Sifymax Hosts Lakme Fashion Week 2006 Live!

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India , 2006-11-01

SifyMax, India's leading broadband content portal from Sify Limited, a leader in Consumer Internet and Enterprise Services in India with global delivery capabilities (Nasdaq:SIFY), announced today that the portal would be the official broadband partner for the Spring Summer collection week of the internationally acclaimed Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) 2006, to be held in Mumbai between October 31st and November 4th 2006.

As the Official Internet Partner, SifyMax will host the Official LFW 2006 Website, webcast the event live over all 5 days and host exclusive content on the event. SifyMax will also be accessible from several points at the National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA), the venue for LFW 2006.

Commenting on SifyMax's association with LFW, V. Sivaramakrishnan, President, Portals, Sify, said, "We are honored to extend our association with this landmark fashion event in India, which is the second edition of this event during the year. It is leveraging synergistic opportunities like these that give us a competitive edge in the Internet space in India and help us to connect better with the youth by providing world-class content on- areas that interest them. On demand availability of the show, has ensured that internet users can catch the event whenever and wherever they want.”

SifyMax will have comprehensive coverage on the country’s top models, portraying exquisite collections of 43 leading and upcoming designers participating at The Lakme Fashion Week event. The coverage, apart from Live Webcast will include exclusive video footage like interviews and even behind the scenes footage of the event, profiles of designers and models, photo galleries, reviews of the collection by celebrities and fashionistas. These designers will showcase their work to buyers, the media and the cognoscenti from India and around the world.

About Sify Limited:

Sify is among the largest Internet, network and e-Commerce services companies in India, offering end-to-end solutions with a comprehensive range of products delivered over a common Internet backbone infrastructure. This Internet backbone reaches 183 cities and towns in India. A significant part of the company's revenue is derived from Corporate

Services, which include corporate connectivity, network and communications solutions, security, network management services and hosting. A host of blue chip customers use Sify's corporate service offerings. Consumer services include broadband home access, dial up connectivity and the iWay cyber café chain across 154 cities and towns. The company's network services, Data Center operations and customer relationship management are accredited ISO 9001:2000.

For more information about Sify, visit www.sifycorp.com.

Forward Looking Statements

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For a discussion of the risks associated with Sify’s business, please see the discussion under the caption "Risks Related to Our Business" in the company's report on Form 6-K for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 which has been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and is available by accessing the database maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov.
Contact

David Appasamy, Investor Relations, Sify Limited, +91 (44) 2254 0770 Ext. 2013
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