Acer bundles DTH connection with PCs, notebooks

BANGALORE

OCTOBER 24, 2006

Acer India has announced a unique tie up with Tata Sky in India. The tie-up
will see Acer offering its consumers great value for money by bundling the Tata
Sky TV satellite connection hardware, which includes the set top box and the
antenna free of cost with the purchase of select models of Acer desktop and
notebook PCs till Dec 31st 2006. The association is a first of its kind in the
PC industry and gives consumers a chance to experience and access unlimited
digital entertainment with the purchase of PCs, thus giving further impetus to
the drive towards a digital home.

S Rajendran, General Manager - Sales & Marketing, Mobility & Display Products
Group, Acer India, said, "We have introduced this offer to our customers to
further aid their quest for digital entertainment. This offering I am sure will
cut through the clutter of festive season offers by offering the consumer a
unique combination of free digital entertainment infrastructure combined with
the benefits of computerization and mobility that the consumer derives from the
purchase of a PC. We are confident of this offer appealing to customers looking
for complete home entertainment.

It is our hope that by focusing our energies on meeting the needs of the new
digital world, Acer will further consolidate its position in the home PC
market,"

This offer is available only on the following models of Acer Notebooks and Desktops: Notebooks - Aspire5551, Aspire5102, TravelMate3242; and Desktops -
AspireSA80, AspireSA17, AspireSA85.

As part of Acer's ongoing efforts to increase customer satisfaction and
accessibility to new trends and technology, Acer will employ its widespread
retail network of 250 outlets and 3000 plus registered reseller, to reach out to
customers seeking affordable and state-of-the-art computer technology and
internet connectivity.