Tata Comm signs a MoU with Etisalat

Though financial details of the deal were not revealed however both companies will align their infrastructures to provide ethernet services and a range of network and value-added services jointly to its customers.

It was earlier reported that India's country's largest, long-distance telephony company, plans to raise $1 billion (Rs 4,000 crore) to partly fund its expansion plans for the next three years. In February, the company, formerly known as Videsh Sanchar Nigam (VSNL), said that it would spend $2 billion in the next three years to complete additional submarine cable systems connecting emerging markets across the world and for its WiMax services.

In a similar agreement earlier this year, Tata Communication annoucned the expansion of its Global VPN service to China through an NNI (Network to Network Interface) agreement with China Enterprise Netcom Corporation Limited (China Entercom or CEC), a value-added telecommunication services and integrated IT solutions provider and subsidiary of CITIC (China International Trust and Investment Corporation).

Commenting on the deal,  Radwan Moussalli , Managing Director, Middle East  and North Africa Region for, Tata Communications said, "Tata Communications is privileged to work with this established leader to deliver the most robust network footprint throughout the UAE."

He added, "Through joint services development, we will enhance Tata Communications' ability to deliver unparalleled global capabilities, scalability, and performance reliability to customers worldwide who demand connectivity into the West Asia region."