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
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
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.
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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