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Tanla Mobile to help power Skype SMS

Tanla Mobile announces partnership with Skype - London, 14 November 2006 - Tanla Mobile, a specialist in SMS, MMS, WAP and 3G services for the UK and Indian markets, today announced a new partnership with Skype™.

Tanla Mobile’s mobile messaging delivery platform will connect to Skype SMS to enable people to use their Skype credit to send text messages from their computer to mobile phones around the world.

Skype SMS is a quick and cheap way to get in instant touch with family, friends and colleagues anywhere in the world when they are offline or on the move. Tanla Mobile is the latest addition to the group of Skype’s carrier partners that help provide the bridge between Skype users at their PCs and mobile phone users.

“Skype is at the forefront of the communications industry and is constantly seeking opportunities to enrich its users‘ experience and extend the ways in which they communicate,” said Gautam Sabharwal, Director of Global Business Development, Tanla Mobile. “We are therefore delighted to be selected to work with Skype to marry two wildly popular communications tools: internet calling and SMS.”

About Tanla Mobile

Tanla Mobile specialises in mobile billing and delivery for the UK and Indian markets. With direct connections to UK and Indian network operators, clients use its carrier-grade technology platform and application development expertise for immediate deployment of SMS, MMS, WAP and 3G services. Its product suite includes Campaign Management, Content Management, 3G Video Management and Interactive TV Management applications, all of which are supported by powerful online reporting and CRM tools.

Tanla Mobile is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tanla Solutions, www.tanlasolutions.com, an established Telecom Infrastructure Solutions provider with strong coverage in the Asia Pacific region. Through its relationship with Tanla Solutions, Tanla Mobile has immediate access to a large team highly-skilled software engineers and analysts providing application development and technical support from their 300-seat facility in India. This offshore development capability results in a fast time to market with new technologies, and significant cost and time savings for clients.

For further information visit www.tanlamobile.com