Introducing new lower Credit prices for Skype users in India, exclusively on Sify!

Skype users can now buy credit to pay for international Mobile and landline calls starting at just Rs.30 onwards!

Chennai, November 01, 2016: Sify Technologies Limited (NASDAQ: SIFY), a leader in Managed Enterprise, Network, IT and Applications services in India with global delivery capabilities today announced that Sify.com will facilitate the introduction of 3 new India exclusive price-points for purchasing Skype Credit. These new price-points of Rs. 30, Rs. 60 and Rs. 120 will be available exclusively on the website of Sify at http://www.sify.com/skype. Skype Credit can be used to make calls from Skype in India to mobiles and landlines across the world.

Until now, Skype users in India could only buy Skype credit starting at Rs. 300. Now, Skype users can start from Rs. 30, providing further opportunities to utilize Skype for connecting with friends and family abroad.

Earlier this year, Skype partnered with Sify to introduce local payments through Debit Cards and Net Banking in addition to Credit Card options.

Commenting on the new Skype offerings, Mr. Kamal Nath, Chief Executive Officer, Sify Technologies Limited, said, Sify is looking to help Skype tailor its offerings to the Indian consumer. To this end, these new price-points help to bring Skype to a much broader consumer audience in India.

We are always looking to find ways to make it easier for Skype users in India to purchase Skype credit and subscriptions through our continued partnership with Sify. We are committed to ensuring that Skype is accessible and provides an easy way for users in India to connect with friends and family.” said Judd Harcombe, Head of Emerging Market Business Development at Skype.

About Skype

Skype has been enabling the world’s conversations for more than 10 years. Skype is used by more than 300 million people and businesses every month to make free video and voice calls, send files, video and instant messages and to share both special occasions and everyday moments with the people who matter most. Skype is available in 32 languages and is one of the fastest growing voice communications offerings worldwide, with users spending as many as 3 billion minutes on Skype in a single day. Visit www.skype.com for more details.

About Sify Technologies

Sify is among the largest integrated ICT Solutions and Services companies in India, offering end-to-end solutions with a comprehensive range of products delivered over a common telecom data network infrastructure reaching more than 1300 cities and towns in India. This telecom network today connects 45 Data Centers across India including Sify’s 6 concurrently maintainable Data Centers across the cities of Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru.

A significant part of the company’s revenue is derived from Enterprise Services, comprised of Telecom services, Data Center services, Cloud and Managed services, Applications Integration services and Technology Integration services. Sify also provides services that cater to the burgeoning demands of the SMB community, much of it on its Cloud services platform.

Sify is ISO 9001:2008 certified for Enterprise Sales, Provisioning, support and customer relationship management of ICT solutions and services including VPN, Network, Voice, Data Center hosting, Integration services, security services and managed services. Sify has been certified in ISO / IEC 20000 – 1:2011 and ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certified for Internet Data Center operations. Sify has been certified in SSAE16 SOC2 Type II for Cloud Infrastructure and in TL 9000 for Enterprise Network Services, Network Integration Services including Design, Implementation and Support services. The latter certification is telecommunication industry’s quality system standard that expands the requirements of the International Standards Organization’s ISO 9000 quality management standard in use by industries worldwide. Sify has Unified License to operate NLD (National Long Distance), ILD (International Long Distance) services and ISP services and offers VoIP backhaul for international carriers. With the Sify Cable landing station and partnerships with submarine cable companies globally, Sify is present in almost all the spheres of the ICT eco system.

Sify has an expanding base of Managed Services customers, both in India and overseas, and is India’s first enterprise managed services provider to launch a Security Operations Center (SOC) to deliver managed security services. The software team develops applications and offers services to improve business efficiencies of its current and prospective client bases. Sify also offers services in the specialized domains of eLearning, both in India and globally. For more information about Sify, visit www.sifytechnologies.com

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