Sify.com's Tamil Portal Rated the ''best Tamil website of 2005''; Rated Ahead of Websites of Prominent Tamil Newspapers & Magazines.CHENNAI, India -- Sify Limited, (Nasdaq:SIFY), India's premier Internet, network and eCommerce services company, today announced the rating of its consumer portal Sify.com's Tamil portal as the "best Tamil website of 2005" by noted Tamil writer, novelist & thinker Sujatha. The rating was published in Ananda Ananda (flourished 6th century BC, India) First cousin and disciple of the Buddha. A monk who served as the Buddha's personal attendant, he became known as the “beloved disciple.” It was Ananda who persuaded the Buddha to allow women to become nuns. Vikatan's New Year special issue titled "The Sujatha 2005 awards." Ananda Vikatan Ananda Vikatan ஆனந்த விகடன் is the leading Tamil language weekly magazine published from Chennai, India. is the largest circulated Tamil weekly. Commenting on his choice, Sujatha said: "I like Tamil.Sify.com because of its range and depth of coverage." He added, "The website also provides a variety which is needed for today's audiences. Compared to other sites, Sify Tamil not only provides wholesome entertainment, but upholds the quality and traditions of the best Tamil literary content for Internet users." Mr. Surya Mantha, Senior Vice President, Portals Sify Ltd said, "We are absolutely delighted that our Tamil portal has been rated the best Tamil website of 2005. For it is not just a translation of the English version's content, but developed to reflect the interests, cultural context and literary traditions of the language. So our being rated the best Tamil website is indeed a vindication of our ongoing efforts to ensure compelling content in every one of our language portals." He added, "According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Internet & Mobile Association of India, Indian Internet users are expected to grow from the current 39 million, that's less than 5% of India's population, to a 100 million users over the next two years. We believe that language content will play a major role in catalyzing this kind of growth in future. Sify has taken the lead in enabling quality language content, with our portal already available in five Indian languages in addition to English." Sify's Tamil portal was rated ahead of websites of prominent newspapers in Tamil and web editions of popular Tamil magazines. Sujatha's ranking has once again endorsed the leadership of http://tamil.sify.com in the Tamil online content space. The site with its content mix of breaking news, updates on Tamil movies, review of cultural events, image galleries, columns and event-based specials is a favourite destination for resident Tamils in India, as well as non-resident Indians Non Resident Indians (NRIs) are people who are ethnically Indian but live outside India. This includes people who have migrated recently who might be holding an Indian or foreign citizenship, and descendants of those who migrated primarily in the 19th and 20th centuries who of Tamil origin. Rich literary and cultural content from highly respected Tamil magazines like Amudhasurabhi, Kalachuvadu, Kalaimagal and Manjari are available on the website. Other content partners include Pennae Nee, Rasanai and Namadhu Nambikkai. Sify is the first portal in India to introduce dynamic fonts Dynamic fonts is a web browser technology used when visiting any website that uses fonts which are not installed on client's machine. The web browser would not be able to display the page properly, but will select one of fonts available on client machine. on its language websites. The company also pioneered news aggregation technologies in Indian languages by launching the Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada versions of Samachar.com, the world's most popular NRI NRI Nomura Research Institute (Tokyo, Japan) NRI Non-Resident Indian NRI Natural Resources Institute NRI National Resources Inventory NRI Networked Readiness Index NRI Natural Resources Inventory NRI National Research Institute website. About Sify Limited: Sify is among the largest Internet, network and e-Commerce services companies in India, offering end-to-end solutions with a comprehensive range of products delivered over a common Internet backbone (communications, networking) Internet backbone - High-speed networks that carry Internet traffic. These communications networks are provided by companies such as AT&T, GTE, IBM, MCI, Netcom, Sprint, UUNET and consist of high-speed links in the T1, T3, OC1 and OC3 ranges. infrastructure. This Internet backbone reaches 160 cities and towns in India. A significant part of the company's revenue is derived from Corporate Services Activities that combine or consolidate certain enterprise-wide needed support services, provided based on specialized knowledge, best practices, and technology to serve internal (and sometimes external) customers and business partners. , which include corporate connectivity, network and communications solutions, security, network management services and hosting. A host of blue chip customers use Sify's corporate service offerings. Consumer services Consumer Services refers to the formulation, deformulation, technical consulting and testing of most consumer products, such as food, herbs, beverages, vitamins, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, hair products, household cleaners, [paints, plastics, metals, waxes, coatings, minerals, include broadband home access, dial up connectivity and the iWay cyber cafe chain across 149 cities and towns. The company's network services, data center operations and customer relationship management are accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001:2000. For more information about Sify, visit 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 6-K for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 which has been filed with the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. 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