Clarification

Qualcomm's offer to deposit funds against provisional demands raised on Tulip by DoT (Department of Telecommunication) being done on its own accord New Delhi, February 24, 2012 - Tulip Telecom Limited (Tulip), India's leading Enterprise Data Services provider, would like to clarify its stance with regards to Qualcomm's offer to give a deposit to DoT to the extent of demands raised by it on Tulip.

It is understood that Qualcomm has represented before the Telecom Tribunal, TDSAT and has suo- motto offered to deposit a sum equivalent to the provisional demands raised by DoT on Tulip, to enable the DoT to allot License and spectrum for wireless broadband services. Tulip is not a party to the petition filed by Qualcomm and has therefore not accepted any liabilities.
Tulip has represented to the DoT and is providing all relevant information to enable it to take a decision. Tulip, at its end, following due process of law and regulation, intends to pursue the matter with DoT to present its position, that the provisional demands raised by DoT are erroneous. Any transaction between Qualcomm and DoT is not at behest of Tulip and is independent of our representation to DoT "on incorrect computation of license fee".
Some of the notices/demands raised by DoT pertain to issues/demands that have been already concluded and the Company is in process of disputing these notices/demands before the DoT
Tulip wishes to clarify that with respect to any demand raised by DoT on Tulip, the Company has always presented its case along with the relevant details that substantiate its position, in line with the regulatory and process requirements.

- ENDS - About Tulip Telecom

Tulip Telecom Ltd. (BSE: 532691/NSE: TULIP) is India's leading Enterprise Communications Service provider. The Company's data network has the largest reach of over 2,000 locations in India and partnerships to reach every part of the world. The Company has a global presence with over 3,539 employees and more than 2,400 customers. Tulip designs, implements and manages communication networks of large enterprises on long term contracts to include enterprise communications connectivity, network integration, managed and value added services. Tulip has now built the world's third largest data centre in Bengaluru through its wholly owned subsidiary, Tulip Data Centre Services Pvt Ltd that is expected to revolutionize the data centre market in India.

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