tata communications - press release - capacity awards 2010

Press Release Media Contacts: Tata Communications Janice Goveas +919223394575 janice.goveas@tatacom munications.com Isabelle Turcotte Tata Communications + 1 514 868 7505 [email protected] Danny Lim Hill & Know lton Singapore +65 6390 3360 danny .lim @hillandknow lton.com.sg Tata Communica tions Wins Best Global Wholesale Offe ring Aw ard at Capa city Aw ards 2010 for t he s econd year in a row Amsterdam – 16 November 2010 – Tata Communications, a leading global communications service provider, today announces its Best Global Whol esale Off ering Aw ard at C apacity Aw ards 2010, follow ing the aw ards c eremony held at Cap acity E urope in Am sterdam yesterday. Thi s accolade fr om the leadi ng international tel ecoms trade publication is a va lidation of Tat a Communications’ comprehensive approach tow ards its global wholesal e off ering and for the second year in a row . “Tata C omm unication s w as c hosen f or its netw ork reach, its s trategic partnership approach and its commitment to im proving capac ity to the fas test grow ing em erging m arkets. I t has invested in cable sys tem s to A fr ica and As ia and has remained a leading force in Internati onal Voice transport,” said Angela Partington, Editor of Capacity Magazine. The C apacity Aw ards recognizes w holesale players, w ho through applying ef fec tive techniques and strategies to thei r w holesale businesses have established them selves at the for efr ont of the w holesale telecom s industry. Michel Guyot, President of Global Voice Solutions for Tata Communications, said: “On top of our c ore c apabiliti es, w e have been continuall y foc using on soluti ons that enable us to di ff erentiate and innovate to address today’s customer challenges beyond just cos t. Th is aw ard recognizes our comm itm ent to delivering services that provide better qualit y, perf orma nce, reac h and pricing f or our c ustomers.” Reach, quality and performance of network Tat a Communications is the w orld’s largest international w holesale voice c arrier, w ith the m ost adv anced intelligent routing platform to prov ide quality voice services, in a cost effective manner. Tat a Communications’ w holesale capabil iti es ar e anchor ed by its netw ork of submarine and terr estrial cables, encompassing a Tier-1 IP backbone spanning over 300 P oP s and reac hing m ore than 240 countries. With an ow ned and operated cable netw ork of over 200,000km, Tata C om m unications operates next-generation sw itches in 12 cities, six STP s on three continents w ith staff in over 40 countries. Tat a Communication s c ontrols national networks in India, Ne pal, Sri Lanka and South Af rica. It also has s trategic partners hips to ensure acces s to high-quali ty direc tion term inations and str ong relationships in the v oice, data and mobile segments, including 1,600 carrier customers, 480 Direct Connect relationships and 600 VoIP providers. Tat a Communications has developed flexible partnership and sourc ing strategies to help providers w ith la rger iss ues s uch as high m argin press ure, need to f ocus on cor e business , partial routing support and CAPEX commitment leading to multiyear strategic s ourcing agreements w ith leadi ng carriers. Leading the industry With the launch of I P X (IP exc hange) , Tata C om munications f acilitates the IP m igration f or mobile operators allow ing them to better contr ol their cus tom er expe rienc e w ith the right end-to- end QOS. Customers can also reduc e their OP E X and CAP E X needs, through the sca lability and the low er costs of fer ed by an I P platform. Tat a Communications leads the market response to f ixed and mobile number portability with its launch of portabili ty-c orrec ted routing to 12 of the largest and most popular destinati ons, w ith plan s to expand to 24 countries. Its investme nt im proves call quali ty and c om pleti on rates to ported numbers, and enables f ull y transparent routing and pricing to num ber por tabil ity destinations. It is also an industry leader in the rollout of IPv6, having enabled dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 nodes on all of its global IP PoPs. Investment in netw ork Tat a Communications has invested heavily in network build -out w hich f ocuses on improving capacity to the fas test grow ing em erging m arkets. As part of a $2 billion global investment, it has invested in the EASSy, WACS, SEACOM, TGN-IA, TGN-Eurasia, TGN-Gulf and IMEWE cable sys tems to strengthen reliabi lit y w ith a round-the-continent ring for r oute diversity. The n etw ork is fully East-West divers ified to best serv e a global customer base and designed to k eep regional t raf fic in-region, even in t he traditio nall y under-s erved market s of Southeast Asia, the Middl e E ast and Af rica. 11/19/2010 ata Communications - Press Release tatacommunications.com/…/release-vie… 1/2

tata communications - press release - capacity awards 2010

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