SUDHIR NARANG APPOINTED MANAGING DIRECTOR OF BT INDIA

Mumbai, December 20, 2007: BT today announced the appointment of Sudhir Narang as managing director for the company’s Indian operations. Narang’s appointment is effective from December 20, 2007. In this position, Sudhir will lead BT Global Services’ strategy, growing BTs presence and spearheading services in India. He will report to Allen Ma, president, BT Asia Pacific and becomes a core member of the Asia Pacific regional executive team.

Mr. Narang has over 20 years’ experience in the Indian IT sector, with a strong grounding in all aspects of sales, business development, product support and customer service. He also brings with him exceptional leadership skills gained in a number of progressively senior positions with multinational corporations.

Allen Ma, president, BT Asia Pacific, said: “Coupled with our strategy to assist Indian multi-national companies (MNCs) and global MNCs seeking to benefit from India’s status as a global hub, Sudhir’s appointment demonstrates BT’s ongoing commitment to meeting the challenges of our customers, whilst we enable them to create greater value from their business. Sudhir’s strong industry experience, along with his deep knowledge of Indian customers, will greatly assist our operations in India.”

Beginning his career at HCL Limited, Sudhir took up the position of general manager at HCL Comnect, the networking line of business for HCL. In 1998 He moved on to Cisco. There, he had worked with all the business verticals, i.e. Enterprise, ITES, Public Sector and Service Provider. Sudhir was subsequently appointed Senior Vice President, India and SAARC, at Cisco Systems India Pvt Ltd, and most recently held the position of CEO of Tulip IT Services, a data telecom service provider and IT solutions company.

Speaking of his new role at BT India, Mr. Narang said, “With the recent acquisition of i2i Enterprises in early 2007, coupled with the constant growth of the longstanding Indian business operations, I believe BT is well positioned to become the leading networked IT solutions provider in the Indian marketplace. I look forward to helping to build upon the success of a global powerhouse that has already proven itself as a reliable partner for India’s BPO industry.”

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About BT

BT is one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include networked IT services; local, national and international telecommunications services; higher-value broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale.

In the year ended 31 March 2007, BT Group plc’s revenue was £20,223 million with profit before taxation of £2,484 million.

British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York.

For more information, visit www.bt.com/aboutbt

About BT Telecom India Pvt Ltd

BT Telecom India Pvt. Ltd. is a subsidiary of BT Group plc, a global leader in networked IT services. BT Telecom India Pvt Ltd was established pursuant to a joint venture agreement with Jubilant Enpro Pvt. Ltd., a New Delhi-based company engaged in the businesses of oil and gas, food and services in December, 2006. In February 2007, BT was granted international long distance and national long distance license by the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India. These licenses enable BT to offer services for the first time directly to multi-site corporate customers in India.

BT currently employs 20,000 people – directly and indirectly, in India. It has a wide base of customers spanning IT/ITES, retail, media. BT provides its customers virtual private network-based (VPN) services using technologies such as internet protocol-based multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) and ATM while also addressing the networked IT service needs of BT’s multinational customers.

For further information, please contact:

Carson Dalton

Head of Corporate Communications,

BT India | BT Global Services

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Email: carson.dalton {at} bt(.)com

Abhijit Kaur
The PRactice
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