Olympics On Rworld

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Olympics on R World receives overwhelming response from RIM subscribers

· Near 1 million visitors to Olympics application since its launch

· Over 15 million pages of information served with 3 million hits to 11 exciting features related to Olympics on R World

· Mega Sports information at finger tips - as they happen in Athens

DAKC (Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City), Navi Mumbai, August 20, 2004

As the Olympic spirit soars higher with double strap shooter Major Rajyawardhan Singh bagging the first ever individual Silver medal for India, the 'Olympics suite of applications' on R World portfolio of data applications on Reliance IndiaMobile (RIM) has received 1 million visitors since its launch on August 5, 2004. Over 15 million pages of sports information were served with 3 million hits to 11 exciting features of the Olympics Application.

"The easy-to-navigate Java-enabled 'Olympics' application, under New Arrivals, helps RIM subscribers to keep track of the ongoing global sports extravaganza at Athens throughout. Overall, this user-friendly section keeps RIM users well informed on all aspects of Olympics 2004. Even those who have not been tracking the event in the past get to know some interesting facts about Olympics and its tradition," says Mahesh Prasad, President, Applications and Solutions Group, Reliance Infocomm.

The quick-to-download Olympics section on R World covers, latest happenings with updates in every 15 minutes, current Medal Tally, Trivia, History, Itinerary, Profiles of some key participants, Opinion Polls, Interesting facts about Olympics, Sports related Jokes, and Video clips.

Since the Java-enabled feature has download speeds of up to 144 kbps, R World's applications are quick to download with no restrictions on text matter. The R World applications suite currently has over 100 applications ranging from interactive Guides such as TV programme guides and City Guides, live news and TV news clips from channels like NDTV, CNBC, Aaj Tak and India TV to contests, Songs, Ring Tones, Cricket Information and women's world.