BWI: Tanla Solutions Ltd Announces the Deployment of its 3G Platform with MTNL

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Tanla Solutions Limited
Friday, December 12, 2008 10:01 AM IST (04:31 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology, Telecommunications; Technology
Release no: 18721
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Tanla Solutions Ltd Announces the Deployment of its 3G Platform with MTNL


Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, Friday, December 12, 2008 -- (Business Wire India) -- Tanla Solutions Ltd., the leading telecommunications software and services provider with worldwide operations today announced deployment of its 3G VAS platform with state owned Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL). Tanla now has the distinction of being the first company to have live services over a 3G network in India.

MTNL is the first Indian mobile operator to launch 3G services in India and the services were formally inaugurated by Hon'ble Prime Minister Mr. Manmohan Singh in New Delhi today.

Commenting on the occasion Mr. Uday Reddy, Chairman & Managing Director, Tanla Solutions Ltd said "We are proud to be associated with MTNL in this marquee event and look forward to operationalising our international suite of products and services here in India. Tanla is helping operators attract new users and build loyalty with existing customers by offering the newest applications and services supported by third generation networks."

Tanla's 3G VAS platform enables a number of Video based interactive applications like Video IVR Portals, Video Chat, Video SMS and Video alerts. This enables mobile operators and service providers to enhance portal offerings with feature-rich, personalized video interactivity. The visual component of services created with Tanla's Video IVR platform makes the user experience much more intuitive and attractive than traditional voice-or-text based services and is proven to drive the uptake of 3G services like Video Calling.

Other deployments of Tanla's 3G platform within the sub continent include Dialog Telekom, Sri Lanka's largest network with over 5 million subscribers.

Tanla Solutions Ltd was recently named as the Seventh fastest growing company in India as part of the Deloitte Fast 50 program. Its Finnish subsidiary Tanla Oy (formerly Openbit Oy) was ranked 2nd in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Finland 2008 program. With the combined strength of its subsidiary businesses Tanla now operates in over 50 countries with over 150 operator relationships.

Tanla Mobile is one of the youngest and fasted growing Network Aggregators working in partnership with leading operators like MTN, Vodafone, O2, T-Mobile, Airtel and 3 amongst others. Tanla Oy's mobile payments and application rights management solution is now on tens of millions of Nokia and other smartphones powering Navigation, Business and Entertainment applications.

About Tanla Solutions Ltd:

Tanla is a leading provider of Telecom infrastructure headquartered in Hyderabad, India with offices in London, New York, Dubai, Madrid, Singapore, Dublin, Helsinki, Tampere, Johannesburg and Colombo. It is listed on both the National and Mumbai Stock Exchanges (Reuters TNSL.BO and Bloomberg TANS: IN). For the half year ending 30th September 2008, Tanla recorded Revenues in excess of Rs.381 crores and Net Profit of almost Rs.127 crores. Tanla was awarded the Deloitte Fast 50 award and named as the Seventh fastest growing company in India as part of the Deloitte survey. Tanla Mobile is a leading innovator of next-generation mobile application solutions, m-commerce and interactive services. Tanla Mobile works in partnership with global mobile operators across Asia, Europe and North America to deliver and bill mobile content over SMS, WAP, MMS, Video, etc. Its product suite includes Mobile Payments Solutions, Campaign Management, Content Management, 3G Video Management and Interactive TV Management applications, all of which are supported by powerful online reporting and CRM tools. Tanla OY, Finland (formerly Openbit Oy) is recognized as a leading provider of solutions that seamlessly integrate on-device payment and mobile application rights management, with an installed base of tens of millions of handsets worldwide. Tanla Oy has been ranked 2nd in the Technology Fast 50 Finland 2008 program.
Visit www.tanla.com and www.openbit.com for further details.





CONTACT DETAILS
Rohit Midha, Head - Corporate Affairs, Tanla Solutions Limited, +91 (040) 40099999, rohit.midha@tanla.com

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