Sun Microsystems had a significant presence in India since 1987 through a distributor arrangement, but established a direct presence for the first time in 1995 as a liaison office. This office was finally converted into a wholly owned subsidiary on July 1, 1998. Already rated number one in India in UNIX ® systems revenue and unit market share (IDC), Sun has been growing at twice the industry average for the last 3 years.

Sun has adopted a business model of working in partnership with key India partners to deliver all products and services such as hardware platforms, services, certification training etc. The company works with leading partners such as Wipro, Tata Infotech, HCL Infosystems, CMC, Accell ICIM, Ingram Micro, CDAC to deliver hardware products and services.

The Sun India Engineering Centre, the first in Asia was set up in Bangalore in 1998. The Centre, which is a part of the Corporate Engineering Organization, primarily provides core competency in support of Sun's engineering operations such as Solaris Operating System, network security, etc. At present, the center supports over 1000 engineers.

As a part of an ongoing initiative in the area of Education, Sun has donated over Rs. 2.5 crores for Academic Equipment Grant (AEG) Educational institutions in India.

About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
A singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer" -- guides Sun in the development of technologies that power the world's most important markets. Sun's philosophy of sharing innovation and building communities is at the forefront of the next wave of computing: the Participation Age. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com

Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, Solaris, Java, Sun StorEdge and ‘The Network Is The Computer’ are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

Alcatel provides communications solutions to telecommunication carriers, Internet service providers and enterprises for delivery of voice, data and video applications to their customers or employees. Alcatel brings its leading position in fixed and mobile broadband networks, applications and services, to help its partners and customers build a user-centric broadband world. With sales of EURO 13.1 billion and 58,000 employees in 2005, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries.

Bharti Tele-Ventures Limited, a part of Bharti Enterprises , is India's leading provider of telecommunications services. The businesses at Bharti Tele-Ventures have been structured into two main strategic business groups - the Mobility Leaders business group and the Infotel Leaders business group. The Mobility business group provides GSM mobile services across India in twenty three telecom circles, while the Infotel business group provides broadband & telephone services, long distance services and enterprise services. All these services are provided under the Airtel brand.

HP delivers vital technology for business and life. The company's solutions span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services and imaging and printing for consumers, enterprises and small and medium business. Their $4 billion annual R&D investment fuels the invention of products, solutions and new technologies. They invent, engineer and deliver technology solutions that drive business value and create social value.

The Siemens Group in India is a unique player in the field of electrical and electronics engineering. We have the capability to integrate diverse products, systems and services into turnkey solutions across the life- cycle of a project. Innovation is our strength. But it’s not the only one. Our customers also know that they can rely on us to execute quality projects, while delivering value.

We have a wide presence across the country, where our operations include 10 manufacturing plants and 19 sales offices. We are also part of a vast global network of 450,000 people, operating in 190 countries, which also serves to enhance our standing.

Irdeto is a world leader in content security, and provides comprehensive solutions for digital content protection in Digital TV, IPTV and Mobile environments. The company's support, sales and R&D offices are located worldwide with corporate headquarters near Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Irdeto offers both hardware- and software-based solutions. The company works with an impressive list of leading industry partners to create end-to-end solutions for any pay-media business. Irdeto's goal is to help operators increase content revenue by offering best-of-class security solutions supporting a wide range of revenue models.

SupportSoft (NASDAQ: SPRT) is a leading provider of Real-Time Service Management (RTSM™) solutions that ensure business processes and related technology critical to real-time enterprises — as well as the digital services consumers have come to rely upon — work as planned. A who's who of Global 2000 companies, as well as DSL and cable industry leaders worldwide have standardized on SupportSoft solutions as their underlying infrastructure for Real-Time Service Management.

UTStarcom, Inc., a U.S. corporation, is a global provider of telecommunications solutions to the largest and fastest growing telecom service providers including 17 of the top 20 operators globally. The company’s product portfolio includes wireless and wireline access network, broadband, IP-switching, transmission and 3G solutions. Founded in 1991, UTStarcom is headquartered in California, has ISO 9001 certified R&D facilities in New Jersey, Chicago, California and Vancouver (North America), regional R&D centers in Asia including two in India, ISO 9002 certified manufacturing facilities in North America and Asia and sales offices throughout the world.

UTStarcom’s South Asia office is headquartered at Gurgaon in India with a branch office at Mumbai. The company aims to become a complete solution provider to the telecommunications service providers in the country through the introduction of its major product lines – its AN2000 broadband multi-service access platform, its EPON broadband FTTP access solution, its comprehensive MovingMedia portfolio of wireless solutions [CDMA2000, TD-CDMA, W-CDMA], mVision its end-to-end interactive IPTV solution, its mSwitch softswitch solution and NetRing its optical transport solutions. UTStarcom has started their operations in Bangladesh and has recently bagged the contract to supply its CDMA handsets to City Cell, Bangladesh’s pioneering mobile communications company.

NDS is the leading global supplier of open end-to-end digital pay TV solutions for the secure delivery of entertainment and information to television set-top boxes and IP devices. It enables broadcasters, network TV operators and content providers to profit from the deployment of digital TV technologies including innovative solutions for personal TV, interactivity, secure broadband, home networks, and content on the go.

Around the world, NDS VideoGuard® conditional access systems secure service revenues of approximately $30 billion, and are in use in over 61 million digital boxes. Headquartered in the UK, with offices worldwide, NDS employs over 2,700 people and continues to make a major commitment to R&D, with over 1500 employees dedicated to pioneering development work at centers in Israel, China, India, France, and the UK.

NDS ('NNDS') is traded on the NASDAQ and Euronext Brussels stock exchanges. Its largest shareholder is News Corporation, the global media and entertainment company.

Founded in 1993, Shaf Broadcast is now one of the largest and most respected independent Indian systems integrators. The company offers project management, system design, software configuration, equipment sourcing, prefabrication and system installation world-wide.

Founded in 1992, MetaSolv, Inc. (NASDAQ: MSLV) is the leading global provider of solutions that help communications providers manage their traditional and next-generation networks and services. MetaSolv offer the industry’s most comprehensive, proven portfolio of service fulfillment OSS solutions for order management, inventory management, service activation, and network mediation. MetaSolv enables communications providers to simplify the costly and complex process of delivering value-added voice and data services, such as mobile, IP, and broadband offerings.

Subex Technologies Limited (STL) is a Software Services and Solutions company focused in the 'Telecom and Media' space. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Subex Systems Limited. Subex Technologies offers Software Services for building and deploying products/ applications that help Telecom and Media service providers offer integrated, bundled and convergent services over IP networks including Media services like IPTV, Triple Play, and Interactive TV, etc.