Tata Communications
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Traded as | BSE: 500483 NSE: TATACOMM OTCQB: TTCMY |
Industry | Telecom |
Founded | 1986 |
Founder | Indian Government |
Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Key people
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Vinod Kumar (CEO & MD) |
Revenue | US$3.2 billion (2014)[1] |
US$182 million (2011) | |
Number of employees
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(2012)[2] |
Parent | Tata Group |
Slogan | We're the connection |
Website | www |
Tata Communications Limited is a global Telecom Indian business conglomerate Tata Group. The company’s infrastructure includes sub-sea, terrestrial communications networks, data centers and it provides fixed line and wireless services. It also holds shares in Neotel in South Africa, Tata Communications Lanka Limited in Sri Lanka and United Telecom in Nepal.[3] Tata Communications also holds stake in Tata Teleservices Limited, the 6th largest mobile service provider in India with 62.57 million subscribers in April 2015.
History
The company was founded as Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) in 1986. In 2002, Tata Communications acquired a 25% stake in VSNL. The international arm of VSNL, VSNL International, was launched in 2004. VSNL was completely acquired by the Tata Group and renamed as Tata Communications Limited on February 13, 2008. In 2009, Tata Communications and Tyco Telecommunications completed the TGN-Intra Asia cable system. Tata Communications Limited is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India.
Services
Tata Communications signed an agreement with Formula 1 in 2012 to be the official communications provider for the sport and providers core data services that includes powering the website and providing live timing services.[4]
In January 2016, Windstream Communications announced it was extending its 100G network from New Jersey fiber operator NJFX's presence at Tata's Cable Landing Station (CLS) in Wall Township, N.J., to Ashburn, Virginia's Internet hub, estimated to be the hub for 70 percent of the world's Internet traffic.[5]
Subsidiaries
- Tata Communications Transformation Services (TCTS)
- Tata Communications Data Centers Limited (TCDC)
- Tata Communications Payment Solutions Limited (TCPSL)
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External links
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- Companies based in Mumbai
- Telecommunications companies of India
- Economy of Mumbai
- Tata Group
- Internet service providers of India
- Companies established in 1986
- Tier 1 networks
- 1986 establishments in India
- Formerly government-owned companies of India