Tata Communications

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Tata Communications Limited
VSNL
Formerly Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (1986–2008)
Company type Private
BSE:  500483
NSE:  TATACOMM
ISIN INE151A01013
Industry Telecommunications
FoundedMarch 1986;38 years ago (1986-03) as VSNL
Founder Government of India
Headquarters Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Amur Swaminathan Lakshminarayanan (MD & CEO)
Services
RevenueIncrease2.svg₹21,251.29 crore (US$2.7 billion) (2024) [2]
Increase2.svg₹1,163.09 crore (US$150 million) (2024) [2]
Increase2.svg₹969.58 crore (US$120 million) (2024) [2]
Total assets Increase2.svg₹24,561.34 crore (US$3.1 billion) (2024) [2]
Total equity Increase2.svg₹1,790.30 crore (US$220 million) (2024) [2]
Number of employees
Increase2.svg~13,426+ (2023)
Parent
Subsidiaries
ASN
  • 6453
Website tatacommunications.com

Tata Communications Limited (previously known as Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited) is an Indian telecommunications company. Before its acquisition by Tata Group it was a government-owned telecommunications service provider and under the ownership of Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, and the Government of India. It was then sold to Tata Group in 2008 under first Manmohan Singh ministry government. [3]

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Tata's communications provides network services and software-defined network platforms, such as Ethernet, SD-WAN, content delivery networks (CDNs), the internet, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), and private lines. [4] [ better source needed ]

It is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India.

History

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VSNL manhole cover in Delhi

The business was founded as Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) in 1986. [5] [6] Under the chairmanship of B. K. Syngal (1991-1998), [7] VSNL launched the first publicly-available Internet plans in India in 1995. [8] [9] The international arm of VSNL (VSNL International) was launched in 2004. After the Government of India launched Disinvestment of Public Sector Units in India, VSNL was completely acquired by the Tata Group and renamed Tata Communications on 13 February 2008. [10] [11]

Tata communications global network

In 2009, Tata Communications and Tyco Telecommunications completed the TGN-Intra Asia cable system.[ citation needed ]

In 2012, the company completed its network across Egypt linking Europe to India, and created a subsea fibre network that circumnavigates the world. The 9,280-kilometre (5,770 mi) Eurasian section of the Tata Global Network runs across the Mediterranean Sea and the Middle East, connecting Mumbai with Marseilles. [12]

In January 2016, Windstream Communications announced it was extending its 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100G) network from New Jersey data center operator NJFX's presence at Tata's Cable Landing Station (CLS) in Wall Township, New Jersey, to Ashburn, Virginia's internet hub. [13]

Product and Services

Tata Communications offers ethernet and private line services via a content delivery network and other support services, like security, satellite teleports, fibre-based video network and transcoding. [14] [ better source needed ]

Tata Communications has a data centre network located in 44 locations worldwide. [15]

Tata Communications has completed its acquisition of Kaleyra The deal, worth approximately $100 million, will combine Tata's customer base and other enterprise solutions [16]

It offers cloud services [17] and managed security services. [18]

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