WebEx wins two prestigious Frost & Sullivan Market Leadership Awards in 2005

WebEx wins two prestigious Frost & Sullivan Market Leadership Awards in 2005

WebEx leads the Indian audio and web conferencing markets, according to the global consulting firm

Chennai, October, 2005: WebEx Communications has been awarded the prestigious 2005 Market Leadership Award by global growth consulting firm, Frost & Sullivan, for its continued success in the Indian audio and web conferencing industry.

The Frost & Sullivan award recognizes WebEx as the leader on two accounts – in the Audio Conferencing Services Market as well as the Web Conferencing Services market, in India. For the award, Frost & Sullivan took into account WebEx’s revenue growth, market share and growth in market share, leadership in product innovation, breadth of products and solutions, major customer acquisitions, and business and market strategy.

The Awards seek to recognize and honour outstanding performance by companies and individuals in the Information & Communications Technology (ICT) industry across the country for base year 2004.

"This award reinforces our commitment to the Indian market – and the commitment to play our part in enabling India to reach it’s global potential. We have consistently strived for high functionality, reliability, security, and enhanced value for our offerings. We see our services not merely as a technology solution, but also a range of specialized applications that solve specific business problems and enable business processes by looking at the entire workflow of applications", said Kiran Datar, Managing Director, WebEx Communications, India.

According to Mr Alok Shende, Director of ICT Practice, Frost & Sullivan, "The recipients of the Frost & Sullivan Technology Awards 2005 indeed represent the best in their class. Each of these outstanding recipients has demonstrated significant growth and leadership in their respective market segments. A common factor across all the award recipients is that they have significantly contributed to growing the industry either by bringing in strong new value propositions to the market or by developing new market segments," he added.

About the Frost & Sullivan Technology Awards
The Frost & Sullivan Technology Awards is held annually to recognize outstanding performance by companies and individuals in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry in India. The awards seek to showcase best practices in the vendor and service provider segments, which are synonymous with Frost & Sullivan’s in-depth analysis and coverage of the technology industry. It has attracted some of the leading names in technology on a single platform to compete for the most coveted titles in technology. Benchmarked against the highest standards of measurement criteria, the recipients of these awards indeed represent the best of breed in India.
About WebEx Communications
WebEx Communications, Inc. is the world's leading provider of collaborative web meeting applications and services. WebEx applications are used across the enterprise in sales, support, training, marketing, engineering and product design. WebEx delivers its suite of web meeting applications over the WebEx MediaTone Network, a global network specifically designed for secure, real-time web collaboration. WebEx Communications is based in Santa Clara, California and has regional headquarters in Europe, Asia and Australia. Please call toll free 877-509-3239 or visit www.webex.com for more information.

About Frost & Sullivan
Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company, has been partnering with clients to support the development of innovative strategies for more than 40 years. The company's industry expertise integrates growth consulting, growth partnership services and corporate management training to identify and develop opportunities. Frost & Sullivan serves an extensive clientele that includes Global 1000 companies, emerging companies, and the investment community, by providing comprehensive industry coverage that reflects a unique global perspective and combines ongoing analysis of markets, technologies, econometrics, and demographics. For more information, visit http://www.frost.com.

Notes to the Editor
For further information, please contact:

Latha Anand / Prateek Sharma
Brand-Comm, Bangalore
Ph: 255329269 / 9880823151
Email: latha@brand-comm.com Mr. Supratim Roy
Marketing and Communications
WebEx Communications India Pvt. Ltd.
No.2, North Park Road
Kumara Park East
Bangalore-560001
Phone: +91-80-2228 6377
Fax: +91-80-2228 6443
E-Mail: supratim.roy@webex.com
URL: www.webexindia.com