Olive Telecommunication & Tata Teleservices Launch India’s first 3G Embedded ‘Netbook’

- Netbook will Enable ‘Anywhere, Anytime’ Mobile Broadband Access -

MUMBAI – September 2, 2009 – Olive Telecommunication, the parent company of Haier Mobile and Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL), the country’s fastest-growing dual-technology telecom service provider, today announced the launch of India’s first netbook embedded with high-speed Internet access for mobile Internet connectivity and broadband access.

The Netbook X107H, powered by Qualcomm’s QSC6085™ chipset, will leverage the capabilities of EV-DO Rev. A technology on TTSL’s network to enable users with ‘Anywhere, Anytime’ broadband connectivity and help them access advanced data applications and services on the move. The netbook has a 1.6-GHz processor, 1-GB DDR memory and 160-GB 2.5” HDD storage. The netbook comes with attractive payment options and will be available at Tata Indicom stores and other retail outlets across the country.

Mr Arun Khanna, Chairman, Olive Telecommunication, said: “I am very grateful for the opportunity to be a first mover in a space that will surely heat up in the near future, and to thank our telecom partner TTSL and technology enabler Qualcomm for all its support. The netbook, bundled with Tata Teleservices’ data packages, will bring to the consumer the convenience of connectivity ‘Anytime, Anywhere’. We look forward to surprising the Indian consumer with data-enabling devices that will make lives easier and empower greater numbers of Indians to connect to the Net conveniently. TTSL has been a partner since our inception in the telecom sector and we are proud to be associated with them in this new initiative too.”

The netbook is being exclusively offered on India’s best wireless broadband service, Photon Plus by Tata Teleservices Limited. “The Olive Netbook powered by Tata Photon Plus heralds a new era in versatile computing access, and is in keeping with TTSL’s endeavor to provide affordable and ubiquitously accessible high-speed Internet access,” Mr Anil Sardana, Managing Director of Tata Teleservices Limited, said. “The unique advantages of our high-speed Internet access service get compounded by the feature-rich and attractively-priced Netbook, which will be on offer with an exclusive range of tariff offerings, designed to bring the best of both worlds to the market,” he added.

“We congratulate Olive Telecommunication and Tata Teleservices for launching India’s first 3G-embedded netbook. Computing and wireless are fast converging to enable a compelling mobile broadband experience for consumers worldwide,” said Ms. Peggy Johnson, Executive Vice-President of the Americas and India for Qualcomm. “We are pleased to work with our partners to bring to the Indian market an innovative solution that offers a world-class computing experience .”

About Olive Telecommunication

Olive Telecommunication Pvt Ltd., headquartered in Gurgaon, India has developed a wide range of Convergence products. And the embedded Net Book is the first of the offerings. With 2 Design Houses in China and 2 in India the company is poised to launch a slew of products. 24 operators worldwide are working with the company or with it’s affiliate Haier Mobile. In India there are successful partnerships with Tata Teleservices, Airtel, Virgin Mobile & MTS. With 20 million phones sold worldwide the company is now looking to extend its engagement in various Data enablers to improve Carrier revenues.

About Tata Teleservices Limited

Tata Teleservices Limited is one of India’s leading private telecom service providers, having a pan-India presence across all of India’s 22 telecom Circles. The company offers integrated telecom solutions to its customers under the Tata Indicom, Tata DOCOMO, Photon and Walky brands, and uses both the CDMA and GSM technology platform(s) for its wireless networks. Tata Teleservices Limited, along with Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited, operates in more than 325,000 towns and villages across the country. In November 2008, Tata Teleservices entered into an agreement with Japanese telecom major NTT DOCOMO, and this transaction marks a key step in the strategic evolution of Tata Teleservices Limited. Tata DOCOMO has so far launched GSM services in eight telecom Circles, and the remaining part of the country is also expected to be covered shortly. In December 2008, Tata Teleservices announced a unique reverse equity swap strategic agreement between its fully-owned telecom tower subsidiary—Wireless TT Info-Services Limited—and Quippo Telecom Infrastructure Limited, thereby becoming the largest independent entity in this space. Tata Teleservices’ bouquet of telephony services includes mobile services, wireless desktop phones, public booth telephony and Wireline services.

For details, visit www.tatateleservices.com, www.tataindicom.com and www.tatadocomo.com