Coruscant Tec launches Surabhi foundation videos and Uncle Pai’s ‘Shiri’ comic strips on R-world

Mumbai, May 9, 2006: Coruscant Tec, a leading mobile content and commerce provider today announced the launch of videos from the Surabhi foundation showcasing its monuments, temples, places of interest, culture and people and another Anant Pai comic entitled “Shiri, a political satire on the Reliance Infocomm network.

Now, Reliance customers can view interesting videos of the ancient Khajuraho Temple, Konark Temple, Golden Temple, Alleppey boat race, peeling of a coconut with fingernails in record time etc through R- World. The Surabhi videos will be accessible for Rs 7/- per view. The video clips are a mix of religious sites, the unusual and places of interest. All clips are approximately 45 seconds long with a background musical score. The Shiri comic strips are available for Rs. 2/- per view and are updated weekly.

“Today people explore their mobiles increasingly for entertainment combined with information and visuals. The videos from Surabhi foundation have exciting Indian monuments and places of religious interest which are very appealing to people with traveling interests, while the Shiri comic strips will appeal to all age groups. We will continue to develop such innovative and exciting applications in the mobile content space” said Ajay Adiseshann, Founder & Managing Director, Coruscant Tec.

Surabhi, a popular cultural show which used to air on the DD network in the 90’s was anchored by Siddharth Kak and Renuka Shahane and is regarded as the quintessential audiovisual archive of Indian culture and monuments.

R World has worked wonders with over a billion pages of information, rich media content and video clips. Thanks to its wide range of applications it has endeared itself to users from all walks of life. Its applications include TV news clips, ball-by-ball cricket score and other information, latest movie clips, city and TV guides, railway reservations, banking, bill payment, examination results.

About Coruscant Tec

Coruscant Tec is a leading mobile solutions company focusing on the areas of content and commerce. The company was set up in 2003 in Mumbai. Today, it has offices in Mumbai, Chennai and Palo Alto (USA). The Company has alliances with several leading Indian and International aggregators, telecom operators (telcos), financial networks and banks to bring mobile content and commerce to Indian mobile subscribers. Today, Coruscant Tec has a wide range of SMS, WAP, BREW and JAVA content in the Indian market.

Coruscant Tec offers complete solutions from content supply to content provisioning and content delivery to the consumer’s handset in any part of the world. Its strengths include rich experiences in mobile and wireless domains, in-depth market know-how, proven competence in content development and the ability to provide quality, cost-effective software technology solutions using a wide array of technologies and processes.