Tournament to be played from 400 Sify iWay cyber cafes across 13 cities

Hyderabad,January, 2005: Sify Limited (Nasdaq National Markets: SIFY), India’s premier Internet, networking and eCommerce Company, announced India’s largest Multi Player Gaming Championship ‘UT 2004’ at its iWay cyber chain.

The tournament being played across 13 cities and 400 Sify iWays has prizes of over Rs. 1 lakh
to be won. The first prize stands at Rs. 30,000/-, second prize at Rs. 20,000/-, third prize at
Rs. 10,000/- & additional prizes that comprise of MRF Bats, Titan Gift coupons & free gaming times…

UT2004 is one of the most popular shooter games worldwide, and is most fun when multiple players compete. Sify has setup online game servers for the game to be played from 400+ game enabled iWays in Bangalore, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Madurai, Mumbai, Pondicherry, Pune, Salem & Trichy. Sixteen players from any of the game enabled iWays can simultaneously take part in a single game room, with four such game rooms available at any point of time.

The Contest is open to all with a one time registration fee of Rs 10/-. UT 2004 is divided into three rounds: ‘The Practice Round’ which took place between 22nd & 23rd Dec; and the "Preliminary Round" – scheduled between 24th Dec ’04 & 12th Jan ’05 when Gamers can play as many games as they want and accumulate points based on which they will be ranked. The Top 100 gamers move to "The Final Round" which is scheduled for Jan 15th & 16th ’05 with winners being announced on the 17th of January.

Online gaming is rapidly becoming one of the most popular forms of entertainment across the world. Online multi player gaming is being introduced through this tournament by Sify iWays,
the country’s largest network of Internet browsing centers (Cyber cafes) with more than 2000 iWays in 67 cities. Powered by high-speed broadband connectivity & services like Browsing, Internet Telephony, Video Conferencing & now Gaming all one needs to do is walk into the nearest Sify iWay and play to win!