerce markets in India. This relationship with Satyam Infoway connects another country and culture to the growing ranks of the AIM global community and brings state-of-the-art and popular communications Popular Communications is a magazine with content relating to the radio hobby, including scanners, shortwave radio, CB, and amateur radio. The magazine includes articles, schedules of shortwave stations, and logs of pirate radio communications sent in by readers. features to the rapidly growing numbers of Internet users in India." America Online has numerous collaborative agreements for AIM, including alliances with Arch Communications, Apple, Bell South Mobility, DigitalWork.com, EarthLink, FaceTime Communications, Juno, Kinko's, IBM's Lotus, Lycos, Motorola, Net2Phone, Nokia, Novell, Oxygen Media, RealNetworks, Research in Motion, Riffage, TV Guide, and Voyager.net. The AOL Instant Messenger service, which recently surpassed 50 million registered users, is the free Internet extension See Internet domain name. of AOL's Buddy List network. It enables home and business Internet users to see when their family, friends and co-workers come online, and allows them to send and respond to private, personalized electronic text messages instantly. AOL's Buddy List network has over 90 million AOL members and AIM users combined. In addition to India with Satyam Infoway, there are localized versions of the AIM software tailored for international audiences in several countries around the world, including: U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Netherlands, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Australia, Japan and Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. . These localized versions of the AIM software can be downloaded by anyone with an Internet connection, worldwide. The AIM service is also currently available in seven languages: English (U.S., British), French (French, Canadian), German, Spanish (Mexican, Argentinean, Regional Spanish), Portuguese (Brazilian), Japanese and Dutch. About America Online, Inc. Founded in 1985, America Online, Inc., based in Dulles, is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. America Online, Inc. operates: two worldwide Internet services, America Online, with more than 22 million members, and CompuServe, with more than 2.7 million members; several leading Internet brands including ICQ ("I Seek You") A conferencing program for the Internet from Mirabilis, Tel Aviv, Israel (www.icq.com). It provides interactive chat, e-mail and file transfer and can alert you when someone on your predefined list has also come online. , AOL Instant Messenger and Digital City, Inc.; the Netscape Netcenter and AOL.COM portals; the Netscape Navigator An earlier Web browser for Windows, Macintosh and X Windows from Netscape that provided secure transmission over the Internet. Soon after its introduction in 1994, Navigator, or just "Netscape," as it was commonly called, quickly became the leading browser on the Web. and Communicator browsers; AOL MovieFone, the nation's number one movie listing guide and ticketing service; and Spinner.com and NullSoft's Winamp, leaders in Internet music. Through its strategic alliance with Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , the company develops and offers easy-to-deploy, end-to-end e-commerce and enterprise solutions for companies operating in the Net Economy. About Satyam Infoway Satyam Infoway Ltd. (Nasdaq:SIFY) is the largest private national provider of Internet access and Internet services to consumers and businesses in India. As of end of April 2000, Satyam Infoway has more than 160,000 consumer Internet subscribers. The Company's network presently serves 43 locations, covering approximately 220 cities throughout India. Satyam Infoway's products include consumer Internet access services, on-line portal and content offerings and corporate network and technology services. Satyam Infoway's portal www.satyamonline.com, is India's leading portal with services in areas such as travel, finance, health and shopping in addition to e-mail, chat and search. Over 500 corporations use Satyam Infoway's business-to-business products and services. UUNet Technologies, Sterling Commerce and Open Market are some of Satyam Infoway's strategic partners. SIFY is presently the only Indian Internet company to be listed on the Nasdaq. This press release includes 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 certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. For a discussion of the risks associated with Satyam Infoway's business, please see the discussion under the caption "Risks Related to Our Business" in Satyam Infoway's Report on Form 6-K for the quarter ended December 31, 1999 which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This report is available at www.sec.gov. |
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