Saudi Telecom to extend its global reach: PoP Launch in India

Saudi Telecom, a leading telecommunications operator in the Middle East is soon to launch a new Points of Presence (PoPs) in eight countries including India.
This was attained during associations with Saudi Telecom’s affiliates VIVA Bahrain and Aircel India, and partnerships with ranked operators and telecoms in the other countries. The services would be widening to Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE, Jordan, India, UK and Singapore.
This development of Saudi Telecom’s network would allow the company’s local customers to have the benefit of global-reach, as well of internet, data and voice services.
Through the internet-enabled PoPs, Saudi Telecom will offer international wholesale IP transit service via its extensive connectivity with internet access points, and various peering arrangements with major global carriers and backbone providers.
According to the company, the service will also provide the shortest path within the area throughout Saudi Telecom’s widespread coverage where the IP steering is optimized so that provincial traffic stays within the region. Through its partnerships with major global top carriers, Saudi Telecom’s global wholesale MPLS service will permit regional operators to offer their multi-national enterprise customers with comprehensive regional and global IP-VPN solutions that are highly secure and reliable in addition to the Managed Router service (MRS) and other Value added services (VAS).