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Tata Infotech named in deal to support M-Commerce rollout across Europe

London - 29th June 2004 - Simpay, the mobile payment scheme founded by Orange, Telefónica Móviles, T-Mobile and Vodafone, has now revealed that Tata Infotech will form the cornerstone of its testing strategy for the payment scheme due to launch commercially in early 2005.

Tata Infotech, a global systems integrator, is part of the Tata Group, India's best-known industrial conglomerate. Tata Infotech will support Simpay in testing the central processing systems and the readiness of Simpay's members for scheme launch. Tata Infotech was chosen for its ability to meet Simpay's requirement to cost effectively conduct extensive and intensive testing using a combination of experienced onshore and offshore resources. Tata Infotech has successfully undertaken similar projects and provided innovative solutions to its customers worldwide in the areas of Software Development, IT Enabled Services and IT Infrastructure Management, amongst others.

Simpay's offering is ideally matched to the current m-payments market allowing customers to make low price point purchases using their mobile phone. The cost of the goods or services, which include buying an MP3 music file, downloading a game or obtaining sports results, is debited from the mobile user's account by his or her mobile operator. Simpay is ideally suited to next generation mobile services such as real time video.

Tim Jones, CEO, Simpay comments, "These announcements provide further evidence that Simpay is intent on making Mobile Payments happen. They represent another major milestone towards Simpay's commercial launch in Europe during early 2005. We are confident that we and our providers will meet these timescales…
…Tata Infotech will be providing independent testing support."

Charles Antony, COO, Tata Infotech said: "Tata Infotech is proud to partner with Simpay which is the appropriate vehicle to take m-commerce to the masses. This partnership is in line with our competence in providing high-end value-added application and systems integration solution to our telecom customers worldwide.

About Simpay
Simpay was founded in 2003 by Orange, Telefónica Móviles, T-Mobile and Vodafone. It was created to drive m-commerce through the creation of a payment scheme that allows customers to make purchases through mobile operator-managed accounts. The name, Simpay, distinguishes the company as a separate entity from its founding members and establishes the brand as a mobile payments company. The Simpay brand signifies the simplicity with which mobile commerce transactions will be made in the future and defines a new function for mobile phones around the world.
For more information please visit: www.simpay.com

For Simpay, please contact:
Maja Hauke / Andy Rogers
Brands2Life
Tel: +44 207 592 1200
Email: [email protected]

For Tata Infotech, please contact:
Dharmesh Sheth Tel: +91 22 5694 0000 Extn. 2625
Email: [email protected]

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