Sify Technologies Limited (formerly Satyam Infoway) is an

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(ICT) company providing telecom services,

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services,

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, transformation integration services, and application integration services. Sify Technologies Limited played a role during the early spread of Internet and

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in India. It has been listed on

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as SIFY since October 1999.

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was the

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for Sify's

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on the

. Sify was founded and led to IPO by R. Ramaraj.

History

In November 1999, Sify paid crore for a 24.5% stake in IndiaWorld Communications. It acquired the remaining shares for crore on 30 June 2000. In 2000, Sify sponsored the India Olympics team. In January 2002, Sify announced prizes for most emails sent under a 6-week contest called "Sify Greenmail," promoting emails as an eco-friendly way of communication. In March 2002, Sify made an agreement with

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to run Sify's travel portal. Sify used to run the i-Way chain of

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. In 2002, Sify introduced wireless last mile connections with speeds up to 256 kbit/s. By August 2003, it had over 1,000 i-Way cyber cafes in India. In December 2003, Sify launched

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facilities in its Internet cafes. In 2004, Sify, with

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, launched an

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. In June 2004, the

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set a legal precedent regarding domain names in the ''

Satyam Infoway Ltd. v. Sifynet Solutions Pvt. Ltd. ''Satyam Infoway Ltd. v. Sifynet Solutions Pvt. Ltd.'' was the first case to be decided by the Supreme Court of India on the issue of domain name protection, and dealt with two businesses employing variations on the same mark ("Sify") in their r ...

'' lawsuit. In November 2005,

Satyam Computer Services Mahindra Satyam (formerly Satyam Computer Services Limited) was an Indian information technology (IT) services company based in Hyderabad, India, offering software development, system maintenance, packaged software integration and engineering ...

sold its remaining 31.61% shares in Sify to Infinity Capital Ventures, which is owned by Raju Vegesna, for million.

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