Tata Communications

Neeraj company
Type Public
Traded as BSE: 500483
NSE: TATACOMM
NYSE: TCL
Industry Telecommunications network
Founded 1986
Founder(s) JRD Tata
Headquarters Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Key people Ratan Tata (Chairman)
Vinod Kumar (MD & CEO)
Revenue 11,025.56 crore (US$2.09 billion) (2009-2010) [1]
Profit -538.80 crore (US$-0.1 billion) [1]
Employees 6,457 (2010)[2]
Parent Tata Group
Website www.tatacommunications.com

Tata Communications Limited (BSE: 500483, NYSE: TCL, NSE: TATACOMM; (formerly VSNL), Hindi: विदेश संचार निगम लिमिटिड)[3] is a telecommunications company located in Mumbai. They own a submarine cable network,[4] a Tier-1 IP network, and also rent data center and colocation space.[5] They operate India's largest data center in Pune.[6] Tata Communications acquired Teleglobe, a company based in Canada, and Dishnet, an Indian company, and is the largest shareholder in South African operator Neotel.[7] Tata Communications currently has a cable network of more than 235,000 kilometers.

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History

It was founded as VSNL (Videsh Sanchaar Nigam Limited) in 1986.[8] On 13 February 2008 VSNL, formerly owned by the government, was taken over by the Tata Group and renamed Tata Communications Ltd.[9][10]

Subsidiaries

Cloud Services

References

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  2. ^ "Tata Communications Ltd: Information from". Answers.com. http://www.answers.com/topic/videsh-sanchar-nigam-limited-adr. Retrieved 2010-07-22. 
  3. ^ "VSNL now Tata Communications". SiliconIndia. 2008-02-14. http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/VSNL_now_Tata_Communications-nid-39476.html. Retrieved 2010-07-22. 
  4. ^ 14 April 2010, 02.30pm IST (2010-04-14). "Tata Communications launches Trueroots service in Singapore, Hong Kong, France and Germany - India Business - Business - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5801760.cms. Retrieved 2010-07-22. 
  5. ^ "High hopes around Tata Communications - Moneylife: Personal Finance Magazine". Moneylife.in. http://www.moneylife.in/article/8/7172.html. Retrieved 2010-07-22. 
  6. ^ "Tata Communications launches its largest Indian data center at Pune". Business-standard.com. http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/tata-communications-launches-its-largest-indian-data-center-at-pune/383157/. Retrieved 2010-07-22. 
  7. ^ "Tata Communications to Acquire Majority Stake in Neotel". Tata Communications. 2008-06-24. http://www.tatacommunications.com/news/release-view.asp?d=20080624-neotel. Retrieved 2011-02-20. 
  8. ^ "Tata Communications". Tata Communications. http://www.tatacommunications.com/about/history.asp. Retrieved 2010-07-22. 
  9. ^ "VSNL renamed Tata Communications". Rediff.com. 2004-12-31. http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/dec/14vsnl.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-22. 
  10. ^ "VSNL is now Tata Communications - Corporate News". livemint.com. 2007-12-14. http://www.livemint.com/2007/12/14173559/VSNL-is-now-Tata-Communication.html. Retrieved 2010-07-22.