[July 24, 2007] Sify.com Launches www.chennailive.in Tweet CHENNAI, India --(Business Wire)-- Sify.com, the leading consumer portal from Sify Limited, (NASDAQ:SIFY), a leader in Consumer Internet and Enterprise Services in India with global delivery capabilities, announced today the launch of www.chennailive.in, the first website for the city of Chennai with live video streaming. The website was launched by Dr. C. Chandramouli, IT Secretary, Tamil Nadu, at a glittering function at The Taj Coromandel hotel, Chennai on the evening of July 24, 2007. After the success of mumbailive.in, bangalorelive.in, hyderabadlive.in, chennailive.in is the fourth city portal from Sify.com. A key feature of www.chennialive.in is live video feeds from traffic web-cams stationed at key junctions of the city so citizens can plan their routes by checking the site for the prevailing traffic conditions. Users will have access to live video streaming of the traffic in the city at any given point of time. Launching the website, Dr. Chandramouli said, "I am happy to launch Chennailive.in, the first site with live video streaming. With its exciting and extensive city-centric content, the website will enable Chennai citizens to keep in touch with happenings in the city anytime, anywhere. It's also a great way for the people who live overseas to stay in touch with their favourite city." Mr. V. Sivaramakrishnan, President, Portals, Sify Limited, said, "We are delighted to launch chennailive.in as part of our strategy to provide the best access to information about the city, and as a way for people to keep in touch with their city. This is the best place on the web to get local information for the citizens in each of these cities. We intend to introduce more such city-centric websites to create online communities as a platform to share their views, discuss local topics and build their own personal space online." The site www.chennailive.in will include video sections across categories like information on the latest happenings in the city (Chennai Diary), gossip & updates on Tamil movies (Kollywood Masala), video reviews of the most happening hot spots in Chennai (Hangouts), hottest deals (Chennai Bazaar), reviews of the best know eateries (Meals Ready), and many more. Other offerings include city news, news in Tamil, classifieds and directory listings, city maps, etc. The grand launch function featured Sunil Kumar, Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic), and film stars from Kollywood, the Tamil film industry, who launched various sections of the website and spoke about places in Chennai closest to their hearts. These videos are available on www.chennailive.in. About Sify 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 infrastructure. This Internet backbone reaches 221 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. A host of blue chip customers use Sify's corporate service offerings. Consumer services include broadband home access, dial up connectivity and the iWay cyber cafe chain across 163 cities and towns. 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 BS7799 certified for Internet Data Center operations. 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 December 31, 2006 which has been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and is available by accessing the database maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]