UK-based network specialist Netconfigs has ranked Videsh Sanchar Nigam (VSNL) as the third best internet service provider (ISP) in Asia and 29th in the world from among a total of 11,000 ISPs globally. 

The network specialist has ranked VSNL third after Reach, a Hong Kong-based ISP and Dacomnet, a Korean ISP, in an independent survey conducted on efficiency, maintenance and linkages with other networks, according to Netconfigs’ website. 

The Tata group firm is also ranked ahead of Singtel and Telecom Italia, two prominent ISPs in the world, according to the website. The ranking also highlights VSNL’s “better reach to the various parts of the world,” due to its reduced dependency on any particular carrier. VSNL connects to over 14 carriers and has route presence at many places across the globe. Indicom unit set to tap govt IT business.