TCL expands global VPN service to China
Business Standard — February 26, 2008

Tata Communications (TCL), formerly known as VSNL, today announced the expansion of its Global VPN service to China through an NNI (Network to Network Interface) agreement with China Enterprise Netcom Corporation, a value-added telecommunication services and integrated IT solutions provider and subsidiary of CITIC (China International Trust and Investment Corporation).

Through this NNI, TCL and China Entercom have interconnected their respective MPLS (Multi- Protocol Label Switching) infrastructures, allowing TCL' MNC customers VPN connectivity reach beyond the existing 120 cities in India and 19 major business centers across North America, Asia, and Europe to now also include 347 cities throughout China.

Additionally customers can connect with dual PoP locations in tier-one cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

"Our agreement with China Entercom allows us to serve our many global and India MNC customers who require a single scalable and reliable global VPN with deep reach into both India and China, and broad reach around the world," said Vinod Kumar, President, Global Data & Mobility Services, TCL.

TCL is the leading service provider, offering a Global VPN on-net solution with four classes of service options which provides a deep and broad reach across India as well as to major cities across the world.