Member of the Tata Group

Member of the Tata Group
125-year old largest private sector group
$62.5 billion in revenues
Acquired VSNL in February 2002
  VSNL acquired Tyco in Nov 2004
  VSNL acquired Teleglobe in Feb 2006
Teleglobe, Tyco, VSNL and VSNL
International became Tata
Communications on February 13th 2008
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
Major shareholder in Neotel
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The Grandfather of Global Networks
All Red Line completed in October 1902
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Circling the world on Tata Communication owned Submarine Cable
Intra-Europe
TGN Eurasia
Trans-Pacific
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Trans-Pacific
London
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New York
Frankfurt
San Francisco
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Trans-Atlantic
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Tokyo
Hong Kong
Mumbai
SMW 3 & 4; FEA
TGN Intra-Asia
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Singapore
TIC, i2i & SMW 4
SAT3 & SAFE
New Cables
Capacity Purchase
Cable Name
Connecting
Ownership
Cable Name
Connecting
Ownership
TGN-Intra Asia
Singapore Hong
Kong, Japan,
Vietnam,
Philippines
Majority Owner
IMEWE
India, Middle East,
Egypt, Italy, France
Consortium Member
SEACOM
TGN-Eurasia
India to France via
Egypt
Majority Owner
India, Egypt, South
Africa
Initial Capacity
Owner
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Historical Telecommunications Provider to the R&E Community
1995: Teleglobe provides first NGI connection for the Brussels G7 Summit: 155mb
Teleglobe provides the capacity to Canarie and co-represents Canada in the GIBN (Global Interoperability of Broadband Networks)
As a member of Canarie Technical Advisory council, Teleglobe encourages creation of Starlight in
Chicago.
2001: Teleglobe sets up the first trans-oceanic lambda linking SURFnet to Starlight (2.5 gbps) 1st
lambdagrid workshop in Amsterdam
2002: iGrid2002 Amsterdam, Tyco provides 10gig connection between Netherlight and Abilene in
NY through the IEEAF Foundation.
2003: creation of GLIF at the 3rd lambdagrid workshop in Reykjavik. Tyco provides the Pacific and
Atlantic connectivity for Gloriad. Teleglobe had provided the predecessor project Naukanet.
2005: VSNL acquires Tyco Global Network, Gloriad expands with a Tyco/VSNL 10 Gbps link
between Korea and US
2006: VSNL acquires Teleglobe, VSNL provides short term STM4 to support CHEP06 event in India
2007: VSNL provides multiple 10G to CERN
2008: Tata Communications providing > 10 x 10G in Atlantic and Pacific routes and access to the
commercial internet for various R&E initiatives and groups.
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GROUP
COMPANIES
66% Equity of Tata Sons in Public Trusts
Sir Dorabji Tata Trust
Sir Ratan Tata Trust
ACTIVITIES
Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore
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Endowments for Creation of National Institutions:
(1911) Indian Institute of Science
(1936) Tata Institute of Social Sciences
(1941) Tata Memorial Hospital
(1945) Tata Institute of Fundamental
Research
(1966) National Centre for the Performing
Tata Institute of Fundamental
Research, Mumbai
Arts
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Development assistance in water harvesting, medical
research, microfinance, bio-diversity
National Center for the
Performing Arts, Mumbai
•  Council
Foreignfor
scholarships
& engineering
Tata
Community- science
Initiatives
Facilitating Role for companies’ CSR activities
•  Triple Bottom-line Global Reporting Initiative
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•  UN
Global Compact
•  Tata Index for Sustainable Development
•  Annual Spend ~ USD 85 Mn:
Social Welfare Expenditure
budgeted before preparation of
P&L account
•  Commitment to adjacent
communities incorporated in
company Articles of
Association
•  Active volunteering
programme: over 10,000
volunteers
•  Company Examples:
•  Tata Steel: HIV / AIDS
Programme Global Business Council
winner
•  Tata Consultancy:
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Adult Literacy Programme
  Founded in 1945 located in Mumbai
  Developed TIFRAC, the first Indian computer in 1956
  Obtained full university status in 2003
  Focus on mathematics and natural sciences
  very active in High Energy Physics and astronomy
  Connectivity with CERN
  e-VLBI connectivity for NCRA in Pune
TIFRAC-2
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India Knowledge Grid
 ERNET, India’s R&E network
connects around 1500
institutions
 GARUDA project connects 45
institutions at 100mbps
UNIVERSITY
R&D
Institutions
COLLEGES
IISC/
IIT’s/
NIT
AICTE
STATE
EDUCATION
Depts.
UGC
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India and radio astronomy
The NCRA (National Centre for Radio Astronomy is part of TIFR
and operates the GMRT (Giant Meter Wave Radio Telescope)
located 80 km from Pune.
Intercontinental lambdas are needed for vLBI
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http://www.ncra.tifr.res.in/
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India and High Energy Physics: Department of HEP at TIFR
high speed communications is essential for effective collaboration
• Belle Experiment at KEK, Japan
• The CMS Experiment at CERN
• D0 experiment at Fermilab
• Grapes Experiment, Ooty, India
• High Energy Gamma Ray Observatory,Panchmari and
Hanley(Ladak),India
• India Neutrino Onservatory(INO)
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http://www.tifr.res.in/~dhep/
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Global education partnerships need global high speed communications:
• Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
• Texas A&M University at Qatar
• Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar
• Carnegie Mellon University In Qatar
• Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
• Northwestern University in Qatar
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http://www.qf.org.qa/output/Page17.asp
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Global research partnerships need global high speed communications:
QSTP‘ was officially inaugurated in march 2009. Companies
such as ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Shell and Total are
establishing research and training centers that add value to
Qatar's hydrocarbons sector; local software company iHorizons
joins Microsoft and Cisco in developing new IT applications;
EADS and GE are at the forefront of industrial technologies etc.
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http://www.qf.org.qa/output/page823.asp
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Global research partnerships need global high speed communications:
• Cornell University
• The University of Oxford
• Stanford University
• Texas A&M University
• King Fahd University of Petroleum
and Minerals
• National Taiwan University
• Utrecht University
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http://www.kaust.edu.sa/research/centers-and-cid.aspx
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Square Kilometer Array in South Africa or in Australia?
Whoever gets it, gigabit level connectivity will be
needed. Involves 55 institutes in 19 countries
Site selection:
2011-2012
2013-2018:
phase one
implementation
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http://www.ska.ac.za/ska2009/presentations.shtml
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The SKA precursors: MeerKAT and ASKAP
Meerkat is located in a remote part of Northern Cape Province
10gig connectivity to the Cape Town control centre on Infraco
Broadband infrastructure provided through SANREN (oct
2009). 1 gigabit via TENET to Europe to start.
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The SKA precursors: MeerKAT and ASKAP
ASKAP is located in the outbacks of Western Australia.
Construction will start late 2009.
DWDM fiber connectivity under study by AARnet. 39Gbps is
required by 2013. 4Tbps in 2016 if Australia selected as SKA site..
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Global investments in subsea cables 2006-2008
Source: Terabit Consulting
With US$2.4 billion in cable projects ongoing Africa could go from 2%
to 20% of investments during next 4 years.
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Investments in subsea cables: extrapolating to 2011
Telegeography sees the current wave peak in 2010. Reasonable assumption
but any surprises in store as BB access continues to expand furiously?
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Insatiable demand for more bandwidth seems to continue
Who dares to extrapolate?
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New and planned cables of particular interest to the Emerging NREN
 South Asia: I-ME-WE, TGN Eurasia, EIG, MENA
 Middle-East: GCC, MENA, EIG
 Africa : SEACom, Teams, WASC
 Of interest to everybody: PIPE linking Australia
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Diverse Connectivity to and from India
Comprehensive Cable Redundancy into India
NLD Backbone
 40,000 Route Km covering 300 major
cities
 Pan India Coverage
 Mesh Architecture for resilience
MAN Network
 Fiber in 32+ cities
WIMAX Network
 Deployed in 110+ towns
SMW4
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Network Administrator
SMW3 & SAFE
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Landing Party in India
New cables in 2009 and 2010
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TGN-EurAsia: RFS 2H2009
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IMEWE: RFS 1Q2010
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SEACom: RFS 2H2009
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Tata Indicom Cable
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100% TCL Owned and Operated
Other out of India cables planned:
EIG, MENA, Reliance China-India
terrestrial cable
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I-ME-WE as currently under construction
Expected Length ~ 13,000km
3.84 Tb capacity on 3 fiber pairs
Target RFS: 2H2009
9 parties connecting 8 countries and 10 landing points
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India
Pakistan
UAE
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
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Lebanon
Italy
France
-Mumbai (Bharti and Tata Telecom)i
- Karachi (PTCL)
- Fujairah (Etisalat)
- Jeddah (STC)
- Suez and Alexandria (Ogero
Telecom, Telecom Egypt
- Tripoli
- Catania (Sparkle)
- Marseille (France Telecom)
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TGN – EurAsia
Tata Communications Joint Build for an express route cable from India to Europe
•  Expected Length 9,000km
•  Planned for 2 fiber pairs
•  Day One Capacity:
•  160 Gbps
•  Design Capacity:
•  1.28Tbps
•  Design Life ~ 25 years
•  Cable Builder: Tyco Landing Locations:
•  Mumbai
•  Egypt – 2 landings
•  Marseille
TGN-EA
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The Gulf Cable
Project
Trans-Atlantic
Kuwait
KSA
Bahrain
Qatar
Trans-Pacific
UAE
Oman
Mumbai
Tata
Global
Network
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South Asia - Gulf States/Middle-East- Europe Network Diversity
In addition to FLAG, SMW-3 and SMW4, the upcoming IMEWE, TGN-EA, Orascom s MENA and the planned new
FLAG cable will provide the region vastly increased South Asia – Middle East – Europe capacity and diversity
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PIPE Cable System
High Speed Connectivity Into Australia via Pipe
•  2 fibre pair system
•  Support 96x10G waves per fiber pair
•  Total of 1.92 Terabits of capacity
•  City-to-City Connectivity to:
_  Sydney
_  Guam
_  Japan
_  USA, India, Asia Pac, Europe
•  Full range of Service Offerings including:
_  E-1, DS-3, STM-1 through STM-16
_  Unprotected Services
_  Ethernet Services
•  Lease and IRU Contracts available
•  Expected RFS: July 2009
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SEACom Cable System
First Cable system connecting E. Africa to S. Africa, India and Europe
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Length: 13,000km Cable
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Locations:
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South Africa (Mtunzini)
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Mozambique (Maputo)
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Madagascar (Toliary),
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Tanzania (Dar es Salaam)
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Kenya (Mombasa)
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India (Mumbai)
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Djibouti (Djibouti)
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France (Marseille)
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Ultimate Capacity: 1,280 Gbps
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City-to-City Connectivity onto the Tata Communications
Networks in Europe, India, & USA
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Full Range of Service Offerings including:
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E1, DS-3, STM-1 through STM-64
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Lease and IRU Contracts available
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Expected RFS: 2H2009
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SEACom East African reach
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In the meantime on the African West Coast : WACS is going forward
The 14,000 km submarine cable will run from Cape Town to the UK with
landings in Namibia, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic
of Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Cape Verde, the
Canary Islands and Portugal.
The WACS consortium comprises eleven companies that signed the WACS
Construction and Maintenance Agreement: Angola Telecom, UK-based Cable
& Wireless, Portugal Telecom, SOTELCO (Congo), Telecom Namibia, Togo
Telecom, India's Tata Communications and four South African firms Broadband Infraco, Telkom SA, MTN and Vodacom.
3.84Tb design capacity, RFS 2011
US$600 million investment
April 2009: contract awarded to Alcatel
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Other West African projects: MainOne, Glo-1, ACE
Main One: Nigerian initiative RFS end 2010
1.2Tb design capacity
Glo-1: Lagos –London expansion
ACE: France Telecom initiative RFS 2011
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Subsea Capacity Situation in 2011 if all goes according to plan
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