Tata Communications

Tata Communications Limited is an Indian telecommunications company. It was a government-owned telecommunications service provider before being sold to the Tata Group in 2002 under the Third Vajpayee ministry government.
The company provides network services and software-defined network platforms, such as Ethernet, SD-WAN, content delivery networks, the internet, etc. It is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India.

History

The business was founded as Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited in 1986. Under the chairmanship of B. K. Syngal, VSNL launched the first publicly available internet plans in India in 1995. The international arm of VSNL was launched in 2004.
In 2004, VSNL acquired DishnetDSL in a slump sale from its promoter Chinnakannan Sivasankaran.
After the Government of India launched Disinvestment of Public Sector Units in India, VSNL was completely acquired by the Tata Group in 2002 and renamed Tata Communications on 13 February 2008.

In 2012, the company completed its network across Egypt linking Europe to India, and created a subsea fibre network that circumnavigates the world. The Eurasian section of the Tata Global Network runs across the Mediterranean Sea and the Middle East, connecting Mumbai with Marseille.
In January 2016, Windstream Communications announced it was extending its 100 Gigabit Ethernet network from New Jersey data center operator NJFX's presence at Tata's Cable Landing Station in Wall Township, New Jersey, to Ashburn, Virginia's internet hub.
As of 2016, Tata Communications had a data centre network located in 44 locations worldwide.
In 2023, Tata Communications has completed its acquisition of Kaleyra. The deal, worth approximately million, will combine Tata's customer base and other enterprise solutions.