Bharti in alliance with Hong Kong's PCCW

New Delhi, May 24 (UNI) Bharti Airtel, India's leading telecom service provider, today announced a partnership agreement with Hong Kong-based PCCW Global to enhance MPLS VPN connectivity globally.

Under the agreement, Bharti's MPLS IPVPN in India and PCCW Global's MPLS IPVPN will be connected to offer enhanced end-to-end global solutions through the extended international connectivity.

Bharti currently owns 102 MPLS points of presence (PoPs) in India and is the only service provider to cover 23 telecom circles of the nation.

Bharti Airtel, Enterprise Services, President, David Nishball said, ''The agreement will enable both Bharti Airtel and PCCW Global to take network coverage to the customer's doorstep by providing seamless connectivity on their inter-connected MPLS IPVPN network in India and internationally.'' PCCW Global has announced expanded coverage to West Asian markets including Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, plus Turkey, where Europe meets Asia.

The agreement mainly focuses on the enterprise space by offering world-class services and end-to-end communication solutions.

PCCW Global CEO Dan Lovatt said, ''The relationship is a part of our strategy to collaborate with global service providers so that we can work even closer with our customers in their migration to MPLS-based Next Generation Networks.'' PCCW Global, a subsidiary of PCCW Ltd, is the worldwide business unit of PCCW Ltd, one of Asia's leading players in Information and Communications Technologies (ICT).

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