Sify Technologies Limited, a leader in Enterprise and Consumer Internet Services in India with global delivery capabilities today announced it?s readiness to activate their capacities in the Europe India Gateway (EIG) submarine cable system, thus becoming the first ICT player to do so.
Sify has made a strategic investment in EIG capacities to support their expanding global operations.
EIG is a US $700 million high-capacity fiber-optic cable and one of the most advanced submarine cable systems in the world. It will provide multinational customers additional diversity and capacity to meet their critical communications needs. When fully activated, the EIG will be the first, direct, high-bandwidth optical fiber system from the UK to India.
The immediate beneficiaries are Sify?s enterprise customers and partners in India, Europe & Americas, who can now leverage their enhanced capability to extend network and managed services across Middle East and Africa.
Sify?s exclusive partnership with GBI (Gulf Bridge International) to land their Cable System in India, scheduled to go live in second half of 2011 will consolidate its position as a major player providing comprehensive ICT services globally.
Chairman of Sify, Raju Vegesna commenting on the achievement said ?We will have over 50 Gbps of bandwidth between India, Middle East and Europe and this will establish our presence and reputation on the Global Telecom map. Our International Services now have a world class cable system backing to serve the growing markets in the Middle East & Africa?
?We are working with our Middle East Telecom partners to create seamless network services to serve Indian, Asian & US Carriers and Business and help them connect to Middle Eastern countries like Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman, Yemen, Iraq, Sudan and East African countries like Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa and Madagascar. We are also working on establishing similar capabilities on India?s eastern sea board,? Vegesna added.
?Sify?s activation of it?s capacity in EIG demonstrates our commitment to empower our customers and partners to do business in the global growth markets? Vegesna concluded.
