March 7, 2000, Mumbai - Indiainfo.com, India's leading portal network, has launched in-depth multilanguage content. The site currently offers content in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu and plans to extend this facility to Malayalam, Gujarati and Kannada in the near future.

"Given the diversity of Indian web users, we think that it is critical to our long term success to provide content that meets the linguistic requirement of a heterogeneous Indian Internet community. Indiainfo.com aims to establish a niche in this segment by providing a range of content which is both in-depth and soon to extend to three more local Indian languages." said Raj Koneru, Chairman, Indiainfo.com.

Indiainfo.com will soon provide information and services in Gujarati which span news and current affairs, business and sports, as well as entertainment and travel. These services, according to Mr. Koneru is the broadest span of Gujarati content in the Internet space to date. " The services we offer are not restricted to simply our home page and a few relevant categories; we will provide the user with our entire site in Gujarati. This is how we aim at being different from what is presently on offer," added Mr. Koneru.

Indiainfo.com aims to bring the benefits of content in Gujarati to remote corners of the state, and to cut across language barriers, which until now have restricted internet usage in India. "India has the potential to be a Internet super power, but the diversity of cultures and languages across the country have proved to be a hindrance. Our effort is to bridge this gap in two ways. Firstly, we will provide all the content available on our site in Gujarati and secondly we will adapt the content to make it distinct to this community. So a Gujarati speaking user can get all the information he or she needs in Gujarati itself." added Koneru.

Along with content in Gujarati, Indiainfo.com will also attempt to keep the users abreast on issues of national importance through an appropriate blend of both regional and national news.

The portal Indiainfo.com offers services that include search engines, directories, linguistic content, community products such as e-mail; chat; message boards, and e-commerce products. Affiliate sites, accessible through the flagship Indiainfo.com portal, include careerindia.com, thatscricket.com, esharebazaar.com, easy2gift.com and evesindia.com. Indiainfo.com also offers unique services that include comprehensive personalisation of all content on Indiainfo.com, online purchase of an exhaustive range of office stationery through Office Racks, auction services, and also extensive content in various Indian languages through their linguistic portals.

Indiainfo.com is a comprehensive Internet solution and service provider, offering a portal network, advertising network, e-commerce products addressing both B2B and B2C markets, and Internet services including hosting, connectivity and development services. Indiainfo.com currently employs 800 people in both India and the US, including Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Chennai, Ahmedabad, New Jersey and New York.

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