| The Internet and telephony major would also rope in Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) for its expertise in software and services sector. |
| "Grid computing is an opportunity that we are pursuing. This needs a vast network connectivity and huge amount of bandwidth, which will be met through TGN and Teleglobe," sources in VSNL said. |
| If finalised, VSNL would become the first carrier to venture into grid computing, a method that harnesses unused processing cycles of all computers in a network. This method saves both resources and time, and is beneficial for enterprise-wide usage. |
| The company expects the venture to kick-start within the next 12 months, if the process gets board approval. |
| VSNL is looking at offering grid computing services to enterprises both in India and abroad and would also rope in TCS for the venture. |
| It is also looking at tying up with global IT majors like IBM and Microsoft, if necessary, to provide service to other parts of the world. |
| The takeover of US-based TGN had given VSNL a submarine cable network spanning over 60,000 km and with points of presence (PoPs) in North America, Europe and Asia. |
| VSNL had acquired TGN on November 1, 2004. |
| This coupled with the proposed acquisition of Teleglobe, a carrier major with services in over 240 countries and ownership interests in over 80 sub-sea and terrestrial cables, would give VSNL a global presence. The Tata group company had announced the takeover of Teleglobe for $239 million on Monday, which is expected to be completed in another six-eight months. |
| The company will use the network of its recently launched Tata Indicom Chennai-Singapore Cable (TIC), spanning around 3,100 km, for its grid computing purposes. |
| "An integration of the cables, on the services front, is what we are looking at. However, nothing has been finalised as plans are still on the drawing board," they said. |
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