Bharti Airtel makes NNI agreement with Pacnet for broadening connections

Bharti Airtel, the premier telecom services provider in the realm of India, announced in the recent days of its NNI (network-to-network interface) agreement with Pacnet meant towards the interconnection of their respective networks, enlarging connections to and from India. To the agreement, as has been learnt, both of the esteemed companies will get engaged in interconnecting their network infrastructure straight off to broaden their respective MPLS (multi protocol label switching)-based IP VPN (Internet Protocol virtual private network) capabilities.

The very interconnection will also offer highly developed IP solutions to significant business customers in the region. On the other hand, due to the agreement, both of the two companies will get the opportunity to provide better coverage, flawless user experience and consistent technology to their customers.

Speaking on the agreement, after announcing it, David Nishball, President, Enterprise Services, Bharti Airtel Ltd. said, “This agreement is in line with our strategy to extend the global reach of our customers and providing them a secure, consistent and robust network running right from their doorstep to the most populous markets across Asia Pacific and beyond. Airtel's India expertise coupled with Pacnet's international capability will enable us to provide integrated communications solutions to satisfy requirements for quality, value, consistency and reliability.”

While being asked by the press and media on the same subject Bill Barney, Chief Executive Officer, Pacnet, said, “As we continue to see high growth in enterprise communication requirements to and from India, we are pleased to team up with Bharti Airtel in delivering seamless connectivity to our customers. This partnership will help strengthen our reach across all major business markets within India as well as provide customers with industry-leading communication solutions.”

Apart from this noteworthy agreement, Airtel and Pacnet made another announcement of a unique offering termed as “Gateway to India ” for the sake of International Private Line circuits of superior competence between United States of America and India. According to the declaration, the offering will be delivered in association with Pacific Crossing and will also leverage the intensity of both companies’ subsea assets for the sake of providing a speedy, resilient uninterrupted connection to enterprise clients, especially those who have great necessities. The connections will make the most of Airtel's i2i/SMeWe 4 system, Pacnet's EAC-C2C network along with PC-1 cable system of Pacific Crossing.

Bharti Airtel, the prominent integrated telecom service provider in the realm of India, with PoPs (points of presence) is present in the whole extent of 125 cities and 73787 kilometers of optic fibre cable covering all major cities in India. The company is, without any doubt, highly ambitious and has a great desire to expand its tentacles in the international arena. To give this dream a concrete shape, in the recent times, it has made a good investment in a number of cable consortiums and has been broadening its global presence, since then, to a great extent.

In conjunction with this it has a persistent and honest aim to provide consistent, resilient global networking solutions for its clientele. Airtel also has one of India 's foremost advanced MPLS IP backbone infrastructures known for supporting manifold applications with improved scalability and service assurance.