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InfoVista (NASDAQ: IVTA; Euronext IFV - FR0004031649), the leading service-centric performance management software company, announced today that the Infotel Business Group of Bharti Tele-Ventures Limited, India's leading private sector provider of telecommunications services, has chosen InfoVista's performance management suite of solutions to improve customer satisfaction and drive operational efficiencies and cost savings for its IP Virtual Private Network (IP VPN) services. The Infotel Business Group provides Broadband & Telephone services, Long Distance and Enterprise Services under the Airtel Brand. The suite of solutions by InfoVista is aimed at providing superior services to Bharti's IP VPN customers to ensure a very high level of customer satisfaction. Bharti initially chose InfoVista to provide performance management for its MPLS-based IP VPN services. IP VPN services are a growing area for Bharti as enterprise customers seek increased security and performance in their data communications infrastructures. "InfoVista's approach to performance management will enable us to improve customer loyalty and increase efficiencies by offering enterprise users a vivid view into network performance. It will also enable us to dynamically address service issues," said Mr. Jagbir Singh, Group CTO, Infotel Business Group, Bharti Tele-Ventures Limited. "Considering InfoVista's track record, we are also happy to announce the consolidation of the performance management systems for all our businesses under the Infotel Business Group with InfoVista. This will lead to improved efficiencies, both operational as well as financial." Bharti had initially deployed InfoVista's VistaInsight for Networks (VIN) for Service Providers solution, InfoVista's service-centric performance management software that empowers service providers to maximize the performance of their MPLS-based networks and offer highly differentiated Web-based reporting to business customers. VIN for Service Providers is built on VistaFoundation, InfoVista's adaptive platform for network management solutions. After a yearlong evaluation, Bharti again chose InfoVista based on the solution's support for customer-centric customization, superior service analysis and highly efficient service management. Bharti identified InfoVista's VistaPortal solution as the best portal among competitive offerings, enabling customers to customize depictions of network resources and simultaneously view Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), real-time performance notifications and strategic business information. In addition, the VistaFoundation architecture facilitates service management, allowing Bharti to easily add new services or resources as it expands its network and customer base. "As the expansion of networks in the Asia-Pacific region continues, Bharti is another strategic win for InfoVista," said Gad Tobaly, chief executive officer, InfoVista. "For service providers like Bharti, performance management solutions will play a crucial role in network expansion, IP convergence and customer adoption in emerging markets around the world." Bharti Tele-Ventures Limited is recognized as a top 20 global IT company in BusinessWeek's "Information Technology 100" listing. About Bharti Bharti Tele-Ventures is one of India's leading private sector provider of telecommunications services with an aggregate of 15.13 million customers as of end of September '05, consisting of approximately 14.07 million mobile customers. The company is the only operator to provide mobile services in all the 23 circles in India. The company also provides telephone services and Internet access over DSL in 15 circles. The company complements its mobile, broadband & telephone services with national and international long distance services. The company also has a submarine cable landing station at Chennai, which connects the submarine cable connecting Chennai and Singapore. The company provides reliable end-to-end data and enterprise services to the corporate customers by leveraging its nationwide fiber optic backbone, last mile connectivity in fixed-line and mobile circles, VSATs, ISP and international bandwidth access through the gateways and landing station. For more information, visit www.bhartiteleventures.com About InfoVista InfoVista is the Service-Centric Performance Management Software Company that assures the optimal delivery of business-critical IT services. Driven by a uniquely adaptive and real-time technology foundation, InfoVista solutions improve business effectiveness, reduce operating risk, lower cost of operations, increase agility and create competitive advantage. Eighty percent of the world's largest service providers as ranked by Fortune(R), as well as leading Global 2000 enterprises, rely on InfoVista to enhance the business value of their technology assets. Representative customers include ABN AMRO, Allstream, Banques Populaires, AXA, Banque de France, Bell Canada, British Telecom, Broadwing Communications, Cable & Wireless, Com Hem, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Deloitte & Touche, Deutsche Telecom, France Telecom, Savvis Corporation, SingTel, Telefonica, and US Cellular. A Software Magazine 500 company, InfoVista stock is traded on the NASDAQ (IVTA) and on Eurolist by Euronext (FR0004031649). For more information about the company, please visit www.infovista.com.