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  • BSNL-Tata tie up; 44 million hotspots available abroad

    BSNL-Tata tie up; 44 million hotspots available abroad

    MUMBAI: State-owned telecom firm BSNL has tied up with Tata Communications to provide its customers access to 44 million wi-fi hotspots globally at fixed prices starting at Rs 999.

    BSNL CMD Anupam Shrivastava said that the BSNL was the first among the Indian mobile operators to have taken this huge step towards how subscribers would use wi-fi internationally. He said they had tied up with Tata to facilitate access to high-speed data service when its customers travelled abroad. They would be able to access unlimited data on that hotspots at fixed cost, he said.

    The customers can activate the wi-fi plan through BSNL’s mobile application. The plans are priced at Rs 999 for three days, Rs 1,599 for 15 days and Rs 1,999 for 30 days, inclusive of all other charges. The mobile application will also show location of wi-fi hotpsots.

    BSNL mobile subscribers could access wi-fi anywhere across the globe without worrying about the bill when they get home, Shrivastava added.

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  • BSNL-Tata tie up; 44 million hotspots available abroad

    BSNL-Tata tie up; 44 million hotspots available abroad

    MUMBAI: State-owned telecom firm BSNL has tied up with Tata Communications to provide its customers access to 44 million wi-fi hotspots globally at fixed prices starting at Rs 999.

    BSNL CMD Anupam Shrivastava said that the BSNL was the first among the Indian mobile operators to have taken this huge step towards how subscribers would use wi-fi internationally. He said they had tied up with Tata to facilitate access to high-speed data service when its customers travelled abroad. They would be able to access unlimited data on that hotspots at fixed cost, he said.

    The customers can activate the wi-fi plan through BSNL’s mobile application. The plans are priced at Rs 999 for three days, Rs 1,599 for 15 days and Rs 1,999 for 30 days, inclusive of all other charges. The mobile application will also show location of wi-fi hotpsots.

    BSNL mobile subscribers could access wi-fi anywhere across the globe without worrying about the bill when they get home, Shrivastava added.

    Also Read:

    TRAI ideas on public WiFi in three weeks; Mumbai gets 500 hotspots

    ‘India needs 80 lakh hotspots; metros’ spectrum 1/10th of U.S’

    “There would be a lot on TRAI’s plate in 2017” – RS Sharma

  • Flag Telecom founder to establish Indian Ocean subsea cable

    Flag Telecom founder to establish Indian Ocean subsea cable

    MUMBAI: A new subsea cable will connect Singapore to Mumbai on India’s west coast. Apart from this one, cable entrepreneur Sunil Tagare recently announced another new subsea cable project, designed to connect Marseille to New York directly.

    Without giving funding details, Tagare, in LinkedIn posts, stated that his company Sing-India-Sing Cable would bypass India’s Reference Interconnection Offer (RIO) rules. It would land in an open cable station in Mumbai where the RIO charges would be zero and any carrier would be able to access the cable landing station, he added.

    On the Mumbai-Singapore cable, Tagare said that he would sell only full fibre pairs, but on the Marseille-New York cable you could buy a full, half or a quarter fibre pair and have complete control over upgrades and your equipment.

    And, Tagare, who has a record in cable projects, stated that Open India would also be an internet exchange where customers could freely choose the carriers and create real competition on the ground.

    In 1989, Tagare began the privately financed Fiber Optic Link Around the Global (Flag), which Verizon sold to Reliance Communications; now called as Global Cloud Xchange. Tagare, who quit Flag Telecom in 1996, later founded Project Oxygen cable project unrelated to the current Google operation of a similar name. He later established BuySellBandwidth capacity trading business.

    Tagare’s NY project will be called Brexit-1, he declared. It would connect over a dozen cables landing in Marseille from the Middle East, India and Asia to New York bypassing the United Kingdom, he added.

    It would be the lowest latency cable between Marseille and New York, he professed, adding, with the chaos around Brexit, it was virtually impossible to know how it would shake out over the next few years. The best bet right now was to avoid the UK totally.

    Brexit-1 cable has been designed to run through the Straits of Gibraltar, a decision that has set off a discussion online. Tagare said that route diversity was a critical element of network planning. Almost half a dozen cables already traversed the Straits of Gibraltar. Burying the cable would also enhance security.

    In his blog, Tagare stated:

    “The first cable will be a direct cable linking Mumbai, India to Tuas, Singapore called Sing-India-Sing. The second cable is called Brexit-1.

    I believe that India represents the biggest opportunity for new submarine cable deployment. The only reason it has lagged behind the rest of the world is the arcane RIO (Reference Interconnection Offer) regulations that enabled carriers to charge atrocious access charges. This was reflected in IP Transit rates more than an order of magnitude higher than those in Europe and the US — thereby significantly hurting businesses in India.

    So, recently, TRAI won a court case filed by Tata Communications and Bharti Airtel which now will force the carriers to drop their RIO charges by 90%. And TRAI is not done. It wants to pursue this further and get the carriers to drop the RIO charges by 98%.

    But as anyone who has done business in India knows, RIO is just one problem faced by customers. Basically, it is almost impossible to move between carriers for lack of Internet Exchanges. So you end up with having no choice from a practical perspective.

    It is quite possible you may not need a full fiber pair to India right now but if the price you are paying for a full fiber pair is equivalent to a handful of 100G circuits today, what difference does it make? The minimum speed per fiber pair will be 10 Tbps.”

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  • Flag Telecom founder to establish Indian Ocean subsea cable

    Flag Telecom founder to establish Indian Ocean subsea cable

    MUMBAI: A new subsea cable will connect Singapore to Mumbai on India’s west coast. Apart from this one, cable entrepreneur Sunil Tagare recently announced another new subsea cable project, designed to connect Marseille to New York directly.

    Without giving funding details, Tagare, in LinkedIn posts, stated that his company Sing-India-Sing Cable would bypass India’s Reference Interconnection Offer (RIO) rules. It would land in an open cable station in Mumbai where the RIO charges would be zero and any carrier would be able to access the cable landing station, he added.

    On the Mumbai-Singapore cable, Tagare said that he would sell only full fibre pairs, but on the Marseille-New York cable you could buy a full, half or a quarter fibre pair and have complete control over upgrades and your equipment.

    And, Tagare, who has a record in cable projects, stated that Open India would also be an internet exchange where customers could freely choose the carriers and create real competition on the ground.

    In 1989, Tagare began the privately financed Fiber Optic Link Around the Global (Flag), which Verizon sold to Reliance Communications; now called as Global Cloud Xchange. Tagare, who quit Flag Telecom in 1996, later founded Project Oxygen cable project unrelated to the current Google operation of a similar name. He later established BuySellBandwidth capacity trading business.

    Tagare’s NY project will be called Brexit-1, he declared. It would connect over a dozen cables landing in Marseille from the Middle East, India and Asia to New York bypassing the United Kingdom, he added.

    It would be the lowest latency cable between Marseille and New York, he professed, adding, with the chaos around Brexit, it was virtually impossible to know how it would shake out over the next few years. The best bet right now was to avoid the UK totally.

    Brexit-1 cable has been designed to run through the Straits of Gibraltar, a decision that has set off a discussion online. Tagare said that route diversity was a critical element of network planning. Almost half a dozen cables already traversed the Straits of Gibraltar. Burying the cable would also enhance security.

    In his blog, Tagare stated:

    “The first cable will be a direct cable linking Mumbai, India to Tuas, Singapore called Sing-India-Sing. The second cable is called Brexit-1.

    I believe that India represents the biggest opportunity for new submarine cable deployment. The only reason it has lagged behind the rest of the world is the arcane RIO (Reference Interconnection Offer) regulations that enabled carriers to charge atrocious access charges. This was reflected in IP Transit rates more than an order of magnitude higher than those in Europe and the US — thereby significantly hurting businesses in India.

    So, recently, TRAI won a court case filed by Tata Communications and Bharti Airtel which now will force the carriers to drop their RIO charges by 90%. And TRAI is not done. It wants to pursue this further and get the carriers to drop the RIO charges by 98%.

    But as anyone who has done business in India knows, RIO is just one problem faced by customers. Basically, it is almost impossible to move between carriers for lack of Internet Exchanges. So you end up with having no choice from a practical perspective.

    It is quite possible you may not need a full fiber pair to India right now but if the price you are paying for a full fiber pair is equivalent to a handful of 100G circuits today, what difference does it make? The minimum speed per fiber pair will be 10 Tbps.”

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  • Tata Communications celebrates ‘spirit of India’

    Tata Communications celebrates ‘spirit of India’

    MUMBAI: Tata Communications, a leading provider of A New World of Communications™, today announced the launch of a major multi-channel brand campaign in India.

    Designed to highlight the company’s diverse services portfolio that enables digital transformation for businesses and its contribution to the ‘Make in India’ narrative, the campaign will roll out in December 2016 through to the end of June 2017.

    Tata Communications partnered with global agencies Initiative (media agency) and Brilliant Noise (marketing & communications agency) for the Indian campaign.

    Unfolding across India’s busiest airports of Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Pune, and reaching over 100 million travelers, this campaign also includes the sponsorship of major industry and technology events in India as well as an extensive online advertising campaign with leading business publications, generating over 100 million impressions on all its digital channels.

    The roll-out of this campaign coincides with Tata Communications’ 15th year anniversary of a successful public-private partnership, which has seen the company evolve into the country’s business transformation leader, with services across network, mobility, cloud enablement and security.

    Tata Communications CMO Julie Woods-Moss said: “India continues to ascend the global competitiveness index. We are committed to playing a role in nurturing the country’s business potential and enabling outstanding customer value by simplifying digital transformation across industries. Our new brand campaign celebrates the spirit of India and showcases our innovative portfolio of products and services across network, cloud, mobility and security.”

    Tata Communications’ portfolio of services is underpinned by the company’s leading global network infrastructure. The company owns and operates the world’s largest and most advanced subsea fibre cable network, including the only wholly-owned fibre ring around the world. This network enables customers and partners to reach 99.7% of the world’s GDP, with connectivity to over 240 countries and territories.

    This campaign builds on the successful campaign in Silicon Valley (2014) and Tata Communications’ ongoing sponsorship of the Heathrow Express in London that started in 2015.

  • Tata Communications celebrates ‘spirit of India’

    Tata Communications celebrates ‘spirit of India’

    MUMBAI: Tata Communications, a leading provider of A New World of Communications™, today announced the launch of a major multi-channel brand campaign in India.

    Designed to highlight the company’s diverse services portfolio that enables digital transformation for businesses and its contribution to the ‘Make in India’ narrative, the campaign will roll out in December 2016 through to the end of June 2017.

    Tata Communications partnered with global agencies Initiative (media agency) and Brilliant Noise (marketing & communications agency) for the Indian campaign.

    Unfolding across India’s busiest airports of Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Pune, and reaching over 100 million travelers, this campaign also includes the sponsorship of major industry and technology events in India as well as an extensive online advertising campaign with leading business publications, generating over 100 million impressions on all its digital channels.

    The roll-out of this campaign coincides with Tata Communications’ 15th year anniversary of a successful public-private partnership, which has seen the company evolve into the country’s business transformation leader, with services across network, mobility, cloud enablement and security.

    Tata Communications CMO Julie Woods-Moss said: “India continues to ascend the global competitiveness index. We are committed to playing a role in nurturing the country’s business potential and enabling outstanding customer value by simplifying digital transformation across industries. Our new brand campaign celebrates the spirit of India and showcases our innovative portfolio of products and services across network, cloud, mobility and security.”

    Tata Communications’ portfolio of services is underpinned by the company’s leading global network infrastructure. The company owns and operates the world’s largest and most advanced subsea fibre cable network, including the only wholly-owned fibre ring around the world. This network enables customers and partners to reach 99.7% of the world’s GDP, with connectivity to over 240 countries and territories.

    This campaign builds on the successful campaign in Silicon Valley (2014) and Tata Communications’ ongoing sponsorship of the Heathrow Express in London that started in 2015.

  • Tata Communications, Comcast, others collectively win MEF Excellence Award for Third Network PoC Innovation

    Tata Communications, Comcast, others collectively win MEF Excellence Award for Third Network PoC Innovation

    MUMBAI: Comcast Business, ECI, Sparkle, Tata Communications and Viavi Solutions have collectively won one of two 2016 MEF Excellence Award for its Third Network Proof of Concept innovation. The companies collaborated on an orchestrated, multi-carrier, multi-platform demonstration as part of the Proof of Concept (PoC) Showcase at MEF16, in Baltimore, Maryland.

    Recognizing that enterprises today have diverse requirements; the Third Network combines the performance and security assurances together with the agility and ubiquity of the Internet and brings a new network experience to millions of new users.

    This award-winning collaboration was designed to showcase how a customer could gain access to flexible bandwidth and applications on-demand without human intervention – enabling unprecedented levels of network control for new and evolving types of cloud-centric applications, for network connectivity services within current network architectures as well as emerging SDN and NFV implementations. For service providers, additional upsides include the drastic reduction of service turn-up time.

    During the PoC, the joint innovation simulated the delivery of Ethernet services through the three different network service providers, via an orchestrated environment with flexible bandwidth deployed on demand and connectivity bursting to Amazon Web Services (AWS) when needed.

    “The Proof of Concept Showcase allowed MEF16 attendees to witness, first-hand, leading-edge implementations of agile/dynamic, assured, and orchestrated Third Network services powered by LSO, SDN, NFV, and CE 2.0,” said Nan Chen, president of MEF. “We congratulate Comcast Business, Sparkle, Tata Communications, ECI, and Viavi on winning a coveted Proof of Concept Award for demonstrating the ability to provision on-demand Carrier Ethernet services across multiple network operators and multiple technology platforms.”

    The PoC showcased how a CE 2.0 E-Line service with a bandwidth on-demand requirement can be provisioned and orchestrated across multiple service and cloud providers using the MEF LSO Reference Architecture. Comcast Business, Tata Communications and Sparkle provided the originating network, the intermediate network and the direct connection into the cloud, respectively. ECI’s EPIC platform with fulfillment functionality developed as part of the OpenLSO fulfillment project provided the means to seamlessly connect these disparate domains. Viavi’s VNF-based service acceptance and testing technology verified the newly created service meets previously defined SLA requirements. The EPIC open source platform works towards a “vendor-agnostic” vision to deliver real-time control and assure network performance across carriers.

    MEF is the driving force enabling Third Network services for the digital economy and the hyper-connected world. Comcast Business offers Ethernet, Internet, Wi-Fi, Voice, TV and Managed Enterprise Solutions to help organizations of all sizes transform their business. ECI is a global provider of ELASTIC network solutions to CSPs, critical infrastructures as well as data center operators. Sparkle is the wholly owned subsidiary of Telecom Italia Group (NYSE: TI) with the mission to develop and consolidate the Italian telco’s international services business.

    Tata Communications along with its subsidiaries 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.

    Viavi is a global provider of network test, monitoring and assurance solutions to communications service providers, enterprises and their ecosystems, supported by a worldwide channel community including Viavi Velocity Solution Partners.

  • Tata Communications, Comcast, others collectively win MEF Excellence Award for Third Network PoC Innovation

    Tata Communications, Comcast, others collectively win MEF Excellence Award for Third Network PoC Innovation

    MUMBAI: Comcast Business, ECI, Sparkle, Tata Communications and Viavi Solutions have collectively won one of two 2016 MEF Excellence Award for its Third Network Proof of Concept innovation. The companies collaborated on an orchestrated, multi-carrier, multi-platform demonstration as part of the Proof of Concept (PoC) Showcase at MEF16, in Baltimore, Maryland.

    Recognizing that enterprises today have diverse requirements; the Third Network combines the performance and security assurances together with the agility and ubiquity of the Internet and brings a new network experience to millions of new users.

    This award-winning collaboration was designed to showcase how a customer could gain access to flexible bandwidth and applications on-demand without human intervention – enabling unprecedented levels of network control for new and evolving types of cloud-centric applications, for network connectivity services within current network architectures as well as emerging SDN and NFV implementations. For service providers, additional upsides include the drastic reduction of service turn-up time.

    During the PoC, the joint innovation simulated the delivery of Ethernet services through the three different network service providers, via an orchestrated environment with flexible bandwidth deployed on demand and connectivity bursting to Amazon Web Services (AWS) when needed.

    “The Proof of Concept Showcase allowed MEF16 attendees to witness, first-hand, leading-edge implementations of agile/dynamic, assured, and orchestrated Third Network services powered by LSO, SDN, NFV, and CE 2.0,” said Nan Chen, president of MEF. “We congratulate Comcast Business, Sparkle, Tata Communications, ECI, and Viavi on winning a coveted Proof of Concept Award for demonstrating the ability to provision on-demand Carrier Ethernet services across multiple network operators and multiple technology platforms.”

    The PoC showcased how a CE 2.0 E-Line service with a bandwidth on-demand requirement can be provisioned and orchestrated across multiple service and cloud providers using the MEF LSO Reference Architecture. Comcast Business, Tata Communications and Sparkle provided the originating network, the intermediate network and the direct connection into the cloud, respectively. ECI’s EPIC platform with fulfillment functionality developed as part of the OpenLSO fulfillment project provided the means to seamlessly connect these disparate domains. Viavi’s VNF-based service acceptance and testing technology verified the newly created service meets previously defined SLA requirements. The EPIC open source platform works towards a “vendor-agnostic” vision to deliver real-time control and assure network performance across carriers.

    MEF is the driving force enabling Third Network services for the digital economy and the hyper-connected world. Comcast Business offers Ethernet, Internet, Wi-Fi, Voice, TV and Managed Enterprise Solutions to help organizations of all sizes transform their business. ECI is a global provider of ELASTIC network solutions to CSPs, critical infrastructures as well as data center operators. Sparkle is the wholly owned subsidiary of Telecom Italia Group (NYSE: TI) with the mission to develop and consolidate the Italian telco’s international services business.

    Tata Communications along with its subsidiaries 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.

    Viavi is a global provider of network test, monitoring and assurance solutions to communications service providers, enterprises and their ecosystems, supported by a worldwide channel community including Viavi Velocity Solution Partners.

  • Tata-Constantin media hub to offer content distribution & computing across Germany, Austria & Switzerland

    Tata-Constantin media hub to offer content distribution & computing across Germany, Austria & Switzerland

    MUMBAI: Tata Communications, a leading provider of A New World of Communications™, and Constantin Medien, an international media company specialising in sports, entertainment and event marketing announced the creation of a new media hub in Germany. It will offer content delivery, management, storage and computing services for businesses in media, sports, gaming and music industries across German speaking countries in Europe.

    This deal enables Tata Communications to target media customers in Germany, Switzerland and Austria by using Constantin Medien as its preferred channel to these markets, and to offer Constantin Medien’s full service portfolio to its media customers around the world through the new media hub. In addition, Constantin Medien has chosen Tata Communications as its preferred provider for network and cloud infrastructure solutions.

    “As viewers’ hunger for rich, immersive and on-demand content continues to grow, broadcasters and content creators everywhere are under increasing pressure to innovate. Harnessing our unparalleled global reach and media industry expertise will strengthen the portfolio of services that Plazamedia is able to provide to its customers,” said Tata Communications’ Media and Entertainment Services business general manager Brian Morris.

    Content by customers of Plazamedia, an affiliate of Constantin Medien, will be distributed from the media hub using Tata Communications’ Video Connect network, which allows the seamless delivery of live video feeds from anywhere in the world, over the largest, wholly-owned subsea fibre network anywhere, delivering connectivity to over 240 countries and territories. Plazamedia is one of the leading content solution providers in production for the entire spectrum of media platforms, as well as an established TV producer in German-speaking markets.

    To facilitate the management of increasing volumes of content for media companies, the new media hub will use Tata Communications’ IZO™ Private Cloud and IZO™ Cloud Storage services. Plazamedia will also resell these cloud infrastructure, compute and storage services to its customers. To ensure data sovereignty, Tata Communications will deploy a new IZO™ Private Cloud node in Munich, Germany. Additionally, Tata Communications will build a new connectivity hub in Plazamedia’s data centre in Ismaning, Germany.

    “As viewers’ hunger for rich, immersive and on-demand content continues to grow, broadcasters and content creators everywhere are under increasing pressure to innovate,” Morris added. “Harnessing our unparalleled global reach and media industry expertise will strengthen the portfolio of services that Plazamedia is able to provide to its customers. Through this partnership, we’re also well-placed to offer an extended range of Constantin Medien’s services to our customers, spurring the growth of our media and entertainment business globally.”

    Constantin Medien CEO Fred Kogel said: “This deal with Tata Communications is a fundamental cornerstone within the digital transformation of Plazamedia, enabled by global connectivity and the cloud. The partnership puts us in the unique position of acting as a preferred reseller of those services to other media companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It will strengthen our position as a truly indispensable partner for media companies, and open up new revenue opportunities through global content contribution and distribution.”

  • Tata-Constantin media hub to offer content distribution & computing across Germany, Austria & Switzerland

    Tata-Constantin media hub to offer content distribution & computing across Germany, Austria & Switzerland

    MUMBAI: Tata Communications, a leading provider of A New World of Communications™, and Constantin Medien, an international media company specialising in sports, entertainment and event marketing announced the creation of a new media hub in Germany. It will offer content delivery, management, storage and computing services for businesses in media, sports, gaming and music industries across German speaking countries in Europe.

    This deal enables Tata Communications to target media customers in Germany, Switzerland and Austria by using Constantin Medien as its preferred channel to these markets, and to offer Constantin Medien’s full service portfolio to its media customers around the world through the new media hub. In addition, Constantin Medien has chosen Tata Communications as its preferred provider for network and cloud infrastructure solutions.

    “As viewers’ hunger for rich, immersive and on-demand content continues to grow, broadcasters and content creators everywhere are under increasing pressure to innovate. Harnessing our unparalleled global reach and media industry expertise will strengthen the portfolio of services that Plazamedia is able to provide to its customers,” said Tata Communications’ Media and Entertainment Services business general manager Brian Morris.

    Content by customers of Plazamedia, an affiliate of Constantin Medien, will be distributed from the media hub using Tata Communications’ Video Connect network, which allows the seamless delivery of live video feeds from anywhere in the world, over the largest, wholly-owned subsea fibre network anywhere, delivering connectivity to over 240 countries and territories. Plazamedia is one of the leading content solution providers in production for the entire spectrum of media platforms, as well as an established TV producer in German-speaking markets.

    To facilitate the management of increasing volumes of content for media companies, the new media hub will use Tata Communications’ IZO™ Private Cloud and IZO™ Cloud Storage services. Plazamedia will also resell these cloud infrastructure, compute and storage services to its customers. To ensure data sovereignty, Tata Communications will deploy a new IZO™ Private Cloud node in Munich, Germany. Additionally, Tata Communications will build a new connectivity hub in Plazamedia’s data centre in Ismaning, Germany.

    “As viewers’ hunger for rich, immersive and on-demand content continues to grow, broadcasters and content creators everywhere are under increasing pressure to innovate,” Morris added. “Harnessing our unparalleled global reach and media industry expertise will strengthen the portfolio of services that Plazamedia is able to provide to its customers. Through this partnership, we’re also well-placed to offer an extended range of Constantin Medien’s services to our customers, spurring the growth of our media and entertainment business globally.”

    Constantin Medien CEO Fred Kogel said: “This deal with Tata Communications is a fundamental cornerstone within the digital transformation of Plazamedia, enabled by global connectivity and the cloud. The partnership puts us in the unique position of acting as a preferred reseller of those services to other media companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It will strengthen our position as a truly indispensable partner for media companies, and open up new revenue opportunities through global content contribution and distribution.”