Tata Communications Wins Awards for Global Telecoms Business Innovation

12:18 pm   -   September 26th, 2008

Tata Communications received two awards at the Global Telecoms Business 2008 Innovation Awards, which took place earlier this month in London.

This firm, which was recognized for its International wholesale network transformation for its Global IP Voice network and International network infrastructure transformation for the TGN-Intra Asia and TGN-Eurasia submarine cables, was selected by an exclusive judging panel based on the company’s innovations worldwide.

“Tata Communications has taken the lead in transforming our global voice network to next-generation capabilities, this award illustrates our strength and commitment to offering innovative and revenue generating services to providers in the IP Voice space,” commented Michel Guyot, President, Global Voice Solutions, Tata Communications.

“We are extremely pleased to be the recipient of these esteemed awards. Global Telecoms Business recognizing our development in cable expansion further acknowledges our strategy to expand our global transmission network through innovative partnership models with other regional players,” remarked Mr. Vinod Kumar, Chief Operating Officer, Tata Communications.

Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards felicitate the most innovative projects and initiatives undertaken by companies in the telecommunications industry. “Tata Communications is leading the industry in cable build out and network expansion in the telecommunications market, we are pleased to present them with both prestigious awards and look forward to their continued work in bringing groundbreaking innovations to carriers, enterprises, and customers worldwide,” said Alan Burkitt-Gray, Editor of Global Telecoms Business.

The Global Telecom Business Awards are a huge draw for the industry with about 250 leaders of industry from around the world attending the 2008 ceremony at the Sheraton Park Lane Hotel in London. The guest list included Chief Executive Officers, Chief Technology Officers and leaders from operators and vendors across the globe.

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.

The firm’s 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 center and co-location 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 fulfillment 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 along with its global subsidiaries, (Tata Communications), 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)

About Global Telecom Business Magazine and the GTB Innovations Awards

About 250 leaders of the industry from around the world attended the 2008 ceremony at the Sheraton Park Lane Hotel in London on the evening of Tuesday, September 9, 2008. Guests at the ceremony included chief executive officers, chief technology officers and other leaders from operators and vendors throughout the world, including Europe, China, Africa, India, Russia, North and South America, and the Pacific.

Hundreds of nominations for the industry’s innovative projects were received from the readers of Global Telecoms Business since early in 2008 in a number of key categories.

The winners, as selected by the judging panel, represent the most innovative projects in the industry worldwide in four key categories:

1: fixed infrastructure and operations;

2: wireless infrastructure and operations;

3: business fixed and mobile service innovations; and

4: consumer fixed and mobile service innovations

Website: http://www.tatacommunications.com

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