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Member of the Tata Group
125-year old largest private sector group
$62.5 billion in revenues
Acquired VSNL in February 2002 VSNL acquired Tyco in Nov 2004 VSNL acquired Teleglobe in Feb 2006
Teleglobe, Tyco, VSNL and VSNL International became Tata Communications on February 13th 2008
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
Major shareholder in Neotel
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The Grandfather of Global Networks All Red Line completed in October 1902
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Circling the world on Tata Communication owned Submarine Cable
• Frankfurt
• Hong Kong • Mumbai
• San Francisco • New York
• Tokyo
• London Trans-Pacific
TGN Intra-Asia TIC, i2i & SMW 4
SMW 3 & 4; FEA
SAT3 & SAFE
Intra-Europe
Trans-Atlantic
Trans-Pacific
• Singapore
TGN Eurasia
Cable Name Connecting Ownership
TGN-Intra Asia Singapore Hong Kong, Japan, Vietnam, Philippines
Majority Owner
TGN-Eurasia India to France via Egypt
Majority Owner
Cable Name Connecting Ownership
IMEWE India, Middle East, Egypt, Italy, France
Consortium Member
SEACOM India, Egypt, South Africa
Initial Capacity Owner
New Cables Capacity Purchase
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Historical Telecommunications Provider to the R&E Community 1995: Teleglobe provides first NGI connection for the Brussels G7 Summit: 155mb Teleglobe provides the capacity to Canarie and co-represents Canada in the GIBN (Global Inter-
operability of Broadband Networks) As a member of Canarie Technical Advisory council, Teleglobe encourages creation of Starlight in
Chicago. 2001: Teleglobe sets up the first trans-oceanic lambda linking SURFnet to Starlight (2.5 gbps) 1st
lambdagrid workshop in Amsterdam 2002: iGrid2002 Amsterdam, Tyco provides 10gig connection between Netherlight and Abilene in
NY through the IEEAF Foundation. 2003: creation of GLIF at the 3rd lambdagrid workshop in Reykjavik. Tyco provides the Pacific and
Atlantic connectivity for Gloriad. Teleglobe had provided the predecessor project Naukanet. 2005: VSNL acquires Tyco Global Network, Gloriad expands with a Tyco/VSNL 10 Gbps link
between Korea and US 2006: VSNL acquires Teleglobe, VSNL provides short term STM4 to support CHEP06 event in India 2007: VSNL provides multiple 10G to CERN 2008: Tata Communications providing > 10 x 10G in Atlantic and Pacific routes and access to the
commercial internet for various R&E initiatives and groups.
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• Annual Spend ~ USD 85 Mn: Social Welfare Expenditure budgeted before preparation of P&L account
• Commitment to adjacent communities incorporated in company Articles of Association
• Active volunteering programme: over 10,000 volunteers
• Company Examples:
• Tata Steel: HIV / AIDS Programme - Global Business Council winner
• Tata Consultancy: Adult Literacy Programme
66% Equity of Tata Sons in Public Trusts Sir Dorabji Tata Trust Sir Ratan Tata Trust
ACTIVITIES
• Endowments for Creation of National Institutions:
(1911) Indian Institute of Science
(1936) Tata Institute of Social Sciences
(1941) Tata Memorial Hospital
(1945) Tata Institute of Fundamental
Research
(1966) National Centre for the Performing
Arts
• Development assistance in water harvesting, medical
research, microfinance, bio-diversity
• Foreign scholarships - science & engineering
COMPANIES
Tata Council for Community Initiatives Facilitating Role for companies’ CSR activities • Triple Bottom-line Global Reporting Initiative • UN Global Compact • Tata Index for Sustainable Development
GROUP
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
National Center for the Performing Arts, Mumbai
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Founded in 1945 located in Mumbai
Developed TIFRAC, the first Indian computer in 1956
Obtained full university status in 2003
Focus on mathematics and natural sciences
very active in High Energy Physics and astronomy
Connectivity with CERN
e-VLBI connectivity for NCRA in Pune
TIFRAC-2
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India Knowledge Grid
ERNET, India’s R&E network connects around 1500 institutions
GARUDA project connects 45 institutions at 100mbps
R&D Institutions
UNIVERSITY
COLLEGES
IISC/ IIT’s/ NIT
STATE EDUCATION
Depts.
NCERT UGC
AICTE
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India and radio astronomy
The NCRA (National Centre for Radio Astronomy is part of TIFR and operates the GMRT (Giant Meter Wave Radio Telescope) located 80 km from Pune. Intercontinental lambdas are needed for vLBI
http://www.ncra.tifr.res.in/
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India and High Energy Physics: Department of HEP at TIFR
• Belle Experiment at KEK, Japan
• The CMS Experiment at CERN
• D0 experiment at Fermilab
• Grapes Experiment, Ooty, India
• High Energy Gamma Ray Observatory,Panchmari and Hanley(Ladak),India
• India Neutrino Onservatory(INO)
high speed communications is essential for effective collaboration
http://www.tifr.res.in/~dhep/
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Global education partnerships need global high speed communications:
http://www.qf.org.qa/output/Page17.asp
• Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
• Texas A&M University at Qatar
• Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar
• Carnegie Mellon University In Qatar
• Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
• Northwestern University in Qatar
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Global research partnerships need global high speed communications:
http://www.qf.org.qa/output/page823.asp
QSTP‘ was officially inaugurated in march 2009. Companies such as ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Shell and Total are establishing research and training centers that add value to Qatar's hydrocarbons sector; local software company iHorizons joins Microsoft and Cisco in developing new IT applications; EADS and GE are at the forefront of industrial technologies etc.
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Global research partnerships need global high speed communications:
• Cornell University
• The University of Oxford
• Stanford University
• Texas A&M University
• King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
• National Taiwan University
• Utrecht University
http://www.kaust.edu.sa/research/centers-and-cid.aspx
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Square Kilometer Array in South Africa or in Australia?
Whoever gets it, gigabit level connectivity will be needed. Involves 55 institutes in 19 countries
http://www.ska.ac.za/ska2009/presentations.shtml
Site selection: 2011-2012
2013-2018: phase one implementation
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The SKA precursors: MeerKAT and ASKAP
Meerkat is located in a remote part of Northern Cape Province
10gig connectivity to the Cape Town control centre on Infraco Broadband infrastructure provided through SANREN (oct 2009). 1 gigabit via TENET to Europe to start.
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The SKA precursors: MeerKAT and ASKAP
ASKAP is located in the outbacks of Western Australia. Construction will start late 2009.
DWDM fiber connectivity under study by AARnet. 39Gbps is required by 2013. 4Tbps in 2016 if Australia selected as SKA site..
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Global investments in subsea cables 2006-2008
Source: Terabit Consulting With US$2.4 billion in cable projects ongoing Africa could go from 2% to 20% of investments during next 4 years.
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Investments in subsea cables: extrapolating to 2011
Telegeography sees the current wave peak in 2010. Reasonable assumption but any surprises in store as BB access continues to expand furiously?
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Insatiable demand for more bandwidth seems to continue
Who dares to extrapolate?
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New and planned cables of particular interest to the Emerging NREN
South Asia: I-ME-WE, TGN Eurasia, EIG, MENA Middle-East: GCC, MENA, EIG Africa : SEACom, Teams, WASC
Of interest to everybody: PIPE linking Australia
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Diverse Connectivity to and from India
New cables in 2009 and 2010 • TGN-EurAsia: RFS 2H2009 • IMEWE: RFS 1Q2010 • SEACom: RFS 2H2009
Tata Indicom Cable
• 100% TCL Owned and Operated
SMW4
• Network Administrator
SMW3 & SAFE
• Landing Party in India
NLD Backbone 40,000 Route Km covering 300 major cities Pan India Coverage Mesh Architecture for resilience MAN Network Fiber in 32+ cities WIMAX Network Deployed in 110+ towns
Comprehensive Cable Redundancy into India
Other out of India cables planned:
EIG, MENA, Reliance China-India terrestrial cable
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I-ME-WE as currently under construction
Expected Length ~ 13,000km 3.84 Tb capacity on 3 fiber pairs Target RFS: 2H2009
9 parties connecting 8 countries and 10 landing points
India -Mumbai (Bharti and Tata Telecom)i Pakistan - Karachi (PTCL) UAE - Fujairah (Etisalat) Saudi Arabia - Jeddah (STC) Egypt - Suez and Alexandria (Ogero
Telecom, Telecom Egypt Lebanon - Tripoli Italy - Catania (Sparkle) France - Marseille (France Telecom)
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TGN – EurAsia
Tata Communications Joint Build for an express route cable from India to Europe
• Expected Length 9,000km • Planned for 2 fiber pairs • Day One Capacity:
• 160 Gbps • Design Capacity:
• 1.28Tbps • Design Life ~ 25 years • Cable Builder: Tyco Landing Locations:
• Mumbai • Egypt – 2 landings • Marseille
TGN-EA
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The Gulf Cable Project
Trans-Atlantic
Trans-Pacific
for discussion purposes only
Kuwait KSA
Bahrain
Qatar
UAE
Oman Mumbai
Tata Global
Network
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South Asia - Gulf States/Middle-East- Europe Network Diversity In addition to FLAG, SMW-3 and SMW4, the upcoming IMEWE, TGN-EA, Orascom s MENA and the planned new FLAG cable will provide the region vastly increased South Asia – Middle East – Europe capacity and diversity
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PIPE Cable System
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• 2 fibre pair system
• Support 96x10G waves per fiber pair
• Total of 1.92 Terabits of capacity
• City-to-City Connectivity to: _ Sydney
_ Guam
_ Japan
_ USA, India, Asia Pac, Europe
• Full range of Service Offerings including: _ E-1, DS-3, STM-1 through STM-16
_ Unprotected Services
_ Ethernet Services
• Lease and IRU Contracts available
• Expected RFS: July 2009
High Speed Connectivity Into Australia via Pipe
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SEACom Cable System
Length: 13,000km Cable
Locations: South Africa (Mtunzini)
Mozambique (Maputo)
Madagascar (Toliary),
Tanzania (Dar es Salaam)
Kenya (Mombasa)
India (Mumbai)
Djibouti (Djibouti)
France (Marseille)
Ultimate Capacity: 1,280 Gbps
City-to-City Connectivity onto the Tata Communications Networks in Europe, India, & USA
Full Range of Service Offerings including: E1, DS-3, STM-1 through STM-64
Lease and IRU Contracts available
Expected RFS: 2H2009
First Cable system connecting E. Africa to S. Africa, India and Europe
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SEACom East African reach
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In the meantime on the African West Coast : WACS is going forward
The 14,000 km submarine cable will run from Cape Town to the UK with landings in Namibia, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Cape Verde, the Canary Islands and Portugal. The WACS consortium comprises eleven companies that signed the WACS Construction and Maintenance Agreement: Angola Telecom, UK-based Cable & Wireless, Portugal Telecom, SOTELCO (Congo), Telecom Namibia, Togo Telecom, India's Tata Communications and four South African firms - Broadband Infraco, Telkom SA, MTN and Vodacom.
3.84Tb design capacity, RFS 2011 US$600 million investment April 2009: contract awarded to Alcatel
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Other West African projects: MainOne, Glo-1, ACE
Main One: Nigerian initiative RFS end 2010 1.2Tb design capacity
Glo-1: Lagos –London expansion
ACE: France Telecom initiative RFS 2011
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Subsea Capacity Situation in 2011 if all goes according to plan
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