Tata Communications to be anchor tenant on Seaborn Networks’ Brazil-US cable system

Tata Communications plans to become an anchor tenant customer on Seaborn Networks' cable system, Seabras-1, which will enable the Indian company to provide fully integrated network services from Brazil to its networks in the US, Europe, Africa, Asia and India.

Seaborn Networks' Seabras-1 claims to offer the fastest route between Brazil's major commercial centre and rest of world.

Seabras-1 system, the first direct submarine cable between the United States and Sao Paulo, Brazil, is expected to be ready for service in the fourth quarter of 2014.

''Latin America is a key region on the world stage and our plan to purchase capacity on Seabras-1 would ensure we have the fastest route between Brazil's major commercial centre and the US. It aligns us with the most viable new subsea project in one of the fastest growing markets in the world'', said Vinod Kumar, managing director and CEO of Tata Communications.

''This expansion would further extend the global reach of the Tata Global Network (TGN) and forms part of our strategic global connectivity plans,'' he added.

''With bandwidth and connectivity growth demand in Latin America at unprecedented levels, we look forward to having Tata Communications as an anchor tenant customer,'' said Larry Schwartz, CEO, Seaborn Networks.