AT&T upbeat about the Indian networking and business communications market

New Delhi:
02 September 2004

AT&T recorded significant revenue growth in India in the first half of 2004. Most of its growth has been driven by demand for MPLS-based IP VPN services and End-to-End ATM Services.

According to the company, "The bandwidths on our backbone have increased by more than eight times since the beginning of the year. We are also witnessing increasing demand for managed security services, remote access options as well demand for IPLCs."

This clearly indicates that AT&T is bullish about its business prospects in India given the country's strong economic growth.

The report adds, "The industries showing strongest demand for our services include both foreign multinational and Indian companies. The key industry segments that are using our services are - BPO/call centers, software development houses, financial institutions, manufacturing and logistics companies, as well as media outlets."

AT&T's alliance with VSNL has been working successfully and has further augmented its IP VPN offerings, thereby allowing AT&T to provide a more comprehensive portfolio of services to its business customers.

Some of the regional highlights of the company for the year 2004 include

The Asia Pacific region is AT&T's fastest growing region worldwide.

The region recorded revenue growth of more than 15 percent last year and the company has exceeded 20 percent growth in its retail business for first half of 2004.