Sify Reports India GAAP Results for the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Ended 31st March 2006

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India , 2006-04-20

Sify Limited (Nasdaq National Market: SIFY), a leader in consumer Internet and enterprise services, announced today its India GAAP results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended 31st March 2006.

Q4 2005-06 Performance Highlights:

-- Sify reported revenues from sales and services of Rs 126.8 crores for the fourth quarter, 24% higher than in the same quarter ended 31st March 2005. The sequential growth in revenues over the previous quarter was 6.4%.

-- Sify’s net profit for the quarter under India GAAP was Rs 5.67 crores, compared to a net loss of Rs 12.6 crores for the fourth quarter in the previous financial year. The net profit for the immediately preceding quarter was Rs 1.31 crores, excluding one time income of Rs 5.95 crores that was recognized during that quarter The results as per US GAAP for the fourth quarter show a net profit of Rs 2.09 crores.

-- Sify ended the quarter with a cash balance of over Rs 269 crores.

2005-06 Performance Highlights:

-- Sify reported revenues from sales and services of Rs 463.9 crores for the fiscal year ended 31st March 2006, 30% higher than the previous fiscal year.

-- Sify’s net loss for the year under India GAAP was Rs 6.01 crores, a decrease of 77% compared to a net loss of Rs 26 crores for the previous fiscal year.

Mr. R Ramaraj, Managing Director and CEO, said, “We are pleased to report a net profit of Rs 5.67 crores for the fourth quarter with consistent growth across businesses. Initiatives in our portals business during the year resulted in revenue growth of 74% over the previous year. We continue to lead the market for infrastructure-managed services such as VPNs, and have established leadership in the broadband access to home segment. The iWay cyber café chain continues to grow, with over one million subscribers using the 3300 iWay cyber cafes across 153 cities in the last quarter”.

“Sify is well positioned to continue growth across all our businesses in a nascent Internet & network services market in India, cutting edge IP expertise, and the active involvement of our majority stakeholder in accelerating our growth with international relationships and alliances.”

Mr. Durgesh Mehta, Chief Financial Officer, said, “We have consistently invested in growth with the belief that this will lead to sustained revenue growth, market leadership and profitability, and are now beginning to see the benefits of this strategy. The markets in India continue to hold great potential for growth, as does our international services in the infrastructure management and security space. Our intention is to continue to invest in these opportunities to build the value of the company and maximize stakeholder value.”

Enterprise Services:

New Business wins: Sify’s new business wins during the quarter include managed VPN services for Bombay Dyeing, Celebrity Fashions, Crompton Greaves, Eureka Forbes, GVK Biosciences, Hyundai Motors, Indraprastha Gas, McDowells, Travel Corporation of India and Internet services for Aker Kvaerner. Customer wins from international alliance partners include orders from Borgwarner, Microchip technology and Sony Pictures.

New Level 4 Data Centre at Bangalore: Sify is setting up a data center in Bangalore to cater to the rising demand for hosting primary and disaster recovery data centers. This will be Sify’s third data center in the country after Mumbai and Chennai. New customer wins for hosting services in the existing data centers include Audatex (an ADP Group Company), Bombay Dyeing, Flex Industries, ILFS and Transport Corporation of India.

SifyAssure: Sify’s Information Assurance and Consultancy business started the second phase of the multi phase detailed risk assessment for a large carrier in the Middle East. Other significant assignments included the BS7799 engagements from Quest and Jet Airways, Security Audit from Pepsi, and infrastructure implementation orders from VeriSign and I-flex Solutions.

Application Services: During the quarter, a managed platform for document management and messaging services in an ASP form aimed at the SME segment was launched. Significant successes included the development of a customized Net application for the Fortune Park Hotel chain and Diageo, besides orders for Document Management from Bajaj Allianz, Dell and ICICI Prudential.

Safescrypt, the digital security practice of SifyComm, a Sify subsidiary, saw a surge in its mass market digital certificate business due to the Director General of Foreign Trade mandating e-filing. In another significant development that will enhance proliferation and use of digital certificates, the Ministry of Company Affairs launched the MCA21 initiative that mandates the signing authorities of companies, registered Chartered Accountants and Company secretaries to digitally sign documents. This aggressive initiative intends to mandate digital certification by all the Registrars of Companies in India in the near future.

Remote IT Infrastructure Management Services: A five year remote infrastructure management contract was awarded to provide services to a legal services company in the United States. This contract is expected to generate revenues of approximately $5 million during the term of the contract. Another multi-year, multi-service remote infrastructure management contract from a large broadband services provider in the United States is expected to generate revenues of approximately $6 million over the next five years.

Recognition by Gartner: The Gartner report ‘Comparison of IP VPN Service Providers in India’ placed Sify “Among the more far sighted players in terms of its early entry into the IP VPN market and its focus on managed services”. The report also stated “Sify has the most extensive portfolio of managed service offerings, that include managed firewall, hosted e-mail and management of desktop and desktop applications”.

Access Media:

iWay Cyber-café Growth: The iWay chain grew to reach 3,300 cafes (of which 34 are owned by Sify and the rest franchised) with the service being extended to 153 cities and towns. Growing at the rate of 200 cafes in the last quarter, Sify added cafes at the rate of a little more than two new cafes per day.

Online Games: Active promotion of online games, CD, LAN based and MMORPG continues to grow the online games community in India, with games like Counter Strike becoming quite popular in iWays. Sify’s MMORPG game ‘A3 India’ is also gaining in popularity. These games can now be played in more than 1400 iWays across the country.

Sify Broadband Growth: Subscribers to Sify’s high speed Internet access to homes grew to 183,000 subscribers with the service expanded to 91 cities. Sify now has the largest high-speed subscriber base amongst private players in India, and is geographically the most widely present private player across the country. There are now more than 1600 Cable Television Operators who are Sify franchisees for broadband service delivery across these 91 cities & towns.

Portals:

Revenues: grew approximately 18% on a sequential basis and 86% over the same quarter last year, driven by revenues from advertising, sponsorships and ecommerce.

Sifymax.in (http://www.sifymax.in) The path breaking broadband portal from Sify was the exclusive broadband partner for reality shows such as Indian Idol 2, Business Baazigar and Saregamapa. Sify Max now also streams video content live 24 x 7 from TV channels such as CNN-IBN & CNBC, and hosts 15 radio stations offering Bollywood hits, the latest chart-busters, Indipop and international in multiple languages.

Event Webcasts: SifyMax is the official Internet partner for the Lakme Fashion Week, with live webcasts, exclusive content and interviews with designers and models and access to exclusive video content. The Union Budget, the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon and the India Today Conclave were also webcast during the quarter.

Live webcast of cricket matches: SifyMax had the live streaming rights for all the seven One-Day Internationals between India and England, which was recently played in India. This is in addition to SifyMax’s Video Scorecard that continues to delight cricket fans by instant replay of catches, run outs, sixes and fours almost as soon as they happen.

www.Bangalorelive.in: India’s first city centric broadband web site was launched during the quarter with original Bangalore centric video content, created exclusively for an online audience. The videos focus on city news and events, entertainment, celebrities, lifestyle, commerce and politics.

Mobile Commerce: Enabled on SifyMall to enable GPRS mobile users to shop on Sifymall using their mobile phones. SifyMall also launched a magazine subscriptions store for both Indian and foreign publications across multiple categories.

New Sify.com: The new version of the www.sify.com portal and its major channels has been well received by users, marketers and advertisers.

SifyMail Upgrade: A new, improved version of SifyMail was launched with unlimited mailbox capacity for users. Users can also compose and read mails in 11 Indian languages.

New advertisers: Sify signed on new advertisers such as Clickjobs, Colgate, GO Air, History Channel, Naukri.com, Reebok, Reliance Mutual Fund and SAP.

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 171 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 153 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:

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The forward-looking statements contained herein are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements. Sify undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements.

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 December 31, 2005 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.

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