VSNL sets up global hub in Singapore

The Tatas-controlled Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) on Monday announced the setting up of its international headquarters in Singapore as part of the company's plans to expand business beyond India.

The company had set up the VSNL International Business group in April this year.

VSNL International is planning to increase its staff strength and operations to more than 100 employees and eight offices in the near future, the company said in a communication to the BSE.

VSNL is also building a new terabit level cable called Tata Indicom cable between India and Singapore, which would be ready for use by October this year.

Once completed, the 3,175 km submarine cable system will run between Chennai and Singapore and will be scaleable to a capacity of 5.12 tbps. The system will be 100 per cent owned by the Tatas, the company said.

Tata Indicom will offer 320 giga bits per seconds speed once the commercial operation commences in the fourth quarter of this financial year and the capacity can be increased to 5.12 terabits.

"The new capacity will augment our existing capacity with two other existing routes from Mumbai and Eranakulam that offer international bandwidth to our customers.