BT expands in India

Mumbai

September 13th, 2007

BT has announced the increase of connecting points (nodes) for its
multi-protocol label-switching (MPLS) infrastructure, which is the basis for
high quality video and voice services over the internet, bringing the number to
14 in India.

Six cities including New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai and
Pune will have multiple nodes along with an additional one in Kolkata, making BT
the global network IT service provider with the highest number of connecting
points in India. BT's network capabilities will be further extended with Nepal,
Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka receiving independent nodes by the end of
April 2008.

Special equipped nodes in Chennai, New Delhi and Mumbai will help BT's media
and broadcast customers in India to deliver their content to a global audience
and be more cost effective. It also allows them to distribute and edit content
across regions, which in return provides more effective disaster recovery and
continuity planning.

Allen Ma, president, BT Asia Pacific, said "We are being recognized by
the industry and our customers as a truly global software-driven services
organization. This is due to our concerted efforts of getting closer to our
customer, which enables greater collaboration. With our increased presence in
India we are gearing up to gain access to tier two and three cities."

He further added, "Our greatest challenge in India is to ensure that our
services and operations exceed customer needs and satisfaction at all times. Our
plans for India are well on track and we are poised to reach our USD 250 million
target by 2009".

Arun Seth, CMD of BT India, said, "With leadership position in the
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector firmly established, BT is now
extending its horizon to Indian multinationals going global with specific focus
on banking, financial services, media, broadcast, pharmaceuticals, IT and
hospitality sectors. The challenge for BT in India is to stay ahead of the game.
With our licenses we can now provide local billing and service management for
multi site corporate customers in Asia Pacific from our Customer Network
Management Centre (CNOC) in Pune."