Tata Communications has launched a 55,000 square-feet data centre in Pune to offer co-location, managed hosting and storage and services including managed security services and content delivery network services. The Tata group company has invested around Rs 125 crore for the data centre, and intends an additional investment of Rs 500 crore (based on market demand) over the next three years.
Tata Communications Internet Services Ltd (TCISL) and Tomizone, the largest provider of Wi-Fi hotspots in Australasia, have entered into a partnership agreement to increase the number of Wi-Fi hotspots in the country. The companies expect the partnership to bridge the gap in broadband penetration in India.
GTL Infrastructure Ltd is to acquiring Aircel’s tower business under a deal worth $1.8 billion (Rs 8,160 crore), according to reports in a section of the press. GTL, backed by a $1.2-billion (Rs 5,440 crore) loan from State Bank of India (SBI), has clinched the transaction.
Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited has launched Photon TV, an application that allows its data card (Tata Photon+) subscribers to watch live television channels on laptops and personal computers. TTML worked jointly with Apalya Technologies, a developer and enabler of mobile video delivery platforms, on the Photon TV product.
Tata Communications has received the Best Global Wholesale Offering Award from Capacity magazine. This accolade from Capacity magazine, one of the most important publications for telecommunications carriers and service providers, testifies to Tata Communications’ leadership in the development and implementation of its wholesale strategy.
Tata DoCoMo has launched a recharge coupon – RCV 99 – which entitles the user to 500,000 seconds of on-net usage with a validity of a year.
Intensifying the tariff war in the country, Tata DoCoMo, the GSM brand of Tata Teleservices Ltd, has extended its per-second-billing scheme to roaming calls. Under the scheme subscribers will have to pay one paisa per second for calls made while roaming, irrespective of the network or type of phone the call is made to.