Business Wire
VSNL Announces Construction of $250 Million Express TGN Eurasia Cable System
19 December 2007
(BUSINESS WIRE) — Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL), a member of the $ 29 billion Tata Group and a leading communications solutions provider, announced on 19 December that the company is constructing a new TGN Eurasia Cable System linking Mumbai directly to Paris, London and Madrid via Egypt. The new cable system is being built in partnership with SEACOM and Telecom Egypt (TE), and will provide VSNL with 1.28 terabit of new capacity on this route during 2009. The TGN Eurasia Cable System will offer express connectivity between India and Europe, and will also have future options for additional connectivity in the Gulf region as well as multiple locations in Europe.
When combined with VSNL’s significant capacity ownership on other cable systems and it’s privately owned TGN Atlantic and TGN-TIC cable systems, the TGN Eurasia Cable System will enable the company to offer seamless and diverse connectivity between India, South East Asia, South Africa, Western Europe and the USA. VSNL maintains a global transmission network of over 206,356 route kilometres comprising of both terrestrial and submarine cable assets.
“The plans to build the TGN-Eurasia Cable System coupled with our recent announcement to build the TGN-Intra Asia Cable System is a major step towards VSNL’s vision to offer seamless global connectivity at affordable prices,” said Mr. Vinod Kumar, President, Global Data Solutions, VSNL. “This partnership with VSNL allows connectivity for the SEACOM network into emerging global markets including key destinations like India and Europe as well as onward connectivity to South East Asia and the USA,” said Brian Herlihy, President of SEACOM. “Telecom Egypt admires VSNL's expertise and global leadership in the bandwidth business and their proven skills in cable development and build-outs” said Mohamed Elnawawy, Vice President for International, Wholesale and Regulatory Affairs of Telecom Egypt.
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