VSNL & Microsoft to Introduce Business Messaging & Collaboration Services in India

Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) on March 13, 2007 has announced the launch of ReadyAccess Business Messaging & Collaboration Services in alliance with Microsoft. This association marks the first joint market development initiative of its kind for Microsoft India.

Targeted toward the rapidly growing SME market in India, this service provides secure, enterprise grade messaging capabilities with quick and easy deployment on a pay per use basis, without the need for high up-front capital investments. The service also eliminates ongoing operational, management and administration costs, and safeguards against technology changes and obsolescence. Using this service, customers are able to securely exchange conventional email and files, as well as share calendars and task lists, and Windows Mobile Access, making it a truly collaborative experience.

The Company's VP Managed Services, Abid Qadiri commented, "Messaging is the most critical and widely used business application across all customer segments today. Enterprises are facing the increasing challenges of maintaining consistent service levels, reducing costs of ownership, managing stringent compliance requirements and the pressures of consolidation and optimization of their infrastructure as well as their resources. VSNL is pleased to be the first global provider to associate with Microsoft to bring this essential service to the emerging SME market in India. ReadyAccess delivers an SLA driven, efficient and professional grade business messaging service, backed by Microsoft and VSNL's world-class infrastructure and hosting capabilities."

ReadyAccess also offers message security and hygiene with an enterprise grade Anti-Spam and Anti-Virus solution, as well as on demand storage services. The Service will provide SME's in India with a service platform, which will be the foundation for integrated applications such as Share Point, expanded mobility with Hosted Blackberry Enterprise services and Instant Messaging in a phased rollout.

The service will be offered by the Tata Indicom Enterprise Business Unit (TIEBU) sales force, the enterprise business division of the Company, which already serves more than 5000 large and mid-market enterprise customers in India, offering a comprehensive range of products arid services including IPLC, NPLC, MPLS-VPN, Managed Voice Services, Data Center and hosting services. It will also be offered globally through VSNL international, the international arm of the Company as well as by its more than 170 channel partners across all regions and vertical industries of India. The Company will serve SMEs pan-India, pan-Asia, in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas.

The Company will also be offering Adaptive Messaging, a fully managed end-to-end solution which is targeted at global MNC's and larger enterprises seeking an out-tasked messaging and collaboration service with full operations and management support, thus allowing them to focus on their business growth and core competencies and reducing cost of ownership.

"VSNL's vision is to become a global managed service provider offering end-to-end integrated messaging services to SMEs, large enterprises, service providers and multi-national corporations using our data center, network and hosted applications capabilities and infrastructure," added Abid Qadiri. "The ReadyAccess launch in association with Microsoft is yet another milestone toward accomplishing that vision."

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