| Sify
Limited, has announced its India GAAP results
for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ending
31st March 2006. Revenues grew 30% Year
over Year to Rs 464 Crores.
Q4 2005-06 Performance
Highlights:
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Sify reported revenues
from sales and service of Rs 126.8 crores
for the fourth quarter, 24% higher than
in the same quarter ended 31 March 2005.
The sequential growth in revenues over
the previous quarter was 6.4%.
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Sify's net profit
for the quarter under India GAAP was
Rs 5.67 Crores, compared to a net loss
of Rs 12.6 Crores for the fourth quarter
in the previous financial year. The
net profit for the immediately preceding
quarter was Rs 1.31 Crore, excluding
one time income of Rs 5.95 Crores that
was recognized during that quarter.
The results as per US GAAP for the fourth
quarter show a net profit of Rs 2.09
Crores.
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Sify ended the quarter
with a cash balance of over Rs 269 Crores.
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Mr.R.Ramaraj,
Managing Director and CEO, said "we are
pleased to report a net profit of Rs 5.67
Crores for the fourth quarter with consistent
growth across businesses. Initiatives in
our portals business during the year resulted
in revenue growth of 74% over the previous
year. We continue to lead the market for
infrastructure-managed services such as
VPN's, and have established leadership in
the broadband access to home segment. The
iWay cyber cafe chain continues to grow,
with over one million subscribers using
the 3300 iWay cyber cafe across 153 cities
in the last quarter".
"Sify is well positioned to continue growth
across all our businesses in a nascent Internet
& network services market in India, cutting
edge IP expertise, and the active involvement
of our majority stakeholder in accelerating
our growth with international relationships
and alliances".
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