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CALL GENIE ANNOUNCES TEN YEAR CONTRACT WITH TATA

November 24, 2008

CALL GENIE ANNOUNCES TEN YEAR CONTRACT WITH TATA

CONSULTANCY SERVICES IN INDIA TO SUPPORT ONE OF WORLD’S

LARGEST TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES

 

Call Genie’s CG InteractAgent and CG OpenAgent Search software will allow operators to effectively search

and access listing information for over 35 million subscriber lines in Southeast Asia

 

Toronto, Ontario - November 24, 2008 - Call Genie Inc. (the “Company” or “Call Genie”)(TSX:

GNE) and TATA Consultancy Services (“TATA”) (BSE: TCS.BO, NSE: TCS.NS), a leading IT

services, business solutions and outsourcing organization, today announced a new multi-year

contract regarding a major Southeast Asian telecommunications company, for the use of Call

Genie’s CG InteractAgent and CG OpenAgent Search software.

 

Per the agreement with TATA, the name of the telecommunications company will not be

immediately disclosed.

 

Under the terms of the agreement, Call Genie will provide software to allow operators to effectively

search and access directory listing information for over 35 million subscriber lines. TATA

Consultancy Services will manage the overall engagement including the initial deployment of Call

Genie’s solution as well as the day-to-day and long-term in-region maintenance.

The Company’s ten year contract is based primarily on implementation, licence and ongoing

maintenance fees.

 

“We are proud to have been selected by one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies

to provide its next generation workstation and local search solution,” said Mike Durance, CEO of

Call Genie. “Further, TATA has vast experience within the region and we are excited to work with

them to deploy and maintain this local search and advertising solution.”

 

About Call Genie Inc.

Call Genie is a leading global provider of local mobile search and advertising solutions that connect

ready to transact consumers directly with local merchants for local directory businesses, directory

assistance services and local media publishers. Call Genie solutions offer an exceptional

experience for both advertisers and consumers and are deployed in 11 countries around the world.

Call Genie has been awarded the Excellence in Integrated Ad Management award by the Pelorus

Group, has won the Yellow Page Association Industry Excellence Award for Marketing Innovation,

the Whitaker Innovation Award, and the 118 Tracker Award for both Technology Innovation in the

UK and most recently, Outstanding Contribution to the Industry. www.callgenie.com.

 

About TATA Consultancy Services

TATA Consultancy Services is an IT services, business solutions and outsourcing organization that

delivers real results to global businesses, ensuring a level of certainty no other firm can match.

TATA Consultancy Services offers a consulting-led, integrated portfolio of IT and IT-enabled

services delivered through its unique Global Network Delivery Model, recognized as the benchmark

of excellence in software development. A part of the Tata Group, India’s largest industrial

conglomerate, TATA Consultancy Services has over 120,000 IT consultants in 42 countries. The

Company generated consolidated revenues of US $5.7 billion for fiscal year ended 31 March, 2008

and is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India. For more

information, visit us at www.tcs.com.

 

For More Information

Alex Blodgett, Investor Relations

Tel: +1 403 410 6875

mail: alex.blodgett@callgenie.com

 

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