Pacnet building ILD, NLD presence
05-02-2010
With these assets and its undersea cable, it could challenge the Big Three
Pacnet, through its joint venture Pacific Internet India Pvt. Ltd. (Pacnet India), has obtained National Long Distance (NLD) and International Long Distance (ILD) licenses from India's Department of Telecommunications, providing businesses in India broader access to Pacnet's suite of advanced telecommunications solutions.
Through the new licenses, Pacnet India will expand its solutions to include International Private Line (IPL) and Ethernet International Private Line (EIPL) services, as well as domestic and international IP VPN services that will meet the growing demand for robust, high bandwidth connectivity solutions across the country. Pacnet India, through its existing Internet Service Provider (ISP) license, already offers a full suite of Internet connectivity solutions, as well as a range of managed and hosted services to businesses.
"We intend to expand our India operations aggressively this year and are already exploring adding more points of presence (PoPs) across the country in the coming months. We have also commenced upgrading our existing PoPs in India," said Bill Barney, Chief Executive Officer, Pacnet.
"With our enhanced reach and expanded suite of solutions, we will be able to provide businesses here with more diverse international network connectivity and introduce more cost-effective bandwidth solutions to the market," said Deepak Maira, Managing Director of Pacnet India and the SAARC region.
Pacnet announced in December 2009 its plans to build West Asia Crossing (WAC), a new submarine cable network that will provide direct connectivity between India and Asia, and help India meet its growing requirements for international bandwidth. WAC will have a design capacity of 6 to 8 Tbps, and is expected to be ready for service in early 2012. So far India's international bandwidth market has been dominated by only three major suppliers.
"The licenses will also allow us to establish our international gateway in Chennai, which is an integral part of our strategy for India," added Mr Barney. "This gateway will allow us to link India through WAC, to our pan-Asia cable system EAC-C2C, and on to the US through EAC Pacific, on a single Pacnet network."
Pacnet India currently operates in six major cities across the country- Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Gurgaon.
Pacnet, through its joint venture Pacific Internet India Pvt. Ltd. (Pacnet India), has obtained National Long Distance (NLD) and International Long Distance (ILD) licenses from India's Department of Telecommunications, providing businesses in India broader access to Pacnet's suite of advanced telecommunications solutions.
Through the new licenses, Pacnet India will expand its solutions to include International Private Line (IPL) and Ethernet International Private Line (EIPL) services, as well as domestic and international IP VPN services that will meet the growing demand for robust, high bandwidth connectivity solutions across the country. Pacnet India, through its existing Internet Service Provider (ISP) license, already offers a full suite of Internet connectivity solutions, as well as a range of managed and hosted services to businesses.
"We intend to expand our India operations aggressively this year and are already exploring adding more points of presence (PoPs) across the country in the coming months. We have also commenced upgrading our existing PoPs in India," said Bill Barney, Chief Executive Officer, Pacnet.
"With our enhanced reach and expanded suite of solutions, we will be able to provide businesses here with more diverse international network connectivity and introduce more cost-effective bandwidth solutions to the market," said Deepak Maira, Managing Director of Pacnet India and the SAARC region.
Pacnet announced in December 2009 its plans to build West Asia Crossing (WAC), a new submarine cable network that will provide direct connectivity between India and Asia, and help India meet its growing requirements for international bandwidth. WAC will have a design capacity of 6 to 8 Tbps, and is expected to be ready for service in early 2012. So far India's international bandwidth market has been dominated by only three major suppliers.
"The licenses will also allow us to establish our international gateway in Chennai, which is an integral part of our strategy for India," added Mr Barney. "This gateway will allow us to link India through WAC, to our pan-Asia cable system EAC-C2C, and on to the US through EAC Pacific, on a single Pacnet network."
Pacnet India currently operates in six major cities across the country- Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Gurgaon.
