Tata Communications Transformation Services (TCTS) Starts Management of SEACOM Cable System Linking the World and Eastern & Southern Africa
Posted on: Monday, 7 September 2009, 03:55 CDT
MUMBAI, India, September 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tata Communications
Transformation Services Limited (TCTS), a leading provider of business
transformation, telecom BPO and consultancy services, announced that they
have launched NOC operations, subsequent to SEACOM commissioning the 1.28
Terabytes per second (Tb/s), 17,000-kilometre cable system. TCTS NOC has
started managing the network administration, operations and maintenance
functions of this SEACOM cable system which connects the African continent to
the rest of the world.
Leveraging its parent company's (Tata Communications) expertise in the
sub-sea domain, TCTS will help SEACOM enhance connectivity for businesses
based out of Europe, Asia and India by providing them with cable and capacity
options into Africa and vice versa; an option never available before.
SEACOM will ensure a robust fulfillment and assurance experience to its
customers through TCTS' offshore global delivery centres, which provide
cost-effective 24X7 service delivery to customers across the world.
The SEACOM cable system enables Tata Communications to provide fully
integrated network services from South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania and Kenya
to its networks in Europe, Asia and India.
Besides high capacity international bandwidth, enterprises and carriers
using SEACOM can enjoy delay-free voice and video services made possible by
reduced Round Trip Delay (RTD).
"We are proud to be associated with the SEACOM cable project that will
bring much needed connectivity into Africa. With our expertise in managing
operations of submarine and terrestrial networks, we can bring process
efficiencies to SEACOM and as a result transform the businesses and lives of
the local people," said V S Shridhar, Chief Operating Officer of TCTS.
The launch of SEACOM augments the SAT3 and SAFE cables in West Africa and
South Africa. This gives telcos in Africa the ability to provide a fully
redundant service by supplying access via two routes to anywhere in the
world, and can reach Europe, for the first time, via multiple routes.
"Before the development of this cable system, most east and southern
African nations relied on small and costly satellite circuits to meet their
international network requirements," said Brian Herlihy, SEACOM CEO.
"SEACOM's establishment marks the first step in meeting the region's fast
rising demand for bandwidth and connectivity and we expect many more services
to be rolled out as a result of SEACOM's arrival. Businesses using the SEACOM
network will truly benefit from TCTS' expertise in managing all business and
network operations as well as the leverage offered through the broader Tata
Communications group of businesses."
For more information on Tata Communications Transformation Services,
visit http://www.tatacommunications-ts.com
About Tata Communications
Tata Communications is a leading global provider of a new world of
communications. With a leadership position in emerging markets, Tata
Communications leverages its advanced solutions capabilities and domain
expertise across its global and pan-India network to deliver managed
solutions to multi-national enterprises, service providers and Indian
consumers.
The Tata Global Network includes one of the most advanced and largest
submarine cable networks, a Tier-1 IP network, with connectivity to more than
200 countries across 400 PoPs, and nearly 1 million square feet of data
center and collocation space worldwide.
Tata Communications' depth and breadth of reach in emerging markets
includes leadership in Indian enterprise data services, leadership in global
international voice, and strategic investments in operators in South Africa
(Neotel), Sri Lanka (Tata Communications Lanka Limited), Nepal (United
Telecom Limited), and subject to approval by the Chinese government, China
(China Enterprise Communications).
Tata Communications Limited is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and
the National Stock Exchange of India and its ADRs are listed on the New York
Stock Exchange. (NYSE: TCL)
http://www.tatacommunications.com
About Tata Communications Transformation Services
Tata Communications Transformation Services Limited (TCTS), a 100%
subsidiary of Tata Communications Ltd., provides leading business
transformation, telecom BPO and consultancy services to telecommunication
companies around the world. TCTS delivers solutions for all stages of the
carrier lifecycle including but not limited to network engineering and
design, implementation and operations functions.
TCTS is a part of the $62.5 billion Tata Group. The Tata Group comprises
98 operating companies in seven business sectors, with presence in more than
80 countries across six continents and has a shareholder base of over 2.9
million. TCTS leverages the market expertise of the Tata Group's global
telecom operation capabilities and globally established IT, process and
consulting skills.
TCTS is headquartered in Mumbai, India with global offices in Europe and
North America. TCTS has two world-class ISO 27001 & PAS 99 certified delivery
centres in Pune and Chennai, operating independently from its parent,
preserving full confidentiality of all its customers' business processes.
TCTS carries the rich traditions and business ethics of the Tata companies
that are also adopted by Tata Communications, its parent organization.
About SEACOM
SEACOM, which is privately funded and over three quarter African owned,
will assist communication carriers in south and east Africa through the sale
of wholesale international capacity to global networks via India and Europe.
The undersea fibre optic cable system will provide African retail carriers
with equal and open access to inexpensive bandwidth, removing the
international infrastructure bottleneck and supporting east and southern
African economic growth.
SEACOM will be the first cable to provide broadband to countries in east
Africa which, at the moment, rely entirely on expensive satellite
connections. Within Africa, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Tanzania
and Kenya are inter-connected via a protected ring structure. Additionally, a
second express fibre pair is provided from South Africa to Kenya. These two
fibre pairs have a combined capacity of 1.28Tbs. Express fibre pairs are also
provided from Kenya to France into a PoP in Marseilles, and from Tanzania to
India into the PoP in Mumbai. SEACOM has procured fibre capacity from
Marseilles to London as part of the SEACOM network.
SEACOM's enormous capacity will enable high definition TV, peer to peer
networks, IPTV, and surging Internet demand. Pricing will be significantly
lower than current satellite or fibre pricing.
SEACOM will be ready to serve southern and east African markets from July
2009, well in time to meet the bandwidth needs of the 2010 Soccer World Cup
in South Africa, and the growing requirements of the economies in the
countries it will serve.
SEACOM is 76.25% African owned by:
- Industrial Promotion Services (26.56%), an arm of the Aga
Khan Fund for Economic Development
- Venfin Limited (25%)
- Convergence Partners (12.5%)
- Shanduka Group (12.5%)
The remaining 23.44% is held by Herakles Telecom LLC.
Forward-looking and cautionary statements
Certain words and statements in this release concerning Tata
Communications and its prospects, and other statements, including those
relating to Tata Communications' expected financial position, business
strategy, the future development of Tata Communications' operations, and the
general economy in India, are forward-looking statements. Such statements
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including
financial, regulatory and environmental, as well as those relating to
industry growth and trend projections, which may cause actual results,
performance or achievements of Tata Communications, or industry results, to
differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. The important factors that could cause actual results,
performance or achievements to differ materially from such forward-looking
statements include, among others, failure to increase the volume of traffic
on Tata Communications' network; failure to develop new products and services
that meet customer demands and generate acceptable margins; failure to
successfully complete commercial testing of new technology and information
systems to support new products and services, including voice transmission
services; failure to stabilize or reduce the rate of price compression on
certain of the company's communications services; failure to integrate
strategic acquisitions and changes in government policies or regulations of
India and, in particular, changes relating to the administration of Tata
Communications' industry; and, in general, the economic, business and credit
conditions in India. Additional factors that could cause actual results,
performance or achievements to differ materially from such forward-looking
statements, many of which are not in Tata Communications' control, include,
but are not limited to, those risk factors discussed in Tata Communications'
various filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
These filings are available at http://www.sec.gov. Tata Communications is
under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any obligation to, updates or
alters its forward-looking statements.
Media Contacts:
Pooja Prabhu
Tata Communications Transformation Services
+91-92233-16001
pooja.prabhu@tatacommunications.com
Danny Lim
Hill & Knowlton Singapore for Tata Communications
+65-6390-3360
danny.lim@hillandknowlton.com.sg
SOURCE Tata Communications Transformation Services Limited (TCTS)
Source: PR Newswire
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