50 per cent of Falcon cable system sold

New Delhi, Nov 6 (UNI) More than 50 per cent of Falcon cable system, the 10,000 Km submarine connectivity built at a cost of 400 million dollars by Reliance Communications has been sold owing to surging demands from buyers since its launch in September 2006.

The cable can be exponentially upgraded to 2.56 terabit from the current lit capacity of 90 gigabit. The cable system which was launched for commercial operations was ready six months ahead, a Reliance Spokesperson told UNI.

The total bandwith capacity sales of Reliance Communications Global arm since January 2006 has crossed 450 million dollars.

The cable system has seen a 500 per cent growth in volume sales in the last calendar year. One of the key reasons for the robust demand is the end-to-end connectivity solutions that most telecom companies and enterprises in the West Asia region have purchased on Falcon.

Falcon is the first terabit capacity cable constructed in the Gulf region, which is among the three fastest growing economic hubs in the world.

The demand for international bandwidth from Gulf region has been growing and leading industry analyst Ovumas forecast shows a 10-fold increase in bandwidth consumption till 2010. Liberalisation of telecom services as well as the broadband plans of GCC countries would further strengthen the international bandwidth demand.

The global business of Reliance Communications is spearheaded by its wholly owned subsidiary FLAG Telecom. FLAG Telecom became the largest undersea cable system in the world with the launch of FALCON Cable System in September 2006.

FLAG Owns and operates over 65000 km of IP enabled next generation international fully-convergent network, spanning six continents connecting business centers across 28 countries.

The Executive Leadership Team of FLAG Telecom has recently been strengthened and global telecom professionals have been appointed to spearhead the next phase of growth for Reliance Communications Global Telecom Business.

The FLAG Executive Team led by CEO Punit Garg comprises of experienced global telecom professionals overseeing important functions with a trans-geographical strategic focus on network infrastructure, service offerings, enhancing customer service delivery level, sales and marketing.

Reliance Communications also has over 9,00,000 retail customers in global markets using the Reliance India Call services in US, Canada, UK and Australia. Reliance India Call customers can make ILD calls to over 170 countries across the world.

The company has a market share of over 40 per cent in all international voice calls to and from India.

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