AT&T and America Movil to offer IP services for corporates (Latin America)
America Movil, a leading wireless service provider in Latin America has reportedly tied up with American operator AT&T to offer IP services to large corporate organisations within Latin America as well as in Asia and the Middle East.
According to reports, the agreement between the two operators will allow AT&T to access America Movil’s networks across 15 countries in the region, whereas America Movil will be able to use AT&T’s network infrastructure to provide large corporate IP services in the US along with the rest of the world.
Sources claim that the two operators plan to offer multinational companies working in Latin America with a Virtual Private Network (VPN) as its primary offering. Further, Roman Pacewicz, senior vice president (marketing and global strategy), AT&T Business Solutions has said that as part of AT&T’s commitment to deliver consistent and seamless global services for their enterprise customers, they continue to evolve their strategy to establish alliances in key regions in the world which will in turn enable multinational companies to compete better globally.
Whole sale IP services launched by Airtel in Middle East
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: After completing its Middle East Connect network, Bharti Airtel has launched wholesale IP services in the Middle East. Over the last two quarters the company has added 17 Gbps worth of capacity to the region apart from investing in India- Middle East cable routes on the SEA-ME-WE 4, I-ME-WE and EIG.
All the cable routes in the Middle East has at least three paths besides the company is also building a regional backbone which will connect the major Middle East markets.
The company offers services like global leased circuits, submarine capacity, Ethernet, backhaul, global and regional IP transit and bandwidth on demand.
According to Rajan Swaroop, executive director of Bharti Airtel, the region is a key market with some of the biggest economies and representing one of the most dynamic wholesale markets today. He feels that in order to become a global network service provider it is very crucial to develop services in the Middle East.
