MSN portals launched in five Indian languages

Bangalore, Sept 21: With its sixth anniversary celebrations under way, MSN India today announced the launch of five new portals, MSN Hindi, MSN Tamil, MSN Telugu, MSN Kannada and MSN Malayalam, apart from unveiling Windows Live Messenger in these languages.

MSN India also unveiled the new MSN India Homepage and Windows Live domains. This new introduction would enable MSN users to chat in their regional language with their friends and family on MSN Messenger, according to a release here.

The regional languages feature on Windows Live Messenger was extremely user-friendly. The Windows Live Messenger platform would be the same as before, with the additional facility to use Hindi and other regional languages. For this, there were multiple keyboard options available with the language packages at: http://www.bhashaindia.com with Windows Live Spaces, which allowed weblogging, sharing pictures and music, the release said.

''With the launch of MSN Hindi, other regional languages and the new languages feature on Windows Live Messenger, MSN India continues its drive to provide MSN services and products to its users in their regional languages. This initiative is just the beginning in providing users with features which brought them closer to their loved ones,'' Mr Jaspreet Bindra, Country Head, MSN India and Windows Live, said.

The new and improved MSN India home page http://in.msn.com featured a more vibrant and user-friendly interface. The new portals were: www.msn.co.in/hindi, www.msn.co.in/tamil, www.msn.co.in/telugu, www.msn.co.in/kannada and www.msn.co.in/malayalam.

UNI