Tuesday, March 31, 2009

BWI: Property Prices Continued to Decline and Rentals Stabilized during Oct- Dec ’08: 99acres Insite

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: 99acres.com
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 09:14 PM IST (03:44 PM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Entertainment; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Construction, Information technology, Real estate; Technology
Release no: 19588
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Property Prices Continued to Decline and Rentals Stabilized during Oct- Dec '08: 99acres Insite


New Delhi, Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 31, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Highlights of the Report:

-- Oct- Dec '09 was the worst quarter in the past year for real estate. Residential Property Prices saw a marked decline as compared to July - Sep'08
-- Property slump in Hyderabad continued, Bangalore saw stability
-- Rentals stabilized across most cities in India

According to '99acres Insite' - a quarterly report on property price trends released by 99acres.com, India's No.1 Property Portal, Oct - Dec 2008 has been the worst quarter during 2008. Property prices faced pressure and continued to spiral down in Oct- Dec' 08. Some of the most affected cities included Delhi - NCR, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai, and the worst hit localities included Miyapur in Hyderabad and Rajarhat in Kolkata.

"I expect the trend to continue for a few more quarters until prices bottom out and the market stabilizes on the interest rate front, which will make the market lucrative for the consumers to re-enter," said Vineet Singh, Business Head, 99acres.com

The report compiles the asking rates (price demanded by the seller/builder/broker) of residential apartments (2-3BHK apartments) for buy/rent. It presents a trend of property prices and rentals across top cities: Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune.

Delhi - NCR

Buy: Property prices in Delhi declined during Oct-Dec '08 as compared to the previous quarter (July-Sep '08). Dwarka witnessed a steep decline by 15%. Noida experienced a sharp drop of upto 20% while Gurgaon witnessed a further decline in property prices by 7-8%.

Rent: Rentals in Delhi witnessed varying trends during Oct- Dec '08 as compared to the previous quarter, with some localities like Rohini, Vasundra Enclave, Lajpat Nagar witnessing an increase in rentals by about 20% while others such as Connaught Place, Vasant Kunj, Malviya Nagar and Janakpuri saw a steep decline of about 15%. Noida saw a decline by about 15% in rentals, while Gurgaon was stable.

Mumbai

Buy: The Mumbai Realty market saw a decline in property prices during Oct-Dec '08 as compared to the previous quarter. Localities such as Bhayander (East), Vashi and Thane West saw a drop in property prices by 10%

The rental market in Mumbai shows a mixed trend. Rentals in Prabhadevi, Breach Candy saw an increase by over 50% while rentals in Dahisar, Seawoods and Kharghar saw a decline by over 20% as compared to the previous quarter.

Kolkata

Buy : Property prices continued to decline in Kolkata during Oct-Dec'08 as compared to the previous quarter (July- Sep '08). Prices at EM Bypass declined by 17% while Rajarhat saw a decline in prices by 25%.

Rent: Rentals stabilized during Oct- Dec '08 as compared to the previous quarter. However, some localities like Alipore and Jadhav Pur continued on an upward trend, witnessing an increase of over 20%.

Chennai

Buy: In Chennai, Oct-Dec '08 saw a steep decline in property prices in some localities as compared to the previous quarter. Perungudi and Valalsaravakkam saw a decline in prices by 15-20%.

Rent: Rentals declined during Oct-Dec '08 as compared to the previous quarter. Localities ilke Kilpauk, T. Nagar and Medavakkam registered a steep drop of over 20%.

Bangalore

Buy: Bangalore was one of the first cities to get affected by the slowdown, where property prices declined steeply round the year. However Oct - Dec '08 saw a stability in property prices as compared to the previous quarter.

Rent: Rentals in Bangalore slipped in Oct - Dec '08 with areas like Thipassandra, Maleshpalaya and Kaggadasapura witnessing a decline in rates of over 25%.

Hyderabad

Buy: Severely affected by the slowdown, property prices in Hyderabad have declined steeply in Oct-Dec '08 as compared to the previous quarter. Property prices in Madhapur declined by 11% while Miyapur saw a decline by 25%.

Rent: Most of the localities in Hyderabad have seen a landslide in rentals in the period of Oct - Dec 2008 as compared to the previous quarter. Miyapur and Nizampet have seen a correction in rental prices by more than 20%, and some of the other popular places like Somajiguda and Madhapur saw a decline by over 30%.

Methodology

With over 3 lakh live listings, 99acres 'Insite' is an initiative to provide users and stakeholders of 99acres.com with useful insights about the property market in India. 99acres 'Insite' - Metro Property Price Trends addresses the single most important concern of all be it buyers, sellers, investors or media- 'Price trends'. The report compiles city wise, locality wise price graphs of residential apartments and rentals of 2-3 BHK Apartments only. The team at 99acres.com has adopted the methodology which ensured that spam listings do not skew the numbers that are present in this report. Since, the figures quoted are asking prices (price demanded by the buyers/ brokers) and not actual transaction prices, it was important to identify entries which were spurious and eliminate them from the data set. Sample sizes have been carefully chosen to ensure significant number of data points, only properties with high number of user views have been selected for the analysis and outliners have been identified and treated.

About 99acres.com

99acres.com is the no.1 property portal in India. It was launched by Info Edge, in September 2005, as a gateway to the country's property bazaar, and an information 'exchange' for buying, renting and selling of all types of residential and commercial properties anywhere in the country. The website enables easy access to a huge property bank for netizens and allows for direct connect with brokers/builders in cities in urban and remote parts of India. With properties of almost 8000 builders, 60,000 brokers and 1,00,000 individuals, the portal lists over 300000 properties at any time. The website has a registered database of 3,00,000 users.

For more information or to buy, sell or rent property in India, please log to http://www.99acres.com


CONTACT DETAILS
Anjali Berry, Sampark Public Relations Pvt. Ltd., +919891526436, anjali@sampark.com
Harsh Sinha, Sampark Public Relations Pvt. Ltd., +919971855115, harsh@sampark.com
Aakriti Bhargava, Manager - Public Relations, Info Edge (India) Ltd, +919871220114, +91 (120) 3082089

KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, ENTERTAINMENT, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, CONSTRUCTION, IT, REAL ESTATE, TECHNOLOGY

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BWI: Goafest 2009 Creative Abby Entries Exceeds Last Year’s Number

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Goafest 2009
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 07:35 PM IST (02:05 PM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Media & entertainment
Release no: 19587
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Goafest 2009 Creative Abby Entries Exceeds Last Year's Number


Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Tuesday, March 31, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- The Creative Abby entries in Goafest 2009 have exceeded last year's number. This year 4494 entries have been received as compared to 4172 last year.

These include entries from Advertising, Direct, Digital Interactive, Film Craft, and the newly introduced Design categories.

Advertising entries alone totaled 3706 with print, out of home, film, radio and integrated attracting a large chunk of them.

Twenty eight companies have sent in 229 entries in the Direct category. The fast growing Digital Interactive Category has had 175 entries from 35 companies. Twenty two film production companies have sent in 206 entries. There are 32 companies who have sent in 178 entries in the Design category.

The jury chairpersons are Ravi Deshpande in Print, K V Sridhar in Out of Home, Piyush Pandey in Integrated, Prasoon Joshi in Film, K S Chakravarthy in Radio, Rakshin Patel in Direct, Bobby Pawar in Digital Interactive, Ram Madhvani in Film Craft and Elsie Nanji in Design categories. A total of 90 judges have been involved in 9 juries.

Commenting on the participation, Ajay Chandwani, Co-Chairman, Creative Abbys, Goafest 2009 and Director, Percept said, "The Advertising Club Bombay and the AAAI are delighted by the huge participation of companies representing advertising, direct, digital, design and film production in this year's Creative Abbys. We are overwhelmed by the support received from so many companies in a difficult year. In fact the participation has been significant considering the short notice given to enter the competition."

Regarding new categories, Ajay Chandwani said, "Every year Abbys creates new opportunities for different segments. Two years ago, we introduced Film Craft for film production companies with sub-categories like editing, cinematography, original music score etc. The new media trend got reflected in the Digital Interactive category with sub-categories like websites, banners, virals and email marketing. This year we have introduced Design with sub-categories like corporate id, packaging, brochures and stationery. With so many design companies and units in the larger agencies it was time to recognize Design as an independent vertical. The Abbys today encompass media and creative and truly represent the full communication spectrum."

About Goafest 2009:

Currently in its fourth year, Goafest is India's most prestigious national advertising awards festival, organized by The Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) in association with The Advertising Club Bombay. More than 3000 delegates from the advertising and allied industries attend the event to witness the high-profile seminars, workshops and listen to keynote speakers from across the globe. Over 4500 ads from all over the country are showcased and judged at the Festival. Goafest is India's largest intellectual & information exchange in the world of Advertising & Media and provides an opportunity for professionals in marketing and advertising to meet, exchange ideas and recognize creative talent.


CONTACT DETAILS
Ulrica D'sylva, IPAN, +91 9867291272, goafest2009media@gmail.com, ulrica.dsylva@ipan.com
Deepa Jayaraman, IPAN, +91 9819808681, deepa.jayaraman@ipan.com
Sudesh Kapoor, Advertising Agencies Association of India, +91 9967570203, aaai@vsnl.com
Bipin Pandit, Advertising Club Bombay, +91 9820191077, adclub@vsnl.com

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BWI: Goafest 2009 Promises to be a Knowledge Extravaganza with World-Renowned Ad-Gurus

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Goafest 2009
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 07:09 PM IST (01:39 PM GMT)
Editors: General: People; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Media & entertainment
Release no: 19586
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Goafest 2009 Promises to be a Knowledge Extravaganza with World-Renowned Ad-Gurus
Sir John Hegarty, Jean-Marie Dru , Sean Finnegan, Dan Wieden and Neeraj Nayar will Share their Knowledge at Goafest 2009

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Tuesday, March 31, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- The Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) and The Advertising Club Bombay today announced the list of world-renowned keynote speakers for Goafest 2009. Inspirational and legendary icons, such as Sir John Hegarty, Sean Finnegan, Dan Wieden, Jean Marie Dru and Neeraj Nayar from the global advertising industry will address the participants at Goafest 2009.

The final list of keynote International speakers at Goafest 2009 includes:

-- Sir John Hegarty, Chairman & Worldwide Creative Director of Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH)

-- Jean-Marie Dru, Chairman, TBWA

-- Sean Finnegan, Chief Media Officer, Vibrant Media

-- Dan Wieden, Founder, Wieden+Kennedy

-- Neeraj Nayar, President, Contagious Communications, India

Speaking on the occasion Mr. Colvyn Harris, Chairman, Goafest 2009 & CEO, JWT, said, "Goafest has evolved into multi-faceted convention for the advertising industry and this year the Goafest committee has ensured that knowledge and learning takes precedence. The Indian advertising industry is hitting new milestones and keeping this in mind our effort was to invite the best of international speakers. The endeavour is to infuse global best practices and insights amongst emerging talent in the industry. We are confident that every individual in the field of advertising and marketing in India will not want to miss this opportunity to interact with such inspirational speakers."

Goafest is Asia's most prestigious festival for marketing and advertising professionals and a powerful platform to celebrate the work and the people in Indian advertising. Scheduled for April 2, 3 and 4, 2009, the Goafest 2009 theme for this year is "Why Waste a Good Recession?"

Day 1 starts with the Discovery Industry Leadership Conclave where keynote speakers from across the globe reflect and debate issues and challenges facing advertising and marketing and share their learning's and thoughts on the future.

Day 2 and 3 have the SBI Knowledge and Learning Seminars followed by the prestigious Abby Awards - Media on Day 2 and Creative on Day 3.

Brief about the Speakers:

Sir John Hegarty, Chairman & Worldwide Creative Director of Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH):

Sir John Hegarty, Chairman & Worldwide Creative Director of Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) began his career in advertising as a junior Art Director at Benton and Bowles, London, in 1965. He next worked with a small agency, John Collings & Partners.

In 1967 he joined Cramer Saatchi consultancy which later became Saatchi & Saatchi in 1970, where he was a founding shareholder. A year later he was appointed Deputy Creative Director.

Sir John left Saatchi & Saatchi in 1973 to co-found TBWA, London, as Creative Director. The agency was the first to be voted Campaign magazine's Agency of the Year in 1980.

He left TBWA in 1982 to co-found Bartle Bogle Hegarty. Four years later in 1986, BBH was voted Campaign's Agency of the Year, and won the title once again in 1993. In addition, BBH became the Cannes Lions Advertising Festival's very first Agency of the Year in 1993. It also won the title again in 1994.

Hegarty has been responsible for numerous accolades for the agency. Hegarty has won over 15 Clios alone, and his Levi's 501 work is in the Clio Hall of Fame. Since its inception in 1982 BBH has been named Agency of the Year more than six times, most notably by Campaign magazine, who also named BBH as their first-ever Network of the Year in 2004.

Jean-Marie Dru, Chairman, TBWA

Dru became the chairman of TBWA Worldwide in 2007. He was appointed president and chief executive officer of TBWA Worldwide in 2001. Before this, he was president international of TBWA Worldwide.

He started his career in 1971 with Dupuy Compton (now called Saatchi & Saatchi) as an account manager on P&G. He soon moved to the role of executive creative director. He then joined Young & Rubicam. After this, he set up the BDDP (Boulet Dru Dupuy Petit) Group in 1984 along with three other partners.

Sean Finnegan, Chief Media Officer, Vibrant Media

Prior to joining Vibrant Media, Sean Finnegan was the Chief Executive Officer of OMG Digital, a unit of Omnicom Media Group. As head of OMG Digital, Sean led its global management team and developed functional services in Digital Investment, Search, Mobile, Gaming, Futures, Analytics and Ad Operations.

Sean began his career in the early 1990s at BBDO New York, where he focused on Spot TV buying and Print planning. When the internet became commercial, Sean quickly shifted his focus to new media, working at such interactive agencies as Darwin Digital (Zenith), APL Digital and JWT Digital. Sean then departed the agency world for two years to become Director, Advertising Business Development at AllAdvantage.com. In 2001, Sean left for his native Chicago, where he became Media Director for TribalDDB. A year into his tenure at Tribal, Omnicom formed OMD (the combined media units of DDB, BBDO, TBWA Chiat Day and Rapp Collins) and Sean became Midwest Director of OMD Digital. Eventually Sean was promoted to lead OMD Digital nationally and relocated back to New York, a position he held for three years before forming OMG Digital.

Sean is committed to mentorship and as such, he has spoken at several conferences such as the iMedia Summit Series, Cannes Advertising Awards, the Goldman Sachs Internet Conference, the MSN Strategic Account Summit and the AAF National Conference. Sean was named an AAF Advertising Hall of Achievement inductee, an Advertising Age Media Maven, a Media All Star for Mediaweek Magazine, a MediaPost All Star, one of Min Magazine's 21 Most Intriguing People, an Inter-nationalist Magazine Agency Innovator, OnMedia's Madison Avenue "IT" List and an official Kentucky Colonel. Sean is involved in many online advertising industry groups and associations, such as the AAF, IAB, AAAAs Digital CEO Board, Google's Agency Advisory Council and the TiVo Advisory Council. Sean is also a proud co-founder and board member of the Tom Deierlein Foundation, an organization dedicated to helping needy families and children both nationally and internationally with their most basic living needs including medical care.

Dan Wieden, Founder, Wieden+Kennedy

Dan Wieden (born 1945) is an American advertising executive who co-founded Wieden+Kennedy in 1982. Over the years, the agency has created some of the most innovative campaigns for brands like Nike, Honda, Pepe Jeans, Micrsoft, Coca-Cola and ESPN.

Wieden has been named America's one of the most intriguing entrepreneurs by Inc. He has also received Oregon's Professional of the Year and Oregon's Entrepreneur of the Year. He also received distinction as one of the world's 50 CyberElite by Time magazine and one of 32 members of the One Club Creative Hall of Fame. Wieden is the founder of Caldera, a nonprofit arts education organization and camp for at-risk youth located in Sisters, Oregon.

Neeraj Nayar, President, Contagious Communications India

With over 20 years in the Advertising and Marketing Communications industry, he is currently President of Contagious Communications, India. Contagious specializes in future-facing marketing ideas and emerging technologies and is delivered in the form of a quarterly magazine, DVD, newsletter and workshops. Their prestigious clientele includes Nike, Toyota, Diageo, O2, Henkel and P&G.

About Goafest 2009:

Currently in its fourth year, Goafest is India's most prestigious national advertising awards festival, organized by The Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) in association with The Advertising Club Bombay. More than 3000 delegates from the advertising and allied industries attend the event to witness the high-profile seminars, workshops and listen to keynote speakers from across the globe. Over 4500 ads from all over the country are showcased and judged at the Festival. Goafest is India's largest intellectual & information exchange in the world of Advertising & Media and provides an opportunity for professionals in marketing and advertising to meet, exchange ideas and recognize creative talent.

About Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI):

The Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) is the official, national organization of advertising agencies, formed in 1945, to promote their interests. The Association promotes professionalism, through its founding principles, which uphold sound business practices between advertisers and advertising agencies and each of the various media. The AAAI today is truly representative, with a very large number of small, medium and large-sized agencies as its members, who together account for almost 80% of the advertising business placed in the country. It is thus recognized as the apex body of the advertising industry at all forums - advertisers, media owners and associations, and even Government, as the spokesperson for the advertising industry. Only such agencies that are independent, unbiased, objective, committed to advertising, ethically operated, financially sound and who offer professionalism and expertise in order to fulfill their obligations to consumers, advertisers and media are accepted as a members of AAAI.

About The Advertising Club Bombay:

The Advertising Club Bombay, which was incorporated in the year 1954, is arguably the biggest Advertising Club of its kind in the world. It has over 1600 members from the Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations, Media and Research fraternity.

The Ad Club's endeavour is to "Help raise the professional standards of the Indian Advertising Industry", and the Club attempts to do this through awards, seminars, meetings and more.

Besides the ABBYs, EFFIEs, EMVIEs, Ad Review, Media Review, M.Ad Quiz and Young Achievers' Awards, the Ad Club is also involved in a number of other activities. Over the years, Ad Club has become a catalyst in developing the industry. It routinely organizes CEP Workshops and events for industry professionals and students. It has become a dynamic platform for professionals from different fields to interact and gain from each other's expertise. This Club maintains a high level of activity and, unlike other clubs, has no bars!

For Delegate Registrations

To participate and register in Goafest 2009, log on to www.goafest.com.

Hurry, Last Date for entries April 1, 2009


CONTACT DETAILS
Ulrica D'sylva, IPAN, +91 9867291272, ulrica.dsylva@ipan.com
Deepa Jayaraman, IPAN, +91 9819808681, deepa.jayaraman@ipan.com
Sudesh Kapoor, Advertising Agencies Association of India, +91 9967570203, aaai@vsnl.com
Bipin Pandit, Advertising Club Bombay, +91 9820191077, adclub@vsnl.com

KEYWORDS
PEOPLE, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, MEDIA

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BWI: Online Registration for Goafest 2009 open till April 1

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Goafest 2009
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 07:00 PM IST (01:30 PM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Entertainment; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology, Media & entertainment
Release no: 19584
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Online Registration for Goafest 2009 open till April 1
Why Waste a Good Recession?

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Tuesday, March 31, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- The Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) and The Advertising Club Bombay today announced that online registrations for Goafest 2009, India's premier advertising awards festival will be open till the evening of April 1, 2009. Goafest 2009 registrations have already crossed the two thousand mark and are still climbing. This year in an effort to encourage participation of talented young advertising professionals, Goafest is offering individuals under 30 whose agencies are a member of the AAAI, the chance to register for Goafest 2009 at half the cost. Registrations between April 2-4, 2009 will be accepted at the venue.

Mr. Colvyn Harris, Chairman, Goafest 2009 & CEO, JWT, said, "It is heartening that India's premier advertising awards festival, Goafest is being supported by the advertising fraternity. Last year Goafest was a resounding success, with nearly 2900 delegates participating, of whom over 800 were under 30. This year with over 2000 delegates already registered and the number still climbing it truly promises to be an even bigger success. We are confident that every individual in the field of advertising and marketing in India will not want to miss this opportunity to interact with such inspirational speakers and so to ensure that, we have kept the online registrations open till April 1, 2009."

Goafest 2009 provides an uncommon learning environment for India's young creative, marketing and media professionals and a rare opportunity for all professionals from India and abroad to interact with each other. The festival will also present them the opportunity to interact with not just the Indian gurus of advertising but also meet some international personalities extremely well known in their respective fields.

This year the list of world-renowned keynote speakers for Goafest 2009 includes inspirational and legendary icons, such as Sir John Hegarty, Sean Finnegan, Dan Wieden and Jean Marie Dru from the global advertising industry to address the participants.

Goafest 2009 will be swankier this year and is organised on a grander scale than the previously held Goafests. It will be held at Cavelossim Beach, Goa, in a specially created 'Advillage'. Scheduled on April 2-4, 2009 the Goafest 2009 theme for this year is "Why Waste a Good Recession?"

Day 1 starts with the Discovery Industry Leadership Conclave where keynote speakers from across the globe reflect and debate issues and challenges facing advertising and marketing and share their learning's and thoughts on the future.

Day 2 and 3 have the SBI Knowledge and Learning Seminars followed by the prestigious Abby Awards - Media on Day 2 and Creative on Day 3.

Log on to www.goafest.com to register NOW!

About Goafest 2009:

Currently in its fourth year, Goafest is India's most prestigious national advertising awards festival, organized by The Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) in association with The Advertising Club Bombay. More than 3000 delegates from the advertising and allied industries attend the event to witness the high-profile seminars, workshops and listen to keynote speakers from across the globe. Over 4500 ads from all over the country are showcased and judged at the Festival. Goafest is India's largest intellectual & information exchange in the world of Advertising & Media and provides an opportunity for professionals in marketing and advertising to meet, exchange ideas and recognize creative talent.


CONTACT DETAILS
Ulrica D'sylva, IPAN, +91 9867291272, goafest2009media@gmail.com, ulrica.dsylva@ipan.com
Deepa Jayaraman, IPAN, 9819808681, deepa.jayaraman@ipan.com
Sudesh Kapoor, Advertising Agencies Association of India, +91 9967570203, aaai@vsnl.com
Bipin Pandit, Advertising Club Bombay, +91 9820191077, adclub@vsnl.com

KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, ENTERTAINMENT, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, MEDIA

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BWI: Citibank Reduces Mortgage Prime Rate by 50 Basis Points to 13.75%

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Citibank
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 07:04 PM IST (01:34 PM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Banking & financial services, Business services, Financial Analyst
Release no: 19585
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Citibank Reduces Mortgage Prime Rate by 50 Basis Points to 13.75%


New Delhi, Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 31, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Citibank today announced a reduction in its Mortgage Prime Rate by 50 basis points. Effective immediately, the new Citibank Mortgage Prime Rate will be 13.75 percent. The percentage of revision for loans on variable rates will be 0.50 percent and the advantage of this downward revision in CMPR will be passed to all existing mortgage customers with floating rate loans from April 1st 2009.

This is the second time in the last three months that Citibank has reduced its CMPR. The key rate has now been reduced by a total of 100 bps since January 2009.

Citi

Citi, the leading global financial services company, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 140 countries. Through its two operating units, Citicorp and Citi Holdings, Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, and wealth management. Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com or www.citi.com


CONTACT DETAILS
Indu A. Anand, Citi India, +91 (124) 4186766, indu.anand@citi.com
Sudeep Bhalla, Citi India, +91 (22) 40015009, sudeep.bhalla@citi.com
Shreela Roy, IPAN, +91 9820149119, shreela.roy@ipan.com

KEYWORDS
CONSUMER, MARKETING, BANKING, BUSINESS SERVICES, Financial Analyst

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BWI: Wipro Named a Strong Performer by Independent Research Firm in Global Information Security and IT Risk Consulting Space Report Q1 2009

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: WIPRO
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 06:21 PM IST (12:51 PM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology; Technology
Release no: 19582
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Wipro Named a Strong Performer by Independent Research Firm in Global Information Security and IT Risk Consulting Space Report Q1 2009
Report Quotes "Wipro has set itself apart from other Offshore Providers with its Emphasis on Security"

Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Tuesday, March 31, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) today announced that it was named a strong performer in global Information Security and IT Risk Consulting space in the recently published market assessment report, 'The Forrester WaveT: Information Security And Risk Consulting, Q1 2009 (March 2009).'

Forrester included 15 service providers in the assessment - only the strongest global firms with a track record of success in the security and risk consulting space were included in this report. The report quoted, "Wipro has set itself apart from other offshore providers with its emphasis on security."

Wipro had the highest score in strategic growth plans in both segments of the report - IT risk consulting and Information security consulting. The report stated, "Wipro continues its rapid expansion in the European and North American markets.Wipro is ideal for organizations looking for a mix of onshore and offshore capabilities and companies that are comfortable with offshoring some or all of their tasks."

The report also highlighted Wipro's commitment to the customer by stating "Wipro offers great technical insight and willingness to work with its customers. Wipro does provide a unique value proposition in taking on multi-year commitments and passing on the cost benefits to clients". The report adds "Companies looking to integrate their technologies and process for IT GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) should take a look at Wipro."

Elaborating on Wipro's vision for Security and Risk Consulting, Prasenjit Saha, Vice President - Enterprise Security Services, Wipro Technologies, said "Information and Risk Security is a strategic corporate objective and we have consistently grown our services with proven solutions to address security needs of organizations. We have effectively combined our deep technical expertise, solution accelerators, managed services that provide CAPEX and OPEX optimization and higher ROI to our customers. This recognition from Forrester reflects our continuing success in complex engagements to provide distinctive value to customers."

Wipro has been a leader in pioneering and promoting the global security and risk consulting space. With over 25 years experience it provides end to end services from consulting to integration to managed services in the security space.

About Wipro

Wipro Technologies, a division of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT) is the first PCMM Level 5 and SEI CMM Level 5 certified global IT services organization. Wipro Technologies was recently assessed at Level 5 for CMMI V 1.2 across offshore and onsite development centers. Wipro is one of the largest product engineering and support service providers worldwide. Wipro provides comprehensive research and development services, IT solutions and services, including systems integration, information systems outsourcing, package implementation, software application development, and maintenance services to corporations globally.

In the Indian market, Wipro is a leader in providing IT solutions and services for the corporate segment in India, offering system integration, network integration, software solutions and IT services. Wipro also has a profitable presence in niche market segments of consumer products and lighting. In the Asia-Pacific and Middle East markets, Wipro provides IT solutions and services for global corporations. Wipro's ADS' are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and its equity shares are listed in India on the Stock Exchange - Mumbai, and the National Stock Exchange.

For more information, please visit our websites at
www.wipro.com

www.wiprocorporate.com

Forward-looking and Cautionary Statements

Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects are forward-looking statements, which involve a number of risks, and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding fluctuations in our earnings, revenue and profits, our ability to generate and manage growth, intense competition in IT services, our ability to maintain our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which we make strategic investments, withdrawal of fiscal governmental incentives, political instability, war, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, unauthorized use of our intellectual property, and general economic conditions affecting our business and industry. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. We may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. We do not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by us or on our behalf.

Media Contacts:

Wipro Technologies
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Wipro Technologies
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US:

Lavanya DJ
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+ 212.239.8740
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Eric Belove
Wipro Technologies
+ 1 (732).216.6242
eric.belove@wipro.com

UK:

Rahul Kadavakolu
Wipro Technologies
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BWI: New Intel® Server Processors Boost Speed, Efficiency, Add More Intelligence, Adapt to Energy Usage Needs

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Source: Intel Corporation
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 05:34 PM IST (12:04 PM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology; Technology
Release no: 19581
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New Intel® Server Processors Boost Speed, Efficiency, Add More Intelligence, Adapt to Energy Usage Needs


New Delhi, Goa, India, Tuesday, March 31, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Intel Corporation introduced 17 enterprise-class processors today, led by the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series. They are Intel's most revolutionary server processors since addressing the market with the Intel Pentium® Pro processor almost 15 years ago.

The new enterprise-class chips can automatically adjust to specified energy usage levels, and speed data center transactions and customer database queries. They also will play a key role in scientific discoveries by researchers who use supercomputers as their foundation for research, all whilst delivering great energy efficiency for reduced electricity costs.

The Intel Xeon processor 5500 series, previously codenamed "Nehalem-EP," offers several breakthrough technologies that radically improve system speed and versatility. Technologies such as Intel® Turbo Boost Technology, Intel Hyper-Threading Technology, integrated power gates, and Next-Generation Intel Virtualization Technology (VT) improved through extended page tables, allow the system to adapt to a broad range of workloads.

"The Intel Xeon processor 5500 series is the foundation for the next decade of innovation," said R.Ravichandran, Director - Sales, Intel - South Asia. "These chips showcase groundbreaking advances in performance, virtualization and workload management, which will create opportunities to solve the world's most complex challenges and push the limits of science and technology."

"The combined technologies from HP and Intel will help customers reduce power consumption, maximize virtualization potential and get the most out of their technology budgets," said Rajesh Dhar, Director, Industry Standard Servers, HP India Sales. "HP is providing the broadest line up of Intel-based platforms which utilize the new Intel® Xeon® 5500 processor series. The new HP ProLiant G6 servers deliver double the performance with only half the power consumption of previous generation servers, hence completely transforming the economics of server-based computing".

Fifteen Billion Connected Devices

As use of the Internet expands toward Intel's vision of 15 billion connected devices, the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series will also power an upcoming transformation for the Internet's infrastructure. The high-tech industry has rallied around a goal to run applications from optimized processors and computing hardware that are available on-demand and scalable to the masses. Often called cloud computing, this vision could flourish helped by the adaptability, capability and intelligence of the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series.

Dynamic Leaps in Intelligence

Whether businesses are running high-capacity transactions or simulations, or researchers are striving to discover new energy resources or distant galaxies, computers based on the adaptable Intel Xeon processor 5500 series will play a big impact. Equipped with triple the memory bandwidth of previous server processors, Intel Xeon processor 5500 series-based platforms effortlessly manage a variety of workloads and conditions. A new feature, Intel Turbo Boost Technology, increases system performance based on the user's workload and environment, dynamically boosting the clock speed of one or more of the individual processing cores.

The Intel Xeon processor 5500 series also offers automated energy efficiency enhancements, providing users with greater control of their energy expenditures. This includes a processor idle power level of only 10 watts, enabling a 50 percent reduction3 in system idle power compared to the previous generation. New integrated power gates, based on Intel's unique high-k metal gate technology, allow idle cores to power down independently.

The Intel Xeon processor 5500 series also takes intelligent power to a new level with up to 15 automated operating states. These create significant improvements in chip power management by adjusting system power consumption based on real-time throughput and without sacrificing performance.

These and other more intelligent capabilities of the processors also maximize total cost of ownership for users interested in a smooth transition to the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series from their current systems. In this time of economic challenges, customers can replace older Intel Xeon servers with the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series and receive an estimated payback in as little as 8 months.

New Embedded Processors Unveiled

The L5518 and L5508 are versions of Intel Xeon processors that were tailored specifically for communications market segments. These processors include options ideal for applications in thermally constrained environments, such as blades and appliances for communication infrastructure, security, storage, medical applications, carrier-grade rackmount servers, router modules and even submarine technology. The L5518 offers 2.13 GHz and a power level of 60 watts. The L5508 offers 2.00 GHz and a power level of 38 watts. New communications and embedded processors feature 7-year extended lifecycle support; these new chips will enable the technology of the future, such as WiMAX, video-on-demand and holographic communications.

New Component Products

Intel is also announcing new server boards that offer a higher degree of integrated components. In addition, the company is announcing the Intel 82599 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller, featuring advanced virtualization technology and unified networking support, which greatly improves network I/O performance in virtualized datacenters. It is optimized to support the increased bandwidth provided by platforms based on the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series, which provides more than 250 percent the I/O throughput of previous-generation servers to best meet the needs of the most demanding virtualization applications.

Also available today is the Intel Data Center Manager software development kit that enables management console vendors to extend platform power control and set rack and datacenter level power policies dynamically, responding to changing server workloads to ensure that racks do not exceed those power levels.

For server applications, processor frequencies peak at 2.93 GHz with DDR3 memory speeds up to 1333 MHz and power levels of from 60 to 95 watts. Under certain conditions, Intel Turbo Boost Technology can provide operating frequencies up to 3.33 GHz, depending on the processor and system configuration. Workstation frequencies go up to 3.20 GHz with power levels of 130 watts, and up to 3.46GHz using Intel Turbo Boost Technology depending on the workload and environment. Each processor contains up to 8MB of level 3 cache.

Starting today, more than 230 unique systems based on the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series are expected to be announced by more than 70 system manufacturers around the world - including a new Intel customer, Cisco, along with Dell, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Sun Microsystems and others. In India systems are available from Dell, HP, IBM, Sun Microsystems, Acer, Lenovo, HCL and Wipro.

Many software vendors are also supporting Intel Xeon processor 5500 series-based platforms, including Citrix, IBM, Microsoft, Novell, Oracle, Red Hat, SAP AG, Sun Microsystems and VMware. To learn more about how Intel and major software vendors deliver outstanding platforms, please visit www.intel.com/business/software/testimonials/xeon5500.htm.

The Intel Xeon processor 5500 series ranges in price from $188 to $1,600 in quantities of 1,000. The single-socket Intel Xeon processor 3500 series ranges from $284 to $999 in quantities of 1,000. The L5518 and L5508 embedded processors for communications market segments are priced at $530 and $423, respectively, in quantities of 1,000. For more details on the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series, visit www.intel.com/xeon. For more details on world records and other claims, visit www.intel.com/performance/server/xeon/summary.htm?iid=perf_server_lhn+dp_sum.

Greatest Intel Xeon Performance Leap in History1

With over 30 new world records2 the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series establishes new standards for two-socket performance while delivering gains of more than double the previous- generation Intel Xeon processor 5400 series.

Fujitsu's PRIMERGY* server platforms set records for SPECint*_rate_base2006 and SPECfp*_rate_base2006 with scores of 240 and 194, respectively. The HP ProLiant DL370 G6 server, on the TPC*-C benchmark, shattered the previous record with a score of 631,766 tpmC using the Oracle 11g database. Using the SAP*-SD benchmark, the IBM System x* 3650 M2 server set a record with a score of 5100 SD users. Cisco delivered an outstanding result on SPEComp*Mbase2001, a high performance computing benchmark which helps evaluate performance of OpenMP applications, that was 154 percent better than previous generation 5400 series. On the SPECpower*_ssj2008 benchmark, which measures energy-efficient performance of servers, a Xeon 5500 series-based Verari Systems VB1305 server platform smashed the previous world record with a score of 1943 ssj_ops/watt. Using the VMmark* benchmark, which measures virtualization performance, several Xeon 5500 series-based platforms shattered the previous record by as much as 150 percent versus the previous-generation Intel Xeon processor 5400 series, including a Dell* PowerEdge R710 platform score of 23.55@16 tiles.

Intel [NASDAQ: INTC], the world leader in silicon innovation, develops technologies, products and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom and blogs.intel.com.

Intel, Xeon, Pentium and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries.

* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

1. Source: Intel. March 2009. Performance measured on Intel ® Xeon processor based machines. Performance based on TPC*-C uses best published or measured results as of March 30. For more information, visit www.intel.com/performance/server/index.htm.

2. World record claim based on comparison of two socket server platforms based on x86 architecture.
Performance results based on published/submitted results as of March 30, 2009. Platform configuration details are available at www.intel.com/performance/server/xeon/summary.htm

3 Configuration details for 50 percent lower idle power: Intel internal measurements of 221W at idle with Supermicro 2xE5450 (3.0GHz 80W) processors, 8x2GB 667MHz FBDIMMs, 1x700W PSU, 1x320GB SATA hard drive vs. 111W at idle with Supermicro software development platform with 2xE5540 (2.53GHz Nehalem 80W) processors, 6x2GB DDR3-1066 RDIMMs, 1x800W PSU, 1x150GB 10k SATA hard drive. Both systems were running Windows 2008 with USB suspend select enabled and maximum power savings mode for PCIe link state power management. Measurements as of February.

Performance tests and ratings are measured using specific computer systems and/or components and reflect the approximate performance of Intel products as measured by those tests. Any difference in system hardware or software design or configuration may affect actual performance. Buyers should consult other sources of information to evaluate the performance of systems or components they are considering purchasing. For more information on performance tests and on the performance of Intel products, visit www.intel.com/performance/resources/limits.htm or call (U.S.) 800-628-8686 or 916-356-3104.

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Saranya Rustagi, Intel Corporation, +91 (22) 67137005, +91 9833823474, saranya.rustagi@intel.com
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BWI: Devon IT Announces Thin Clients Orderable from IBM in India

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Source: Business Wire
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 01:02 PM IST (07:32 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology, Telecommunications; Technology
Release no: 19578
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(BW)(PA-DEVON-IT)Devon IT Announces Thin Clients Orderable from IBM in India
With Full Support for IBM Virtual Client Solutions, Devon IT's Thin Clients Provide Cost-Effective Approach to Managing and Accessing Virtualized Desktops

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States, Tuesday, March 31, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) --

Devon IT Solutions India Pvt Ltd today announced its new line of thin client solutions, orderable with IBM part numbers. Devon has worked directly with IBM to launch this complete line of thin client solutions that complements IBM's Virtual Client Solutions (VCS) infrastructure.

"We are committed to providing industry-leading and cost-effective thin client technology for users," explained Joe Makoid, President, Devon IT. "When a market and technology leader like IBM is progressing thin client/hosted client architecture and collaborate with leaders such as Citrix and VMware it is obvious that the current approach to desktop computing is shifting. We have always been proponents of server-centric computing and centralized management as a way for IT managers to reduce costs dramatically. Devon Thin Clients provide IBM customers an easy and cost-effective way to order complete hosted desktop solutions from one source."

"The economic realities of India technology requires new ideas to solve current problems. The benefits of server-based and virtual desktops are compelling and will address problems like security and operating costs," said Sunil Bangalore, Program Director India Software Labs IBM India Pvt. Ltd. "This cost-effective alternative to the traditional desktop PC provides increased security, centralized management, and adds operational flexibility to desktop computing. The variety of virtual client solutions, coupled with Devon IT's thin client, is a potent combination that makes it easy for IT managers to evaluate, assess, and ultimately implement their own virtualized desktop environments."

The IBM Virtual Client Solutions bring important benefits to the information technology (IT) department. In addition to delivering security and control, the Virtualized Hosted Client Infrastructure will enable companies to support more users with fewer resources, while offering the best possible desktop experience from virtually anywhere and on virtually any device.

Devon's Line of Thin Clients with IBM part numbers provide a complete set of desktop, mobile and specialized thin client solutions that will meet any end user requirement.

TC2

The ultra-small and inexpensive TC2 is an ideal desktop replacement for businesses looking to downsize their infrastructure and reduce management and power costs. The small form factor unit consumes only 8 watts and is completely silent. Despite its size, it is fully-functioned and allows users to connect to a variety of servers and virtual desktops. The TC2 is exclusively a Devon IT product and is orderable through IBM using an IBM part number.

TC5

The TC5 is a next-generation thin client from Devon IT for users who need high performance from a small footprint client. The TC5 gives users the capability to use multiple displays with one stateless unit. This ultra-advanced desktop appliance supports dual DVI video, internal wireless (Optional) and comes with either the DeTOS Operating System or Windows® XP Embedded. The TC5 is exclusively a Devon IT product and will be orderable through IBM using an IBM part number.

TC10

The TC10 is the highest performance desktop access device in the world. It is the first desktop access device that gives the end user a true PC experience with instant screen updates, full multimedia support, and full USB compatibility. It connects to IBM's HC10 Workstation Blade using PC-over-IP(tm), a technology that changes the desktop computing model by enabling desktop consolidation benefits to be realized across the enterprise. Unlike a traditional RDP thin client, the TC10 is for demanding users that require real time PC-like capability such as financial traders and power users such as CAD engineers. The TC10 is equivalent to the IBM CP20.

SafeBook® LVO

The SafeBook® LVO is the next-generation mobile thin client notebook. Built on the Lenovo ThinkPad platform the SafeBook® LVO is available with Windows® XP embedded software and is compatible with Lenovo ThinkPad docking stations and accessories. The SafeBook® LVO is a mobile thin client laptop with no hard drive, so all sensitive data is protected against loss or theft. With its low purchase price, low operating and maintenance costs, and reinforced security functions, the SafeBook® LVO offers the latest thin client technology in a lightweight, mobile notebook. The SafeBook® LVO is exclusively a Devon IT product, and is orderable through IBM using an IBM part number.

Devon Thin Client Software

Devon's software, which includes its DeTOS operating system and its Thin Manage management suite allows IT managers to easily create, deploy and manage their virtual desktop infrastructure. VDI is complex and therefore requires a holistic management framework to orchestrate the many components required for successful virtual desktop delivery and management. Devon's suite of software streamlines and simplifies desktop virtualization deployments, enabling IT organizations to gain greater management and control, ensure data and asset security, deliver a superior end-user experience, and provide enterprise business continuity and cost reductions.

"We are partnering with IBM to accelerate hosted client solutions like the VCS," noted Rajesh Naidu, General Manager of Bangalore-based Devon IT Solutions India Pvt Ltd. "Our thin clients that are orderable from IBM can help customers immediately access any application without changing the architecture, touching the infrastructure or rewriting code and that is exactly what they are looking for in a secure access hosted client solution."

Pricing and Availability

For more information about Devon's India thin client products orderable with IBM part numbers, or to arrange for a proof-of-concept, call +91 080 41400088 or mail: indiasales@devonit.com. Information is also available at www.devonit.com.

About Devon IT

Devon IT is an information technology company that focuses on offering thin client hardware and software for alternative desktop solutions that provide enterprise customers with greater security, enhanced manageability, improved reliability, and lower costs. Devon IT's products are orderable from IBM and Devon develops products that support IBM's Virtual Client Solutions. More information is available at www.devonit.com.

All company, brand, or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. Devon products sold through IBM's Third Party Options, Vendor Logo Hardware, & Vendor Logo Software programs are not IBM products and are licensed, serviced and supported exclusively by Devon in accordance with Devon's terms and conditions.



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Devon IT
INDIA Contact
Rajesh Naidu
+91 080 41400088
rnaidu@devonit.com
or
US Contact:
Paul Mancini
+1 610-757-4108
pmancini@devonit.com
or
IBM India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore
Ajay Mittal
+91 80 40683177
ajaymittal@in.ibm.com

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BWI: Akamai Releases Fourth Quarterly “State of the Internet” Report; India Specific Internet Trends Included

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Akamai
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 11:00 AM IST (05:30 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology, Publishing & printing; Technology
Release no: 19574
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Akamai Releases Fourth Quarterly "State of the Internet" Report; India Specific Internet Trends Included


Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Tuesday, March 31, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- -- India ranked #20 globally for number of unique IP addresses seen by Akamai, with 2.63 million IP's

-- India ranked #17 globally in terms of attack traffic, with 1.16% of observed attack traffic

-- India's average connection speed was at 772 Kbps and ranked #115 in terms of average connection speed

-- Akamai also announces it's 5th data visualization tool, tracking average connection speeds on a global basis

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leader in powering rich media, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, today announced the release of the fourth edition of its quarterly State of the Internet report available for download at www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet. Leveraging published reports and information gathered from its network, Akamai's quarterly report provides insight into key Internet statistics such as origin of attack traffic, network outages and broadband connectivity levels across the globe.

As the Company's fourth published edition, the report also now provides a full-year view, as well as a quarterly view, into trends. The India specific trends include:

-- India ranked #20 globally for number of unique IP addresses seen by Akamai, with 2.63 million IP's

- Up 42.91% year-over-year, and 1.69% from Q3 2008

- In comparison, United States was ranked #1 with 114.1 million unique IPs

-- India's average connection speed was at 772 Kbps and ranked #115 in terms of average connection speed

- Globally, the average connection speed was approximately 1.5 Mbps

- The United States ranked #17 globally, with an average connection speed of 3.9 Mbps while South Korea ranked #1 with an average connection speed of 15 Mbps

-- India ranked #17 globally in terms of attack traffic, with 1.16% of observed attack traffic

- In comparison, United States was ranked #1 with 22.85% of observed attack traffic

-- India ranked #148 globally for number of unique IP addresses per capita, with 0.0023

-- India ranked #62 globally for high broadband adoption, with 0.56% of connections to Akamai at speeds over 5 Mbps

-- India ranked #81 globally for high broadband penetration, with fewer than 0.0001 high broadband IPs per capita in Q4 2008

-- India ranked #93 globally for broadband adoption, with 3.74% of connections to Akamai at speeds over 2 Mbps

-- India ranked #118 globally for broadband penetration, with 0.0001broadband IPs per capita in Q4 2008

-- India ranked #55 globally for narrowband adoption, with 25.8% of connections to Akamai at speeds below 256 Kbps

Commenting on the report, Sanjay Singh, Managing Director - India, Akamai Technologies, said, "Akamai's unique visibility into the connection speeds of systems issuing requests to the Akamai network has created a one-of-a-kind view into broadband adoption around the globe. Leveraging that data, Akamai's quarterly State of the Internet report compares Internet penetration and connections speeds in India with countries across the world. We continue to see strong trends that point to an ever-improving Internet penetration figures in India with observed unique IPs growing 43% Y-o-Y and average connections speed well above 750 Kbps. The average connection speed will be an interesting number to track in the coming quarters and will give us a clear indication of the growing broadband adoption in the country."

Attack Traffic

During the fourth quarter of 2008, Akamai observed attack traffic originating from 193 unique countries around the world, up nearly 8% from the third quarter count of 179 countries. In the fourth quarter, the United States moved into first place for the first time in 2008, after placing second to either China or Japan throughout the year. Throughout 2008, the United States, China, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan were consistently among the top 10 countries that generated the highest percentages of attack traffic.

Broadband Connectivity

Through its globally-deployed server network, and by virtue of the billions of requests for Web content that it services on a daily basis, Akamai has a unique level of visibility into the connection speeds of those systems issuing the requests, and as such, of broadband adoption around the globe. In the fourth quarter of 2008, the State of the Internet report began tracking average connection speeds for countries around the world.

Current highlights and historical trends for average connection speeds on a global basis can be found in Akamai's new data visualization tool, available at http://www.akamai.com/dv5. This "Global Broadband Adoption" tool has been added to Akamai's suite of data visualization tools, available at http://www.akamai.com/html/technology/visualizing_akamai.html, which include views into global attack traffic, network latency and packet loss, and traffic on the Akamai network, as well as Akamai's popular Net Usage Indices for Retail, News and Music.

In the fourth quarter of 2008, only six countries connected to Akamai's network at average speeds in excess of 5 Mbps, and for the year, many countries showed significant increases in their levels of high broadband (>5 Mbps) adoption.

Fastest International Countries

At the end of 2008, approximately 19% of Internet connections around the world were at speeds greater than 5 Mbps, representing a 21% increase over the average global connection speed at the end of 2007. In line with their average connection speed of 15 Mbps, and their appearance at the top of the list for the prior three quarters, South Korea once again ranked as the country with the highest percentage of connections at high broadband (>5 Mbps) speeds. Looking at the levels of high broadband penetration in the fourth quarter, South Korea, Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Norway had more high broadband IP's per capita than in the prior quarter. This is consistent with what would be expected from the initiatives to bring higher-speed connectivity, including Fiber-to-the-Home efforts, to consumers in these countries.

To learn more, and to access the archive of past reports, please visit www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet.

The Akamai Difference

Akamai® provides market-leading managed services for powering rich media, dynamic transactions, and enterprise applications online. Having pioneered the content delivery market one decade ago, Akamai's services have been adopted by the world's most recognized brands across diverse industries. The alternative to centralized Web infrastructure, Akamai's global network of tens of thousands of distributed servers provides the scale, reliability, insight and performance for businesses to succeed online. Akamai has transformed the Internet into a more viable place to inform, entertain, interact, and collaborate. To experience The Akamai Difference, visit www.akamai.com.

To view the State of Internet Q4 2008 report, please click on the link given below:

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CONTACT DETAILS
Karthikeyan D S, Akamai India, +91 9741100798, ksathura@akamai.com

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BWI: SeaChange Rolls Out IPTV Products and Services for Smart Digivision’s MyWay IPTV Service

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Business Wire
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 10:06 AM IST (04:36 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Entertainment; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Electronic appliances & components, Information technology, Telecommunications; Technology
Release no: 19572
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(BW)(MA-SEACHANGE)(SEAC)SeaChange Rolls Out IPTV Products and Services for Smart Digivision's MyWay IPTV Service
Smart Digivision's MyWay IPTV Service Targets 3 Million Subscribers across India SeaChange TV Navigator Middleware, VOD Solution and Convergence Apps in Play often Proven Massive Scalability and Professional Services Keys to SeaChange Win

Acton, Massachusetts, United States and Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 31, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) --

India's highly promising, recently launched Smart Digivision MyWay IPTV service is taking full advantage of comprehensive software, systems and services from SeaChange International (Nasdaq: SEAC), the proven leader in IPTV and on-demand television solutions. Customers of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL), the nation's largest telco and the world's 7th largest, and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL) are among the first to enjoy the unprecedented depth and richness of MyWay's on-demand, broadcast and convergence offerings.

Deployments of the SeaChange TV Navigator middleware and electronic program guide, SeaChange video-on-demand systems and a bouquet of settop applications began in late 2008 under an aggressive strategy to bring MyWay to three million subscribers across India over the next few years on the BSNL and MTNL broadband networks. Ultimately, the MyWay line-up will encompass pause live TV; convergence services for integrated e-mail, live e-mail chat, news ticker and railway information; an on-demand library of DVDs, music and games; and 150 broadcast TV channels.

As principal integrator SeaChange is orchestrating the IPTV rollout over BSNL and MTNL, a leadership role its Professional Services division has taken around the world in numerous other launches of massive scope and complexity.

"We are engaged in delivering IPTV services with the scale and quality that the telco industry has envisioned for years," said Kapil Dev Kumar, Chief Operating Officer, Smart Digivision.

"Smart Digivision is moving quickly to turn on world-class depth in television content, capabilities and new conveniences that finally let India's consumers enjoy an integrated media lifestyle," Kumar continued. "Only SeaChange has the comprehensive skills, product breadth and implementation flexibility to back us up."

"With increasing frequency the world's large telcos with the most ambitious IPTV goals are turning to SeaChange to get them turned on and fully monetized," said Bill Styslinger, president and CEO, SeaChange. "Decisions in our favor come down to a singular focus that has produced the business intelligence and range of successful products to make any kind of advanced television rollout happen elegantly, whether customers want one piece or our whole portfolio. Our global organization is very proud and fully energized in support of Smart Digivision's debut on BSNL and MTNL."

In addition to IPTV middleware, video-on-demand servers and software, subscriber applications, and integration, telcos around the world are building IPTV businesses with SeaChange content acquisition services and solutions for advertising, broadcasting and mobile video-on-demand. SeaChange VOD and IPTV customers are among the world's best known telco brands: KDDI, NTT-East and NTT-COM/ODTV (Japan), MTS/Allstream and TELUS (Canada); OTE (Greece); Telekom Austria; TMNet (Malaysia); Turk Telekom (Turkey); and Verizon (U.S.).

Television companies have been on-air with SeaChange solutions for the better part of a decade in India. The company is dedicated to supporting the special requirements for traditional television operations and applying its unique resources towards developing IPTV, on-demand and other emergent forms of television in the market. SeaChange's India team is based in Mumbai and Delhi and leverages SeaChange support and product development facilities across Asia.

About SeaChange

SeaChange International is a leading provider of software applications, services and integrated solutions for video-on-demand (VOD), digital advertising, and content acquisition monetization and management. Its powerful open VOD and advertising software and scaleable hardware enable cable and telco operators, as well as broadcasters, to provide new on-demand services and to gain greater efficiencies in advertising and content delivery. With its Emmy Award-winning and patented technology, thousands of SeaChange deployments are helping broadband, broadcast and satellite television companies to streamline operations, expand services and increase revenues. Headquartered in Acton, Massachusetts, SeaChange has product development, support and sales offices around the world. Visit www.schange.com.

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Jim Sheehan, 1-978-897-0100 x3064
jim.sheehan@schange.com
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Martha Schaefer, 1-978-897-0100 x3030
martha.schaefer@schange.com

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BWI: Naukri.com Increases its Lead Over Competitors

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: naukri.com
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 09:47 AM IST (04:17 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Accounting & management consultancy services, Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology; Technology
Release no: 19570
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Naukri.com Increases its Lead Over Competitors
The Site Receives Over 61% Traffic Share in Feb '09 as per comScore

New Delhi, Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 31, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- According to ComScore, the Global Internet Information Provider, Naukri.com, India's No.1 job site, garnered a Traffic Share of 61% in Feb '09, the highest ever. Naukri.com is leading in Unique Visitors, Total Page Views and Time Spent on the site, beating its competitors by considerable margins. Monster.com and Timesjobs.com had a traffic share of 27% and 8% respectively in Feb'09.

"In a slowdown both companies and jobseekers tend to gravitate towards the No.1 player. Our large client base has ensured that even in a slow year, Naukri still has over 70,000 job listings at any given point in time. This along with our continued investments in improving user experience for both job seekers and recruiters has ensured that Naukri stays ahead of everyone else." said Hitesh Oberoi, COO and Director, Info Edge (India) Ltd.

Naukri.com received over 30 lakh unique visitors in Feb '09, ahead of Monster.com by 34%, widening the gap from 20% in Feb '08. The site got over 106 milion Page Views as compared with Monster.com which had 48 million Page Views in Feb '09, widening the gap from 65% in Feb '08 to almost 120% in Feb '09.

Naukri.com has been constantly innovating for the end user - Recruiters and Jobseekers. For recruiters, Naukri.com recently introduced features such as Location proximity search, Contextual one box search, Auto prefill & Auto save features in jobposting. For Job Seekers, Naukri.com had recently introduced NaukriOnChat that allows job search through chat messenger on Gmail/GTalk.

About Naukri.com

Naukri.com, India's No. 1 job site and the flagship brand of Info Edge revolutionized the concept of recruitment in India. Since its inception in 1997, Naukri.com has seen exponential growth year after year. Info Edge completed a successful IPO in November 2006 and became the first internet company to be listed in India.

Naukri.com is a recruitment platform that provides hiring-related services to the corporate world, placement agencies and to job seekers in India and overseas. It offers multiple products like Resume Database Access, and Response Management tools and its services include Job Postings, and branding solutions on the site. With 2,00,000 jobs live at any point, Naukri.com serviced over 32500 corporate clients in 2007-2008.

The company has over 1700 people operating through 67 offices in 42 cities in India and overseas offices in Dubai, Riyadh and Bahrain.


CONTACT DETAILS
Anjali Berry, Sampark Public Relations Pvt. Ltd., +91 (11) 41731526, +91 931330176, anjali@sampark.com
Harsh Sinha, Sampark Public Relations Pvt. Ltd., +91 (11) 41731527, +91 9968286151, harsh@sampark.com

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Monday, March 30, 2009

BWI: INDIA TV Comes up with New Show, Neelam Katara to Anchor ‘MOTHER INDIA’

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: India TV
Monday, March 30, 2009 08:51 PM IST (03:21 PM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, People, Politics; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Media & entertainment
Release no: 19569
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INDIA TV Comes up with New Show, Neelam Katara to Anchor 'MOTHER INDIA'


New Delhi, Delhi, India, Monday, March 30, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- In its unrelenting effort to start new shows focused on public interest, India TV is launching a new show 'MOTHER INDIA', to be anchored by Neelam Katara, from Monday (March 30) onwards.

'MOTHER INDIA' will be telecast seven days a week at 5.15 pm and 8.15 pm.

Audiences may remember Neelam Katara, the feisty mother of Nitish Katara, who was brutally murdered allegedly by the relatives of a political don. She fought her son's case and eventually got justice, with the court awarding life term imprisonment to the accused. Neelam, who had been fighting her own case so far, will now be fighting cases of women who have been oppressed and subjected to brutal injustice through India TV's new offering 'MOTHER INDIA'.

The objective behind this show is to bring to the focus of the public, the sufferings of those families, who are searching for justice and have failed to get so. India TV wants to shore up their courage and get them justice. For example, 'MOTHER INDIA' would focus on cases related to honour killings, dowry related harassment, security for senior citizens, ragging of students and domestic violence. India TV would seek to raise the voice of the oppressed and get answers from those in authority who are responsible for providing justice.

This show will also seek to reach the common voters in the present poll scenario. Security of women, terrorism, youth participation and criminalization of politics, are such issues which the show would take to the people. It will also ask candidates who have entered the poll fray, why people should chose them in the light of these burning issues.

"MOTHER INDIA' anchor Neelam Katara had been consistently fighting for justice for her slain son. She encountered threats, intimidation and roadblocks in her fight for justice. She was subjected to intense political pressures, but as a fighting mother, she did not bend. At times, it appeared that she had lost hope, but justice ultimately prevailed.

The torch of justice held aloft by Neelam Katara showed the path for the judiciary to provide justice in cases like Priyadarshini Mattoo and Jessica Lal murder cases.The common man's faith in judiciary has been restored to a large extent. Neelam proved that any body could gather courage to achieve justice, even in the fight against influential people. Neelam got support from each and every mother, and that was her mainstay in her struggle for justice.

In order to rekindle that courage, Neelam Katara will anchor the 'MOTHER INDIA' show. India TV represents 'Janata Ki Awaaz'. It is hoped that Neelam Katara would give voice to the cries of each and every oppressed woman, who awaits justice from the law.

Neelam believes, and India TV agrees, that justice will definitely prevail, howsoever tortuous the journey may be.


CONTACT DETAILS
Rohit Bansal, India TV, +91 (0120) 3051005, rohitbansal@indiatvnews.com

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BWI: Suzlon Signs MoU with TERI University for MTech Programme in Renewable Energy Engineering and Management

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: TERI University
Monday, March 30, 2009 05:05 PM IST (11:35 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Environment; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Education & training, Energy companies; Technology
Release no: 19568
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Suzlon Signs MoU with TERI University for MTech Programme in Renewable Energy Engineering and Management


New Delhi, Delhi and Pune, Maharashtra, India, Monday, March 30, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Suzlon Energy Limited, the world's fifth leading wind turbine maker, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with TERI University for setting up and offering an MTech Programme in Renewable Energy Engineering and Management. This MoU will facilitate Suzlon Energy to contribute to the Programme through exchange of ideas and expertise, and guest faculty.

Since its inception in 1999, TERI University has developed and evolved as a research university exploring the frontiers of knowledge in the fields of environment, energy and sustainable development, amongst others. The aim of this degree programme is to produce engineering graduates who have a strong grounding in the renewable energy engineering subject, and also equip them with a good understanding of the social and economic aspects of energy policy. Backed by an advisory committee constituting of a senior Suzlon executive, this programme will enable them to provide inputs to the curriculum, monitor the quality of the programme, determine and facilitate access to experimental facilities, equipment, etc and oversee the proper conduct.

Speaking about this initiative Mr. Tulsi Tanti, CMD, Suzlon Energy Ltd. said, "Suzlon today is the evolving face of renewable energy. By joining hands with TERI University we clearly demonstrate our vision and commitment towards green energy. We are proud to extend our support to this course that will give birth to a young dynamic generation of engineers who will inherit the challenge of creating a sustainable future."

Dr RK Pachauri, Chancellor TERI University and Director General The Energy and Resources Institute said, "TERI University is a unique institution which is focusing on the challenges that humanity is facing today and would continue to face in the future particularly in respect of unsustainable use of natural resources. Against that background we are pleased and proud to receive support from Suzlon Energy, an organization which has been a pioneer in promoting and implementing renewable energy solutions in India and several other parts of the world. We believe the graduates of the TERI University who benefit from support being provided by Suzlon Energy will help take the world towards a sustainable energy future."

Commenting on the partnership Dr Rajiv Seth, Registrar, TERI University said "In the light of a worldwide recognition of the need for clean energy, there can be little doubt that the growth of renewable energy technology will continue to escalate. By introducing a program in Renewable Energy Engineering and management, in partnership with Asia's leading wind turbine manufacturer, Suzlon Energy, TERI University will be able to impart first hand knowledge and expertise, making it one of the most prestigious programs of its kind."

About Suzlon Energy Limited

Suzlon ranked as the world's fifth leading wind turbine manufacturer with over 10.5 % of global market share in 2007. The company has ranked as the leading manufacturer in the Indian market for nine consecutive years, maintaining over 50% market share. Suzlon has its corporate offices in Pune, India and company's global spread reflects in its projects and markets portfolio - extending across Asia, Australia, Europe and North and South America. Suzlon is a highly vertically integrated wind turbine manufacturer with manufacturing capability along the full value chain - from components to complete wind turbine systems. The company currently has a combined manufacturing base of 2,700 MW of annual capacity, and has a further 3,000 MW of capacity coming on stream. Please visit www.suzlon.com.

About TERI University

TERI University was granted "Deemed to be University" status by the University Grants Commission in Oct 1999. The University offers Masters and Doctoral level programmes. The University's inception from the research and training activities of TERI has propelled and influenced the evolution of its academic units. The University and TERI function jointly in collaborative research and programmes, undertake joint studies and offer mutual support for seminars, symposiums, and conferences. TERI's existing infrastructure - state-of-the-art laboratories, well-equipped field stations, and highly professional manpower - is available for the University to tap into and gain from.

The University has recently moved to a modern green campus at Vasant Kunj in New Delhi. The campus provides excellent facilities and an academic environment which enhances learning. It offers the following programmes: Doctoral programmes, MA (Public Policy & Sustainable Development), MBA (Infrastructure), M Sc (Environmental Studies), M Sc (Natural Resources Management), M Sc (Water Resources Management), M Sc (Geoinformatics), M Sc (Plant Biotechnology), M Sc (Climate Science & Policy), M Tech (Renewable Energy Engineering & Management), MBA (Business Sustainability).


CONTACT DETAILS
Vivek Kher - VP, Corporate Communications, Pune, Suzlon Energy Ltd., +91 (20) 40122208, vkher@suzlon.com
Nishit Dave, Investor Relations, Mumbai, Suzlon Energy Ltd., +91 (22) 66393200, ndave@suzlon.com
Jitendra Jha, Adfactors PR Pvt. Ltd., +91 9920829216, jitendra.jha@adfactorspr.com
Tahera Nasser, Adfactors PR Pvt. Ltd., +91 9702085798, tahera.nasser@adfactorspr.com
Rajiv Chhibber, TERI University, +91 9810426698, rajivc@teri.res.in

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BWI: Humidity Measurement Seminar Organized in Mumbai on 3rd April

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Jupiter Electronics
Monday, March 30, 2009 02:32 PM IST (09:02 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Environment; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Electronic appliances & components, Media & entertainment; Technology
Release no: 19567
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Humidity Measurement Seminar Organized in Mumbai on 3rd April


Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Monday, March 30, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Jupiter Electronics, a leader in Process Control instruments and marketing Pressure, Temperature, Humidity and Air Velocity Sensors & Transmitters is conducting a seminar on 'Humidity Measurement In Various Industries' on 3rd April 2009. The daylong programme will take place from 9-30 a.m. onwards at Hotel Peninsula, Sakinaka. Mr. Ritler, Sales Manager, Rotronic A. g.Switzerland, Shri. Bipin Ghelani, Managing Director, Jupiter Electronics, Prashant Jadhav and Ateesh Mhatre, Sales Engineers, Jupiter will address the function.

Speaking about this event, Mr. Bipin Ghelani, Managing Director, Jupiter Electronics said,'' Humidity Measurement is having crucial importance for various industries. Till 1990, instruments equiped with humidity sensors were not widely used in India. That is not the case now. Today, sectors like Pharma, Textile, HVAC & R, Medical Instruments, Auto, Avionics, Agrionics, Chemicals, Process Control, Consumer Electronics, Paper, Operation Theaters in Hospitals, Clean Rooms, Weather Monitoring Centres, Food Storage, Milk Processing are highly depending on most accurate Humidity Sensors. Especially there is a growing demand for these products, from sectors like Pharma, Building Automation, Defense, Oil Exploration, Oceanography, Space Research Institutes etc. We are conducting this seminar, to educate the customers about the new trends, new technology, various applications of Humidity Sensors. Also, on display will be advanced instruements for the same purpose.

About Jupiter Electronics

Jupiter Electronics, a Mumbai based company was established in 1989, by founder chairman Mr. Bipin Ghelani. Bipin has a rich experience of over 30 years in Electronics and Instrumentation. Currently he is Managing Director of Jupiter Electronics. The company's Headquarter is in Vikroli and manufacturing plant in Vasai. This company is specializes in manufacturing and trade of Process Control Instruements (Pressure, Humidity, Temperature, Air Flow measurement Sensors & Transmitters). Jupiter is authorised distributor of Rotronic A. G., Switzerland.

About Rotronic A. G.

Rotronic A. G. is a global leader in Humidity Measurement. Switzerland based Rotronic A. G. was established in 1965. The Humidity and Temperature measurement sensors are manufactured at its' Baserdorf plant. An innovative Hygroclip Technology is used in them. They are considered the Most stable humidity sensors in the industry. The notable features of Rotronic products are Precise measurement, Excellent long-term stability, Robust product design and Outstanding value for money. Rotronic products are used worldwide in more than 40 countries. The company has a wide global network of branches and agencies and a workforce of 360 dedicated employees.


CONTACT DETAILS
Bipin Ghelani, Managing Director, Jupiter Electronics, +91 (22) 55551606, +91 9820190357

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Friday, March 27, 2009

BWI: ESPN STAR Sports Flags off 2009 F1 Season

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: ESPN STAR Sports
Friday, March 27, 2009 05:17 PM IST (11:47 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Entertainment, Sports; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology, Media & entertainment, Sports, Telecommunications; Technology
Release no: 19564
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ESPN STAR Sports Flags off 2009 F1 Season
F1 Coverage Includes Extensive Multi-Media Coverage on www.espnstar.com, mobileESPN and Features New F1 Fantasy Game

New Delhi, Delhi, India, Friday, March 27, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Catch the world's most exciting motorsport World Championship with ESPN STAR Sports, as Asia's No. 1 sports content provider delivers extensive coverage of the 2009 Formula One season across its television, online and mobile platforms starting with this weekend's Australian Grand Prix.

This year marks the 18th year the F1 is broadcasted on ESPN STAR Sports networks after the renewal of its deal last year with Formula One Management. Its television broadcast will showcase the 2009 F1 season across 23 Asian markets and ESPN STAR Sports will provide expansive online and mobile coverage on www.espnstar.com and mobileESPN respectively, and introduce a new F1 Fantasy online game. The coverage highlights include:

-- World-class television coverage: ESPN STAR Sports will broadcast an average of more than 310 hours of F1 content, including live event television broadcast of all 17 live qualifying sessions and main races such as the debut of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as the final race in the F1 calendar. The comprehensive coverage includes the popular pre and post-race sports presentation, Race Day and Chequered Flag hosted by Paula Malai Ali and Steve Dawson respectively with former F1 driver Alex Yoong. Yoong joins STAR Sports' F1 coverage this season to provide viewers with in-depth analysis and will team up with veteran race commentator Steve Slater in the commentary booth to deliver an exciting one-two punch that matches the thrilling live action on television

-- Live and authoritative online coverage on www.espnstar.com: Includes a lap-by-lap live race coverage on its Live Race Centre; online video content that features highlights from the qualifying races and main race as well as race analysis and previews, track circuit and driver profiles and classic F1 moments on its video player; expert and authoritative views on the sports' big issues by race commentators Steve Slater and Alex Yoong as well as the latest news and updates

-- F1 Fantasy Online Game: www.espnstar.com's Fantasy F1 Game flags off this weekend and will run throughout the 2009 F1 season. Participants become team managers who create their own Fantasy F1 team from a budget of $80 million and score points based on the performance of their three drivers, one engine, one constructor and a bonus circuit where the entrant will receive double points in the 2009 season. Points will be scored for all qualifying days and main races throughout the season starting with the Australian Grand Prix qualifying race on 28th March

-- Get F1 mobile content on the go from mobileESPN: More than 406 million potential mobile subscribers across Asia can get their F1 fix whenever and wherever they are in the form of headline news, results, driver standings, team standings and the F1 race calendar in English, Chinese and Bahasa Malay

More than 56.4 million* in-home pay TV viewers watched STAR Sports' coverage of the sport last year. STAR Sports' F1 broadcasts continued to expand interest levels in the sport - up to 36% of all F1 viewers in key metered markets* tuned in to watch F1-related content outside the qualifying and championship races. This comprised pre and post-race shows Race Day and Chequered Flag as well as F1 race highlight shows.

To view the ESPN Schedule, please click on the link given below:

Catch all the action LIVE and EXCLUSIVE on STAR Sports

About ESPN STAR Sports

ESPN STAR Sports is a 50:50 joint venture between two of the world's leading cable and satellite broadcasters. As Asia's definitive and complete sports broadcaster and content provider, ESPN STAR Sports combines the strengths and resources of its ultimate parent companies - Walt Disney (ESPN, Inc.) and News Corporation Limited (STAR) - to deliver a diverse array of international and regional sports to viewers via its encrypted pay and free-to-air services.

ESPN STAR Sports showcases an unparalleled variety of premier live sports from around the globe 24 hours a day to a cumulative reach of more than 310 million viewers in Asia. ESPN STAR Sports has 17 networks covering 24 countries, each localised to deliver differentiated world-class premier sports programming to Asian viewers. This includes ESPN SEA, ESPN China, ESPN Hong Kong, ESPN India, ESPN Malaysia, ESPN Philippines, ESPN SEA 2, ESPN Taiwan, MBC-ESPN (Korea), STAR Sports Asia, STAR Sports Hong Kong, STAR Sports India, STAR Sports Malaysia, STAR Sports SEA, STAR Sports SEA 2, STAR Sports Taiwan, and STAR Cricket.

On the ground, the ESPN STAR Sports Event Management Group manages and promotes premier sporting events around Asia. ESPN STAR Sports aims to reach consumers at any time, any place and through all new media platforms, both internet and mobile. The multi-lingual, online platforms, espnstar.com, espnstar.com.cn and espnstar.com.tw and footballcrazy.tv interact with millions of users providing them with in-depth sports news, results and competitions. Developed for the sports fan that is constantly on the move, mobileESPN and STAR Sports Mobile delivers differentiated mobile content targeted at its various audiences. mobileESPN enables the serious sports fan to follow their favourite sports more closely than ever before with a combination of specially produced video news clips, in-depth news coverage and analysis. STAR Sports Mobile aims to provide interactive and entertaining opportunities to engage with sports, delivering exclusive video excerpts from leading football clubs Arsenal and Liverpool as well as highlights from STAR Sports original programmes covering opinions, instructional tips and the latest online game reviews.
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CONTACT DETAILS
Nancy Agnihotri, Asst. Manager - Corporate Communications, ESPN STAR Sports, +91 9810768588, nancya@espnstar.co.in
Subhashish Bharuka, IPAN, +91 9810122833, subhashish.bharuka@ipan.com

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