NEC India, Tata Indicom broadband alliance to focus on education and hospitality
27 Jul 2009
Tata Indicom Broadband, the internet service brand of Tata Communications, and NEC India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NEC Asia and NEC Corporation, have entered into an alliance to offer integrated solutions for education and hospitality verticals. The two companies will target a common customer base and bundle their products.
As part of the deal, NEC India will integrate Tata Indicom Broadband's offerings in its direct marketing initiatives aimed at the hospitality and education sectors. Tata Indicom Broadband, in turn, would offer special discounts on a bouquet of related value-added services which will expedite the empowering of educational institutes and the hospitality industry.
Tata Indicom Broadband offers different forms of internet access like broadband, wi-fi, dial-up and other services like gaming, movies, music, anti-virus, etc, on a single account. NEC offers solutions and services for ubiquitous networking supported by next generation network (NGN) and IT integrated technologies.
"It's our constant endeavor to offer integrated technology solutions which benefit both the hospitality and education fraternity. Going forward in the same endeavor, we are partnering with NEC to offer our bouquet of communication products and technology solutions to these sectors," said Mehul Kapadia, head sales and marketing for Tata Indicom Broadband.
Speaking on the tie-up Rajiv Bhalla, country head sales and marketing, NEC India, said, ''We collectively aim to fortify the education and hospitality sectors with latest and superior technology and custom-made solutions. Our alliance with Tata Indicom Broadband will facilitate us in strengthening our business capabilities in India and also to expand our IT and networking businesses in the rapidly expanding Indian market.''
NEC and Tata Indicom Broadband also plan to explore further opportunities in this area.
NEC Corporation is one of the world's leading providers of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of its diverse and global base of customers.
Established in New Delhi in 2006, NEC India is a joint venture between NEC Asia Pte Ltd (18.55 per cent; head quartered in Singapore) and NEC Corporation (81.45 per cent; head quartered in Japan).