TATA Indicom Offers SurfControl's Internet Safety Software to ISP's Customers

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. and MUMBAI, India, Jan. 10 -- In a vital step to help parents protect their children online, TATA Indicom -- India's largest Internet Service Provider (ISP) -- is offering award-winning Internet safety software, CyberPatrol, from SurfControl. CyberPatrol helps protect children online and gives parents a powerful tool to monitor and guard from online dangers. TATA Indicom is a brand of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL), India's leading provider of international telecommunications and Internet services.

The second-most populated country in the world, India has seen an astounding 684 percent increase in Internet usage among residents since 2000. Today, India ranks fifth among countries for the highest number of Internet users, accounting for 4 percent of the worldwide total.

"TATA Indicom is not only a market leader, it has pioneered the development of Internet services in India," said Shashi Kalathil, President, RBU for TATA Indicom. "We are committed to ensuring subscribers continue to have the best online experience possible and the key to that is safety. CyberPatrol offers parents effective and comprehensive tools to safeguard against online predators, as well as monitoring and managing their families' online activities."

CyberPatrol 7.5 features "Ready-to-Go Filtering," enabling parents to easily choose from pre-set, environment-specific filters during installation to immediately begin protecting against offensive and pornographic materials, as well as safeguard against Spyware and Phishing sites. Also added is age- specific Web Filter Settings for quick filtering set-up that can be reviewed and fine-tuned to a user's needs at any time.

"TATA Indicom's success has come from providing a superior Internet service to its customers," said Patricia Sueltz, CEO of SurfControl. "The computer is a portal into the home and parents need to create a healthy online environment, one that protects their families and PC, while allowing everyone to fully enjoy and utilize the Internet."

In addition to Web filtering, other CyberPatrol features include:

* Time Management tools to set pre-determined times when Internet access

is allowed or for use of specific programs such as games

* Filtering of newsgroups, Web sites, chat and instant messaging

* Monitoring and logging gives parents the opportunity to check their

children's surfing habits

* ChatGard(R) monitors and filters offensive words and phrases and

protects personal information

About VSNL

Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) is a leading provider of International Telecommunications Services. VSNL is India's largest player in International Long Distance services and has a strong pan-India domestic Long Distance presence. VSNL is also a leading player in the Corporate Data Market in India today with a strong service offering covering IPLCs, ILLs, Frame relay, ATM and MPLS based IP-VPN services. VSNL has a strong infrastructure base that covers multiple submarine cable systems, switching gateways, IP PoPs and earth stations.

With its recent acquisition of Tyco's global submarine network, VSNL provides seamless connectivity across the globe to carriers and enterprises. VSNL has 30 Points of Presence in 12 countries in North America, Europe and Asia. VSNL also has business operations in Sri Lanka and Nepal and is soon entering South Africa.

In India, VSNL is rapidly growing its retail presence under the Tata Indicom brand through its products like high-speed broadband, dial-up Internet, wi-fi, net telephony and calling cards. VSNL is consolidating its presence in the Internet space with an increased focus on the Retail Broadband business.

VSNL is listed on the major stock exchanges in India and also has its ADRs listed on the New York Stock Exchange. (http://www.vsnl.in)

About SurfControl

SurfControl plc (LSE: SRF) is a world leading Internet Security company delivering multiple layers of threat protection to shield organizations against complex blended threats. SurfControl's Enterprise Protection Suite has redefined traditional "filtering" by offering a unified threat management solution that eliminates spam, spyware and phishing attacks, as well as Web and e-mail abuse. The SurfControl Adaptive Threat Intelligence(TM) Service provides continuous and proactive threat detection and protection from emerging threats, known blended threats, and customer-specific threats. Customers avoid significant business downtime that impacts productivity and the bottom line, while limiting legal liability and enforcing regulatory compliance and confidentiality. SurfControl has 14 offices worldwide serving more than 20,000 enterprise customers. For further information and news on SurfControl, visit http://www.surfcontrol.com .

Forward-looking and cautionary statements

Certain words and statements in this release concerning VSNL and its prospects, and other statements relating to VSNL's expected financial position, business strategy, the future development of VSNL's operations and the general economy in India, are forward looking statements. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of VSNL, or industry results, to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward- looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on numerous assumptions regarding VSNL's present and future business strategies and the environment in which VSNL will operate in the future. The important factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from such forward-looking statements include, among others, changes in government policies or regulations of India and, in particular, changes relating to the administration of VSNL's industry, and changes in general economic, business and credit conditions in India. Additional factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from such forward-looking statements, many of which are not in VSNL's control, include, but are not limited to, those risk factors discussed in VSNL's various filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings are available at http://www.sec.gov. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release. VSNL expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained herein to reflect any change in VSNL's expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

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