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Mumbai, June 16, 2009 – Geodesic Limited (NSE: GEODESIC), a leading provider of award-winning innovative products in the information, communication and entertainment space, today announced the launch of Mundu IM, an instant messenger that integrates MSN, GTalk and others into one, for Android mobile phones. The application will be available as a download through the phone from (http://mundu.com/products/mundu-im)

Few of the features of Mundu IM for Android includes:

• All your IM contacts across AIM®, Yahoo®, MSN®, Google® Talk, ICQ® , and Jabber® right from your Android phone.
• A fun and simple IM experience
• File Transfer / Mobile Photo Sharing
• Message Archiving and Chat History
• Conferencing

Speaking on entering the Android market, K S Vivek, AVP, Geodesic Ltd. said, “Android being supported by a large number of handset vendors and the backing of Google has huge potential for growth. We believe we can be an early mover and take advantage of the potential growth in this platform.”

“We are excited to provide Mundu and Android users with an easy, innovative way to connect live with their friends. After our success with the other platforms, we now bring Mundu IM to the Android users for creating a seamless communication experience”, added Vivek.

Mundu IM, the flagship product of Geodesic has been recognized by PC Magazine as one of the top 12 mobile applications and has been acknowledged by other as one the best Instant messaging service globally. Now with Android, Mundu has been further customized to enhance user experience.

In India, The Android phones are available through some websites only and soon would be available in stores as well. Globally, accordingly to HTC, they have sold about a million phones of G1 in the last financial year. With T- Mobile and Samsung already joining the league, other players like Sony Ericsson, Huawei, Lenovo, Acer and Kogan Technologies are soon expected to take the plunge for providing Android phones.

Geodesic Becomes Member of BlackBerry ISV Alliance Program

Mumbai, Monday, September 8, 2008 – Geodesic Information Systems (NSE: GEOINFO), a leading provider of award-winning mobile and desktop solutions for instant messaging today announced that it has joined the BlackBerry® ISV Alliance Program and plans to offer its award-winning mobile services to support a broad range of BlackBerry smartphones including the BlackBerry® Curve™, BlackBerry® Pearl™ and BlackBerry® 8800 series smartphones.

According to Gartner, while SMS continues to increase in usage, the growing prevalence of IM clients on phones is shifting usage patterns. Gartner contends that IM will overtake SMS, becoming a mass-market application for the phone. Mobile users are increasingly relying on their handsets to serve their needs – not just for communication – but for entertainment, information and commerce as well. More than 1.8 billion Internet-enabled handsets have shipped globally, with more than 750 million active users. In 2007, operators worldwide realized mobile data (non-voice and non-SMS) revenue of more than $60 billion.

One of Geodesic’s flagship products, Mundu IM, is the leading universal mobile IM solution. It successfully combines all of the most popular IM services, including Yahoo, AOL, MSN, ICQ and Google Talk, with deep collaboration across mobile, Web and desktop platforms, enabling users to chat seamlessly from their home, office or while in transit. Mundu IM supports all leading web browsers, including IE, Mozilla Firefox and Safari and, in addition to interoperating with the leading consumer IM services, it integrates with Jabber for enterprise IM. Geodesic’s IM service also offers advanced features such as multi-lingual chat, conferencing capabilities across IM services, push email, and extensive presence management. Since its launch, Mundu IM has been the recipient of a string of industry awards that recognize the service as one of the top mobile applications in the market.

“We’re delighted to be a BlackBerry Alliance Program member and offer their users critical business communications tools,” said Arvind Venkateswaran, Geodesic’s senior vice president of business development and general manager of U.S. operations. “By bringing IM beyond the desktop and enabling anytime instant messaging, business users will be able to enhance their mobile communications and improve productivity – a win-win for employers and BlackBerry smartphone users.”

About Geodesic Information Systems
Geodesic Information Systems Ltd. is an innovator in software products focused on Information, Communication and Entertainment for mobile phones and desktop computers. Headquartered in Mumbai, India, Geodesic’s Mundu suite of award-winning products includes solutions for Instant Messaging, Voice-over-IP and Internet Radio. Since its inception in 1999, the Mundu Interoperable Instant Messenger has been used by several hundred thousand users on the mobile phone and over 5 million users on the desktop. The company is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India. Geodesic has offices in Mumbai and Bangalore in India, USA (Silicon Valley), as well as Sweden, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Note: Mundu is a trademark of Geodesic. All other brands or trademarks are the property of their respective holders. The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited.

Press Contacts:

Navita Sharma
Corporate Communications Manager
Geodesic Information Systems Limited
Navita.sharma@geodesic.com
Tel: 022 40786038/ 9819852039

Carmen Hughes
Ignite PR
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Tel: +1-650-592.1768

Annu Dwivedi
Account Executive
Adfactors PR Pvt Ltd
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Leading European Manufacturer to Bundle Mundu IM on Consumer Handheld Devices

Santa Clara, CA, Tuesday, July 29, 2008 – Geodesic Information Systems Limited, a leading provider of award-winning mobile and desktop solutions for instant messaging, Internet Radio and mobile VoIP, today announced that it has closed a licensing deal with MEDION AG. Based in Germany, MEDION is a leading global provider of consumer electronics products ranging from portable digital audio players, satellite navigation systems, desktops, laptops and personal digital assistants. As part of the multi-year agreement, MEDION will pre-install and ship Geodesic’s award-winning Mundu IM solution in each unit of an upcoming youth-oriented mobile communications device, which will be sold throughout Europe. The deal expands Geodesic’s channel partnerships from leading Asian and European carriers, handset manufacturers and content providers to manufacturers of consumer handheld devices.

Mobile IM adoption in Europe is expected to triple from 8% in 2007 to 24% by 2013, taking the current subscriber base of 26.7 million to 80 million, according to a report issued by Forrester Research. Consumers want to be able to communicate with multiple friends over multiple IM accounts and have a richer mobile IM experience.

Geodesic’s Mundu IM is the leading universal mobile IM solution that successfully combines all of the leading IM services with deep collaboration across the Internet, wireless devices and platforms. Since its launch, Mundu IM has been the recipient of a string of industry awards that recognize the service as one of the top mobile applications in the market. Mundu IM operates across mobile, Web and desktop platforms and supports all leading web browsers, including IE, Mozilla Firefox and Safari. It also interoperates with the most popular IM services, including Yahoo, AOL, MSN, ICQ and Google Talk, with integrated Jabber for enterprise IM. Geodesic’s IM service also offers advanced features such as multi-lingual chat, conferencing capabilities across IM services, push email, and extensive presence management.

“After an extensive evaluation of available offerings, MEDION chose to partner with Geodesic and its market-leading Mundu IM service, which we believe will give us a significant competitive advantage,” noted Oliver Soellner, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at MEDION. “Mundu IM meets our customers’ growing demands for innovative mobile solutions, by providing a highly interoperable, easy-to-use service with community features for information access, sharing and posting to social networks.”

Geodesic’s solutions are preferred by handset vendors and carriers worldwide because of their usability and innovative VAS offerings. Mundu IM enables manufacturers to offer user interface skinning and branding, and XMPP-based management for creating online communities that bridge consumers’ ability to share content across social networking sites while supporting their platform of choice.

“We’re very pleased to announce this partnership deal with MEDION, a company highly regarded for their extensive line of innovative and affordable products,” commented Arvind Venkateswaran, Geodesic’s Vice President and General Manager. “We look forward to a long and prosperous relationship with MEDION, starting in Europe and expanding to other regions.”

About MEDION AG:
MEDION is a listed company with its headquarters in Essen and employs appr. 1200 staff members. MEDION’s business model is geared towards making high-quality, innovative and trendy designed consumer electronics products available to broad consumer segments. In addition to its traditional marketing campaign business with consumer electronics products, MEDION is increasingly focused on developing and marketing a complementary line of services, particularly in the areas of telecommunications/MEDIONmobile, downloads and online services.

About Geodesic Information Systems Limited:
Geodesic Information Systems Ltd., is an innovator in software products focused on Information, Communication and Entertainment for mobile phones and desktop computers. Headquartered in Mumbai, India, Geodesic’s Mundu suite of award-winning products includes solutions for Instant Messaging, Voice-over-IP and Internet Radio. Since its inception in 1999, the Mundu Interoperable Instant Messenger has been used by several hundred thousand users on the mobile phone and over 5 million users on the desktop. The company is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India. Geodesic has offices in Mumbai and Bangalore in India, USA, Sweden, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Note: Mundu is a trademark of Geodesic. All other brands or trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

For more details on this release, please contact:
Navita Sharma
Corporate Communications Manager
Geodesic Information Systems Limited
Navita.sharma@geodesic.com
Tel: 022 40786038/ 9819852039

Carmen Hughes
Ignite PR
+1-650-592.1768
Carmen@ignitepr.com

Vikram Kharvi
Adfactors PR
+91-9870003379
vikram.kharvi@adfactorspr.com

Launches a New Era in Mobile Entertainment with True Internet Radio Access

Mumbai, February 18, 2008: Geodesic Information Systems, renowned innovator in the mobile communication, collaboration and entertainment application space, and IDEA Cellular, a leading GSM Mobile Services Operator in India, today jointly announced the launch of “IDEA Radio” – India’s first true Mobile Internet Radio service.

IDEA Radio is built on Geodesic’s award-winning Mundu Radio technology. This breakthrough technology, designed and optimized for mobile operations, enables IDEA’s 20 million subscribers to seamlessly tune into a range of exciting entertainment channels, 24 hours a day, without the need to carry a separate device, or to be within the limited range of FM radio stations.

IDEA Radio completely rewrites the mobile entertainment landscape in India, by plugging the gaps in offerings currently available elsewhere on FM radio or other mobile offerings such as IVR based radio. Instead of being limited to a small, repetitive set-list of popular songs, IDEA subscribers will be able to tune into radio stations streaming 24×7, and listen to music in a wider variety of genres.

Right away, these include Bollywood, Dance, Indi-pop and Love songs, and also niche genres including devotional music, music from the 80s and 90s, regional music such as Punjabi and Bhojpuri, and western genres such as such as Pop, Rock, Hip-hop, Jazz and much more. And the technology is designed to scale seamlessly, allowing unlimited channels to be added to the offering.

IDEA subscribers access the service through their GPRS enabled mobile handsets. An activated, internet enabled GPRS connection is bundled with the IDEA Radio subscription. A one day free trial is available to allow subscribers to experience this first-of-its-kind offering. To avail of the offer, IDEA subscribers can simply SMS the keyword “IRADIO” to 55456 or point their GPRS phone browser to http://idearadio.mundu.com to download the Idea Radio client directly to their phone. Several flexible subscription options are available, including Rs.149 per month or Rs.10 per day.

Commenting on the partnership, Geodesic’s MD, Kiran Kulkarni, said “Mobile devices are the preferred mode of entertainment today, and the IDEA Radio implementation is representative of Geodesic’s stated strategy to provide innovative, revenue-enhancing mobile solutions to service providers. We are proud to have our Mundu Radio technology provide a competitive edge to IDEA.”

IDEA Cellular’s Chief Marketing Officer Pradeep Shrivastava said: “We wanted to give our customers the best of breed mobile music service. Geodesic is our ideal partner because of its established presence in the mobile music space, with their unique offering Mundu Radio, customized for IDEA, allowing us to leverage their experience and providing us the competitive advantage to innovatively enhance our VAS portfolio offerings.”

“Our subscribers are increasingly looking for entertainment on the move, Idea Radio will allow users experience unlimited mobile entertainment without the need to carry separate devices. We are also confident that our new initiative will contribute towards promoting the music ecosystem at large.” He further added.

About Geodesic
Geodesic Information Systems Ltd., is an innovator in software products focused on Information, Communication and Entertainment (ICE) for mobile phones and desktop computers. Headquartered in Mumbai, India, Geodesic’s Mundu suite of products includes solutions for Instant Messaging, Voice-over-IP and Internet Radio. The Mundu Interoperable Instant Messenger has been used by several hundred thousand users on the mobile phone and over 5 million users on the desktop. Geodesic reported consolidated revenues of over $43MM for the year 2006-2007. The company is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India. Geodesic has offices in Mumbai and Bangalore in India, USA, Sweden, Hong Kong and Singapore.

mundu™ is a trademark of Geodesic. All other brands or trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

Media Contact:
Anand Virani
Geodesic Information Systems Ltd.
Email:anand@geodesic.com
Tel: +91 98 67253537

Debjani Gupta
Text 100 India
Tel: +91 22 6659 5519
Email: debjanig@text100.co.in

About IDEA Cellular
As a leading GSM Mobile Services operator in India, IDEA Cellular has licenses to operate in 13 circles. With a customer base of over 22 million, IDEA Cellular has operations in Delhi, Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttaranchal, Haryana, UP, Rajasthan, HP, and Kerala. IDEA Cellular’s footprint currently covers an estimated 60% of India’s telecom-market. IDEA also has licenses to operate in the service areas of Mumbai and Bihar.
Customer Service and Innovation are the drivers of the Brand. IDEA is the only operator in the world to launch Pay Easy which is a bill payment system through the effective use of the pre-paid channel. With GPRS currently available on all its’ networks, for both pre and post paid customers, IDEA Cellular was the first company to commercially launch next generation EDGE technology for
its Delhi circle.

More about IDEA Cellular Limited at www.ideacellular.com

For further information, please contact
Rajat Mukarji
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
IDEA Cellular Limited
Telephone: +91 (11) 2373 0133

N. Pattabhi
Adfactors PR
Tel: +91 99 303 16802

Mumbai, India, August 8, 2007 – Geodesic Information Systems today announced a brand new member of their Mundu mobile products line - Mundu IM-iPhone Edition.

Geodesic has designed and optimized this product specifically for the iPhone, and it is the only IM application that provides users the unique look and feel that they have come to expect from native iPhone applications. The iPhone, equipped with the most advanced web browsing capabilities ever on mobile phones, ushers in a completely new generation of mobile devices. However, the iPhone does not include a native instant messaging client. Geodesic leveraged the iPhone platform to enable its users to experience the power and convenience of instant messaging while on the move. With Mundu IM : iPhone Edition, iPhone users have access to seamless chat across leading IM services AIM, MSN, Yahoo, and Google Talk – all through a single chat window.

Atul Chitnis, Geodesic’s Senior Vice President for Products, said, ‘Mundu IM:iPhone Edition not only demonstrates Geodesic’s ability to identify future markets, but also to leverage its technological prowess to rapidly create products needed by those markets. It is to Geodesic’s credit that this product is rated so highly by users in terms of both performance and user-experience.’

Mundu IM:iPhone Edition adds to Geodesic’s suite of mobile products, including the recently released Mundu IM v4 for leading mobile platforms such as PalmOS and Windows Mobile Smartphone, and the award winning Mundu Radio.

More information about the product may be found on http://mundu.com/products/mundu-im/features. iPhone users can use Mundu IM:iPhone Edition directly by pointing their browsers at http://iphone.mundu.com.

About Geodesic
Geodesic Information Systems Ltd., is an innovator in software products focused on Information, Communication and Entertainment (ICE) for mobile phones and desktop computers. Headquartered in Mumbai, India, Geodesic’s Mundu suite of products includes solutions for Instant Messaging, Voice-over-IP and Internet Radio. Since its inception in 1999, the Mundu Interoperable Instant Messenger has been used by several hundred thousand users on the mobile phone and over 5 million users on the desktop. Geodesic reported consolidated revenues of over $43MM for the year 2006-2007. The company is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India. Geodesic has offices in Mumbai and Bangalore in India, USA, Sweden, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Mundu is a trademark of Geodesic. All other brands or trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

Mumbai – March 12, 2007 Geodesic, an innovator in mobile communication applications, today launched the latest version 4.0 of its market leading product mundu’ IM. Marking a significant step forward in improving the mobile communication experience, Mundu IM V4 is the most comprehensive mobile instant messaging product in the market. Mundu IM gives users the exclusive ability to cross-conference friends, colleagues and family across AIM, MSN, and Yahoo IM services through a single chat window on Palm and Windows Mobile Smartphone platforms.

Mundu users can stay connected anywhere with their contacts on the most popular IM services including AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk and Jabber on a single user-friendly interface.

The evolved capabilities of Mundu IM V4 include a comprehensive set of features to support the needs of today’s connected mobile users including:

Instant photo and video sharing
Mundu users can instantly share their photos and videos taken from their camera phones with their contacts across all popular IM services.

Send files and music
Users can now send files and music on their mobile device to friends and colleagues.

Email notification
Users can receive email notifications for their Yahoo, MSN and Google accounts on the move.

Support for major mobile platforms
Mundu IM V4 supports Palm OS and Windows Mobile Smartphone platforms. Mundu IM will soon support Windows Mobile Pocket PC and Symbian Series 60 platforms.

‘As Internet enabled smart phones emerge to be vital tools for today?s consumer, instant messaging (IM) on mobile devices is becoming a standard mode of communication for consumers and professionals alike,’ said Kiran Kulkarni, Managing Director of Geodesic. ‘Mundu recognizes that users are spread across different IM services and aims to unite them with a single interface across services, and mobile devices.’

Mundu IM has enjoyed tremendous success with more than 200,000 users worldwide. Users can experience the feature rich Mundu IM by downloading a free 5 day trial version from http://mundu.com/products/mundu-im/features. During the initial promotion period Mundu IM V4 can be purchased for an attractive one-time charge of US $11.00. With Mundu IM, there is no per-message charge allowing users to chat frequently and more effectively.

About Geodesic
Geodesic Information Systems Ltd., is an innovator in software products focused on Information, Communication and Entertainment (ICE) for mobile phones and desktop computers. Headquartered in Mumbai, India, Geodesic’s Mundu suite of products includes solutions for Instant Messaging, Mobile Voice-over-IP and Internet Radio. Since its inception in 1999, the Mundu Interoperable Instant Messenger has been used by several hundred thousand users on the mobile phone and over 5 million users on the desktop. Geodesic reported consolidated revenues of over $20.5MM for the year 2005-2006. The company is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India. Geodesic has offices in Mumbai and Bangalore in India, USA, Sweden, Hong Kong and Singapore.

mundu is a trademark of Geodesic. All other brands or trademarks are the property of their respective holders.