Tata Communications and Neotel intros Seacom cable system

Mumbai: Tata Communications and its subsidiary Neotel announced that they have launched service on the Seacom cable system to connect the African continent to Europe, Asia and India.

With the Seacom system, Tata Communications will be able to provide fully integrated network services from South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania and Kenya to its networks in Europe, Asia and India.

Tata Communications' subsidiary Tata Communications Transformation Services (TCTS) will manage the network administration, operations and maintenance of the 17,000km cable system, supporting 1.28Tbps of capacity.

“As a truly global service provider, Tata Communications is able to provide end-to-end solutions in India, Europe and South Africa, as well as onward connectivity to major business destinations in the US and Asia,” said Byron Clatterbuck, Sr VP-Global Transmission Services, Tata Communications.

Tata Communications is operating the landing point in Mumbai while Neotel will manage the landing point in South Africa.