Tata Communications expands global VPN services to China through China Entercom

27 February 2008

Tata Group telecom company, Tata Communications, has drawn up plans to extend its global virtual private network service to China through a network-to-network interface (NNI) agreement with China Enterprise Netcom Corporation Limited (China Entercom), a subsidiary of China International Trust and Investment Corporation (CITIC).

Through this NNI, Tata Communications and China Entercom have interconnected their respective multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) infrastructures, allowing Tata Communications' multinational corporation customers VPN connectivity reach beyond the existing 120 cities in India and 19 major business centers across North America, Asia, and Europe to now also include 347 cities throughout China.

Additionally users can connect with dual PoP locations in tier-one cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

"Tata Communications' agreement with China Entercom allows us to serve our many global and India MNC customers who require a single scalable and reliable global VPN with deep reach into both India and China, and broad reach around the world," said Vinod Kumar, president, global data and mobility services, Tata Communications.

Kumar added, "Carrier partnerships are critical to provide the deep global reach our customers' networks require. Our agreement with China Entercom is part of a larger MPLS expansion plan that will include other NNI agreements, as well as the expansion of Tata Communications' international on-net in key strategic regions and emerging markets that are of high value to our customers, including the Middle East, South Africa, Philippines, and Malaysia."

The partnership with CEC will offer Tata Communications'customers additional reach into and across China allowing international and Indian MNCs to be seamlessly served with a single VPN that covers India, China, and major metropolitan areas worldwide. The service is available with both managed and unmanaged options, supported by 24/7 end-to-end network management, and tied to a stringent and unified Service Level Agreement (SLA).