August 7, 2006 London -- FLAG Telecom, a subsidiary of India's largest private telecom service provider Reliance Communications, today announced the signing of a contract with T-Com, the broadband/fixed-line strategic business unit of Deutsche Telekom AG. Per the agreement, FLAG Telecom would provide 180 Gbits/sec of capacity to T-Com between Europe and the U.S. to meet its growing business requirements.
"FLAG Telecom is delighted to complete this milestone agreement with T-Com," reports Gary Adey, vice president of European sales for FLAG Telecom. "We have worked closely with Deutsche Telekom to understand their needs while designing this flexible, scalable, and high-quality solution. The solution exacting to Deutsche Telekom's customer service standards offers them excellent value for money," he adds.
The additional 180-Gbit/sec capacity will enable Deutsche Telekom to implement route diversity between the key business centers of Europe and the U.S. and, consequently, offer enhanced scalability and reliability of service to its customers. Demand for voice, data, and Internet between these two regions has been growing rapidly. The total used capacity on the Europe-U.S. route has grown at around 48% year-on-year between 2002 and 2006 and is expected to clock a similar or higher growth rate in the coming years.