VSNL
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Formerly called
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Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) |
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| Traded as | : : TATACOMM OTCQB: |
| Industry | Telecom |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Founder | Government of India |
| Headquarters | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
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Key people
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Vinod Kumar (CEO & MD) |
| Revenue | US$2.9 billion (2017) |
| ₹5,943 million (US$92 million) (2016) | |
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Number of employees
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8,500 (2017) |
| Parent | Tata Group |
| Website | www |
Tata Communications is a global provider of telecommunications solutions and services. It is part of the Tata Group.
Beginning as a wholesale service provider focused on India, it has grown to be one of the largest telecommunications service providers in the world. Tata Communications’ customers over 2,000 service providers and enterprises in 240 countries, including many of the world’s largest corporations.
Its telecommunications network spans the globe and includes more than 500,000 km of subsea fibre and more than 210,000 km of terrestrial fibre. The company has invested $1.19 billion in its global subsea fibre network.
Tata Communications uses its network to deliver network services and software-defined network platforms, such as Ethernet, SD-WAN, Content delivery network (CDN), Internet, (MPLS) and Private Line. It has more than 400 Points of Presence (POP) globally with data centre and colocation in 44 sites.
In 2016, Tata Communications had a revenue of $3.2 billion, with 77% of its revenue being generated outside of India. The company has over 8,000 employees from 40 nationalities.
Tata Communications is the Official Connectivity Provider for Formula 1. Since 2012, the company has provided Web Hosting and Content Delivery Network Provider for formula1.com.
Tata Communications Limited is headquartered in Mumbai and Singapore and is listed on the and the . The company itself also holds a stake in Tata Communications Lanka Limited in Sri Lanka and Tata Teleservices Limited, one of the largest mobile service providers in India.
The company was founded as Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) in 1986. In 2002, Tata Group acquired a 45% 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 13 February 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 .
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