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Press Release
| Céline Grégoire Tata Communications Ltd +1 617 969 0066 celine.gregoire@tatacommunications.com |
Janice Goveas Tata Communications Ltd +91 92233 94575 janice.goveas@tatacommunications.com |
Ravindran Subramanian Tata Communications Ltd +91 92233 06610 ravindran.s@tatacommunications.com |
Tata Communications Awarded Nemertes 2008 Pilot House Award for Best Technology Innovation: Customer Experience and MPLS Services
Boston, MA – April 16, 2008 – Tata Communications (NYSE: TCL), a leading provider of the new world of communications, was presented with two awards at the 2008 Nemertes Pilot House Awards which took place during the FutureNet conference at Boston's Seaport World Trade Center on April 14. Tata Communications, which was recognized in two "Emerging Carrier" categories, was awarded Best Technology Innovation: Customer Experience and MPLS Services.
Nemertes Research, a research advisory firm that studies the business impact of emerging technology, interviewed and surveyed several hundred IT executives, allowing them to rate their primary and secondary service providers - with a heavy emphasis on global multinationals based in the U.S. - and to explain how they use these companies advanced services. The awards were broken down into three areas, two of which Tata Communications received awards in: Overall Customer Experience and MPLS & Ethernet Service Specific Awards. Nemertes hosted its inaugural dinner to award carriers who received the top scores from enterprise IT executives in its extensive Advanced Communications Services research project.
"We are thrilled to receive these two awards which highlight Tata Communications dedication to delivering the most up-to-date and cutting edge technology in the telecommunications industry," said Dave Ryan, Chief Operating Officer, Tata Communications in USA, who accepted the award for Best Technology Innovation: Customer Experience on behalf of the company. "This award demonstrates our continued commitment to providing unparalleled innovative and technologically advanced solutions to our enterprise customers around the world."
Tata Communications was also honored with the award for Best Technology Innovation: MPLS Services. The company provides MPLS based VPN and Ethernet services with port speeds up to 1 gigabit per second. Tata Communications manages enterprises' demanding communication requirements throughout its global network, offering access to its 300 PoPs in over 150 countries including key emerging markets like India and China.
Peter Juffernholz, Head of MPLS Services at Tata Communications, received the award at the event. Mr. Juffernholz commented, "Tata Communications' MPLS network provides superior connectivity that our customers depend on. Our company delivers a wide array of service across the Tata Global Network which reaches deep into emerging markets, and this award shows that we are aligning well with our customers' strategies in high growth regions."
Tata Communications was one of a number of the service providers recognized at the Nemertes 2008 Pilot House Awards. The purpose of the Pilothouse Award Program is to recognize the most innovative business leveraging technology and the top carriers and vendors providing technology. The key differentiator is that all awards are based on quantitative metrics that Nemertes' analysts create. For these carriers awards, Nemertes asks IT executives to rate their providers on the top buying and satisfaction criteria. The service providers who were awarded specific honors received the highest average scores in several categories.
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About Tata Communications
Tata Communications Limited along with its global subsidiaries (Tata Communications) is a leading global provider of the new world of communications. The company leverages its Tata Global Network, vertical intelligence and leadership in emerging markets to deliver value-driven, globally managed solutions to the Fortune 1000 and midsized enterprises, service providers and consumers.
The Tata Communications portfolio includes transmission, IP, converged voice, mobility, managed network connectivity, hosted data center, communications solutions and business transformation services to global and Indian enterprises and service providers, as well as broadband and content services to Indian consumers. The Tata Global Network encompasses one of the most advanced and largest submarine cable networks, a Tier-1 IP network, connectivity to more than 200 countries across 300 PoPs, and more than 1 million square feet of data center space. Tata Communications serves its customers from its offices in 80 cities in 40 countries worldwide. Tata Communications has a strategic investment in South African operator Neotel, providing the company with a strong anchor to build an African footprint.
The number one global international wholesale voice operator and number one provider of international long distance, enterprise data and Internet services in India, the company was named "Best Wholesale Carrier" at the World Communications Awards in 2006 and was named the "Best Pan-Asian Wholesale Provider" at the 2007 Capacity Magazine Global Wholesale Telecommunications Awards for the second consecutive year.
Now the leading integrated provider to drive and deliver a new world of communications, Tata Communications became the unified global brand for VSNL, VSNL International, Teleglobe, Tata Indicom Enterprise Business Unit, and CIPRIS on February 13, 2008.
Tata Communications Ltd. is a part of the $29 billion Tata Group; it is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India and its ADRs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: TCL).
Forward-looking and cautionary statements
Certain words and statements in this release concerning Tata Communications and its prospects, and other statements, including those relating to Tata Communications' expected financial position, business strategy, the future development of Tata Communications' operations, and the general economy in India, are forward-looking statements. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including financial, regulatory and environmental, as well as those relating to industry growth and trend projections, which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of Tata Communications, or industry results, to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The important factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from such forward-looking statements include, among others, failure to increase the volume of traffic on Tata Communications' network; failure to develop new products and services that meet customer demands and generate acceptable margins; failure to successfully complete commercial testing of new technology and information systems to support new products and services, including voice transmission services; failure to stabilize or reduce the rate of price compression on certain of the company's communications services; failure to integrate strategic acquisitions and changes in government policies or regulations of India and, in particular, changes relating to the administration of Tata Communications' industry; and, in general, the economic, business and credit conditions in India. Additional factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from such forward-looking statements, many of which are not in Tata Communications' control, include, but are not limited to, those risk factors discussed in Tata Communications' various filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. Tata Communications is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any obligation to, update or alter its forward-looking statements.