Taking one more step in expanding and strengthening its global footprint, Tata Communications has expanded its global VPN service to Egypt through a partnership agreement with TE Data SAE, a subsidiary of Telecom Egypt SAE.

Tata Communications and TE Data have interconnected their respective MPLS infrastructures, setting up multiple, redundant network-to-network interconnection (NNI) points between the two companies. The agreement will help connect Tata Communications' European and Indian network hubs with TE Data's facilities in Egypt.

Tata Communications' agreement with TE Data is part of the company's larger MPLS expansion plan that will include other NNI agreements as well as the expansion of their international on-net, in key strategic regions and emerging markets that are of high value to their customers. The NNI agreement allows Tata Communications to seamlessly extend its current end-to-end service capabilities by incorporating TE Data's IP MPLS network footprint in Egypt, using more than 800 access points-of-presence. This will enable the company's VPN customers to benefit from superior connectivity to and from Egypt while experiencing the same security, redundancy, and quality of service offered on Tata Communications' network.

Tata Communications already offers its MPLS services in almost forty countries and expects to reach over fifty by 2008-end.

Arpita Prem
arpitap@cybermedia.co.in