Wednesday, December 19, 2007, Bangalore, India: Kirusa, inventor of Voice SMS and a leading mobile value added services provider headquartered in New Jersey, USA, today announced expansion of its Bangalore operations to a new 10,000 sq. ft. facility in a prime location in Bangalore.

Kirusa’s flagship product Voice SMS has received excellent response worldwide with dozens of mobile operators adopting Kirusa Voice SMS as a value added offering for their subscribers. Kirusa recently announced a Series C financing of US $ 13.3 million from Helion Venture Capital, Nexus India Capital, Qualcomm Ventures Eastven Partners, the successor fund to Ericsson Venture Partners, and Erasmic Venture Fund to fuel Kirusa’s global expansion to help meet strong worldwide demand for its products, and to increase its R&D activities.

Kirusa has been operating a research and development centre from Bangalore since December 2003. The company has grown from strength to strength over the last four years with teams growing in New Jersey, Bangalore, and New Delhi.

Dr. Inderpal Singh Mumick, CEO, Kirusa, said on the occasion, “The global demand for Kirusa’s products such as Voice SMS and other mobile value added services is fueling increased needs for innovation, product development, and support. The new Kirusa facility at Bangalore will help us meet the needs of our increasing universe of customers."

About Kirusa

Kirusa is a leading developer of value added mobile services that provide the freedom of multimodality. Kirusa’s solutions include the hugely successful KV.SMS™, the world’s most advanced “Voice SMS” solution, which allows mobile users to send and reply to SMS messages with voice, and works on all handsets and on all networks. The Voice SMS solution offers the industry’s most intuitive user interface, with features such as Direct Listen™ for direct access and reply to messages, Speed Codes™ for quickly sending messages using codes, group messaging, mobile number portability, interconnect, and international Voice SMS. KV.SMS can be deployed in a matter of weeks, and its fast user adoption has led to explosive revenue growth for Kirusa's customers. KV.SMS is built on Kirusa’s patented and patent pending technology and its highly reliable and scalable multimodal platform. The platform’s ability to manage and synchronize data and voice interactions, plus its integration with IMS and 3G standards, enables customers to cost effectively deploy additional revenue-generating services such as messaging, search, information, and entertainment applications. Kirusa’s solutions are deployed worldwide and used by millions of mobile subscribers. Headquartered in New Jersey and led by an experienced team of wireless telecom executives and technologists, Kirusa has sales offices in Paris, France; Delhi, India; and Abu Dhabi, UAE; with a research and development facility in Bangalore, India. ‘Kirusa Voice SMS’, ‘Direct Listen’, and ‘Speed Codes’ are trademarks of Kirusa, Inc. For more information, please visit www.kirusa.com.

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