BT expands services in India

NEW DELHI: Global communications solutions and services provider BT announced on Monday to enhance its services for corporate customers in India and abroad.

The London-based company, which was awarded an ILD and NLD licence last month, said it has activated a new node in Chennai establishing its Internet Protocol backbone in India to expand services.

BT activated a multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) node in Chennai. As part of BT's 21st Century Network (21CN) programme, the new node establishes BT's IP backbone in India and expands services, a company press release said.

An additional node in Bangalore and a new node in Hyderabad are also scheduled to go live this month, with other nodes due for launch this year in Mumbai, Pune and Kolkata.

These nodes will provide greater access to and from the Indian facilities of these companies, connecting them to markets across the world.

"An increasing number of multinational companies are expanding their operations in India and a rising number of local Indian corporations are becoming global. We are investing in new nodes to provide our customers in India with enhanced global connectivity," BT's CEO (Global Services) Andy Green said.

Minister of Communication and IT Dayanidhi Maran said: "The addition of a new node in Chennai will further enable the Indian IT and BPO industries and other corporations to utilise BT's world-class connectivity services."