Riyadh & Mumbai - June 10th, 2013
Integrated Telecom (ITC), one of the leading data service providers in Saudi Arabia recently marked 8 years of alliance with Reliance Globalcom in Saudi Arabia, an exclusive alliance that goes back to 2005. Under this business arrangement, Reliance Globalcom is providing Integrated Telecom with international bandwidth and connectivity services.
Says Nadim Abouhamad, ITC's VP for Marketing, "ITC operates two international cable landing stations in Saudi Arabia, one in Jeddah and another in Al Khobar, which are connected to Reliance Globalcom's international submarine cable network. Reliance Globalcom is ITC's main global connectivity provider."
In turn, Reliance Globalcom benefits from ITC's national fiber network bringing seamless connectivity services on its Falcon-Hawk and Falcon-FEA cable, catering to other operators and ITC clients in Saudi Arabia. Through its alliance with Reliance Globalcom, ITC also aims to expand its offering with more services like IPLC, EPL, Global Ethernet, and MPLS based solutions, which will benefit from the reach of Reliance Globalcom's network and enable ITC to expand and develop its international network.
Reliance Globalcom provides global communication services to Service Providers, Enterprises and Consumers across the globe through its high performance and highly resilient global network. As the owner of the FLAG and Falcon cables, which connect the GCC region to the rest of the world, Reliance Globalcom offers a highly successful bouquet of Wholesale services encompassing Transmission, Ethernet, MPLS, Global Voice, Collocation and Internet Solutions.
Engr. Georges Jaber, Vice-President of the international and wholesale services for ITC says, "Partnerships like the ones with Reliance Globalcom is an essential part of our long-term commitment to bring the latest connectivity services and strengthen our ability to grow globally."
Mr. Chris Bayly, Managing Director - MEA, Reliance Globalcom said, "We are delighted to be a part of this strategic relationship between Reliance Globalcom and ITC. The Middle East is one of our biggest markets and Reliance Globalcom has a very strong presence in the region serving over 40 customers here, including large telecom operators and ISPs.
Our 8-years of association with ITC are yet another testimony to our leadership position in providing network infrastructure in the Middle East that enables companies like ITC to extend their reach globally by leveraging on Reliance Globalcom's network."
ITC was recently named the Best Saudi Telecom Operator for 2013 (Business Services) at TESLA 2013, the biggest annual gathering of leading telecom, technology and information professionals and companies in Saudi Arabia.
In the last 7 years, ITC has achieved many significant milestones including an independent 17,000-kilometer national fiber network, state-of-the-art data centers across the Kingdom, 7 international gateways connecting the Kingdom to the rest of the world, and the Kingdom's first Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
In addition, ITC offers a unique boutique approach, with specialists for every business sector supported by a team of 400 dedicated staff. Over the years, ITC has earned the trust and confidence of leading companies in the Kingdom as a pioneer in Internet services and has been awarded VSAT, ISP and DSP licenses. ITC has also received ISO 9001:2008 certification for its Quality Management system.
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About Integrated Telecom Company
Integrated Telecom Company (ITC) is Saudi Arabia's leading telecom provider established in 2005. Since then, ITC has evolved into one of today's fastest-growing telecom companies offering next-generation solutions for broadband, interconnection and satellite services for businesses, consumers and wholesale segments of the Saudi market.
ITC maintains strategic partnerships with market-leading technology partners including such trusted names as Cisco, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, HP, NEC, PCCW, Reliance, Red Line Communications, Etisalat, OSN, Level 3 Communications and others.
For more information, visit www.itc.sa.
For further information please contact
Saatchi & Saatchi Riyadh
3rd Floor, Office 302, Futuro Building
Al Maather Road
P.O. Box 26532, Riyadh 11476
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Telephone: + 966 1 406-8580
About Reliance Globalcom
Reliance Communications Limited founded by the late Shri Dhirubhai H Ambani (1932-2002) is the flagship company of the Reliance Group. The Reliance Group currently has a net worth in excess of Rs. 90,000 crore (US$ 17.7 billion), cash flows of Rs. 8,000 crore (US$ 1.6 billion), net profit of Rs. 3,200 crore (US$ 0.6 billion).
Reliance Communications is India's foremost and truly integrated telecommunications service provider. The Company, with a customer base of over 130 million including over 2.5 million individual overseas retail customers, ranks among the Top 6 Telecom companies in the world by number of customers in a single country. Reliance Communications corporate clientele includes over 35,000 Indian and multinational corporations including small and medium enterprises and over 800 global, regional and domestic carriers.
Reliance Communications has established a pan-India, next generation, integrated (wireless and wireline), convergent (voice, data and video) digital network that is capable of supporting best-of-class services spanning the entire communications value chain, covering over 24,000 towns and 600,000 villages. Reliance Communications owns and operates the world's largest next generation IP enabled connectivity infrastructure, comprising over 277,000 kilometers of fibre optic cable systems in India, USA, Europe, Middle East and the Asia Pacific region.
To find out more, please visit www.relianceglobalcom.com
For further information please contact
Rohit Khanna
Reliance Communications Ltd
+91 932049949
rohit.k.khanna@relianceada.com
Bratin Roy
Reliance Communications Ltd
+91 932486862
bratin.roy@relianceada.com
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