Tata Communications To Launch Cisco Telepresence Exchange

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Tata Communications to Launch Cisco TelePresence Exchange


SINGAPORE, Apr. 23 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --


   

    - Exchanges to be Deployed in India, US and UK


    Tata Communications, a leading provider of the new world of

communications, announced today that it will introduce telepresence exchange

services for Cisco TelePresence(TM) (


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, a major expansion of its telepresence services. The Global

Meeting Exchange will support meetings between any connected private and

public Cisco TelePresence rooms.


    Tata Communications is in discussion with a number of regional carriers

to collaborate on extending the Global Meeting Exchange into geographically

diverse markets. As a result, any business with a connection to the Global

Meeting Exchange will have unparalleled access to set up Cisco TelePresence

virtual meetings with their ecosystem of users, achieving a very high level

of collaboration without the major costs and disruptions of international

travel.


    Tata Communication's telepresence services include managed private Cisco

TelePresence rooms, public TelePresence rooms that can be rented by the hour,

and the ability for these private and public rooms to connect with each

other. To reliably and cost-effectively support global business to business

(B2B) connectivity, Tata's Global Meeting Exchange will have major

telepresence service points of presence (PoPs) in Mumbai, New York, and

London and minor points of presence co-resident in Tata's global MPLS PoPs in

major cities around the world. Customer connections will be supported at any

of many easily reached PoPs and this globally dispersed PoP distribution will

ensure optimum performance with short connection paths.


    "The Global Meeting Exchange will conveniently support B2B sessions

amongst any connected private and public Cisco TelePresence rooms," said

Peter Quinlan, Director of Managed Telepresence Services, Tata

Communications. "This pioneering global service framework pushes telepresence

from being a private intra-company experience to support the strong demand

for inter-company sessions."


    "The Global Meeting Exchange builds upon our current Managed telepresence

private network and Public Room services; our extensive owned data bandwidth

across the world; Tata's major national network assets in India, South

Africa, and later this year China; and our inter-carrier relationships

developed as the number one carrier of international voice calls and one of

the largest inter-carrier provider of Internet peering. Our B2B cooperation

with Cisco and partner carriers will bring a new level of value demanded by

Cisco TelePresence users," said John Landau, senior vice-president Global

Managed Services, Tata Communications.


    "In today's environment, business leaders are recognizing that improving

speed to decision making and improving employee productivity in a

cost-effective manner are business imperatives," said Naresh Wadhwa,

president and country manager of Cisco India. "Cisco TelePresence enables

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companies to improve productivity and reduce expenses while at the same time

collaborating more effectively and improving business innovation. We are

pleased to be working closely with Tata Communications to bring the benefits

of Cisco TelePresence to its customer base."


    "The exceptional growth of telepresence deployments during 2008 is a

testament to the strong user experience provided by these integrated visual

collaboration solutions, In addition, while the current economic climate has

negatively impacted IT-related spending, it has fueled interest in

telepresence," reports Ira Weinstein partner at Wainhouse Research. "Services

like Tata's Global Meeting Exchange that enable inter-company telepresence

sessions will further increase the benefit and value of these

highly-immersive sessions. Organizations deploying telepresence should

include company-to-company telepresence capabilities in their global

communication strategy."


    Tata Communications is a market-leading provider of telepresence services

with a comprehensive offering for enterprises' ecosystem of users globally.

The service includes Cisco-certified TelePresence network, a hosted and

managed service, the world's first public rooms and soon, the world's first

open global telepresence exchange. Tata Communications currently has

operational public rooms in India - Mumbai, Bangalore (x2), Chennai,

Hyderabad and Gurgaon; London and Boston, and has recently announced an

agreement to manage a public room in Manila for PLDT in the Philippines. Tata

Communications plans to significantly expand their global network of rooms by

the end of 2009.


    For further information on Tata Communications Telepresence Services



    About Tata Communications


    Tata Communications, a member of the $62.5 billion Tata Group,

is a leading global provider of a new world of communications. The emerging

markets communications leader leverages its advanced solutions capabilities

and domain expertise across its global and pan-India network to deliver

managed solutions to multi-national and Indian enterprises, service providers

and Indian consumers.


    Tata Communications' range of services include transmission,

IP, converged voice, mobility, managed network connectivity, hosting and

storage, managed security, managed collaboration and business transformation

for global enterprises and service providers, as well as Internet, retail

broadband and content services for Indian consumers. The Tata Global Network

encompasses one of the most advanced and largest submarine cable networks, a

Tier-1 IP network, with connectivity to more than 200 countries across 300

Pops, and more than 1 million square feet of data centre and colocation

facilities.


    Tata Communications' unique emerging market depth and breadth

of reach includes a national fiber backbone network and access to network in

over 60 cities and 125 Pops in India, strategic investments in South African

converged services operator, Neotel, Sri Lanka and Nepal and, subject to

fulfilment of conditions precedent, a 50% ownership in China Enterprise

Communications (CEC) providing full country VPN coverage in China.


    Servicing customers from its offices in over 80 cities in 40

countries, Tata Communications is the number one global international

wholesale voice operator and number one provider of international long

distance, enterprise data and Internet services in India, the Company was

named "Best Wholesale Carrier" at the World Communications Awards in 2006,

"Best Pan-Asian Wholesale Provider" at the 2006 and 2007 Capacity Magazine

Global Wholesale Telecommunications Awards and was awarded "Best Progress in

Emerging Markets" at the 2008 Mobile Communication Awards.


    Tata Communications Limited is listed on the Bombay Stock

Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India and its ADRs are listed on

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the New York Stock Exchange. (NYSE: TCL)


    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, update or

alter its forward-looking statements.



    Media Contacts:


    Lee Ann Lim

    Tata Communications

    +1-703-999-1726

    Leeann.lim@tatacommunications.com

 

    S Ravindran, 

    Tata Communiciations, 

    ravindran.s@tatacommunications.com. 

 

    Media Agency

    STC Associates

    +1-212-725-1900 x204

    kristen@stcassociates.com


    SOURCE: Tata Communications Limited



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