VSNL opens up landing station to all operators

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In a significant move that could usher in cheaper Internet and long distance calls, Tata managed Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL) has decided to give access at its submarine cable landing stations in Mumbai, Chennai and Ernakulam to all operators on a non discriminatory manner.

The move comes after the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) urged the Government to take steps that would ensure competition in the international bandwidth segment. VSNL was also under pressure from the industry for opening up the landing rights. VSNL was criticised for allegedly stifling competition in the international telephony segment by allowing limited access to its landing station.

The VSNL move will benefit ISP and leased line operators who will pass on the cost savings to the consumers.

"VSNL's terms are in line with the recommendations of TRAI that were released last year. TRAI had suggested that all cable station operators issue standard terms for access at their facilities. VSNL is the first and only operator to propose its standard terms, including charges, are in line with TRAI's guidance," said a VSNL official.

Eight submarine cables land in India today, with over 18 terabits of design capacity and over 1 terabit of lit capacity. At least 5 other cable systems are likely to land in India in the next couple of years. Indian operators will be connected to cable capacities at VSNL's landing stations in about 15 days from the date of signing an access facilitation agreement. VSNL is also setting up meet-me-rooms in Mumbai, Chennai and Ernakulam to consolidate its access and interconnection facilities; this will provide Indian operators with better access, lower costs, improved security and efficient support, said a VSNL source.

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India has already received TENS OF BILLIONS that could have been flowing into SA if Telkom wasn't so far up Government's arse.
 
Anyone else read VSNL as "Violence Sex Nudity Language"? Everytime I see VSNL I read it as that....
 
JontyB: sadly, yes... :( they seem to have a talent for bad acronyms. See for instance SNOT...

On topic, go VSNL...
 
Shame the SA government wont let them do the same.
 
bwana v.22 said:
Shame the SA government wont let them do the same.
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Indeed sir - where there's money to be made the gov will have all their fingers and toes in the pie. It's like that all over Africa.
 
Am I the only one that read it that they were effectively forced to open up the landing stations? Suddenly it felt like I was reading an article about Telkom ... There didn't seem to be willingness to do it from their side at all.

Or have I completely misread the article?

The implication being, it seems that VSNL and Telkom think way too much alike?
 
Eight submarine cables land in India today, with over 18 terabits of design capacity and over 1 terabit of lit capacity. At least 5 other cable systems are likely to land in India in the next couple of years.
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Stone age, stone age, it's great to be in the stone age with our pissy little Sat 3, stink telco companies, stink government and stinky regulator. Useless bunch. Then we wonder why.
 
kilo39 said:
Eight submarine cables land in India today, with over 18 terabits of design capacity and over 1 terabit of lit capacity. At least 5 other cable systems are likely to land in India in the next couple of years.
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Stone age, stone age, it's great to be in the stone age with our pissy little Sat 3, stink telco companies, stink government and stinky regulator. Useless bunch. Then we wonder why.
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Precisely. India is now also a leader in Outsourced Software Development as well as Outsourced Call Centers. I wonder why...
 
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well, those are really bold and controversial statements you are raising there lenosb.

I would prefer to just stick to something that can take us forward from where we are and stop apportioning blame on colonialism. i think that has been said many a time, and often used as a cheap easy way out for Africa's problems, a significant portion of which are self inflicted. So i guess we should consider investing our valuable time now looking how we can move forward in the right direction, don't you think? As an African myself, i often get appalled at how Africans like talking and blaming the world too often and not learn from the Chinese, Indians and other developing nations that are taking their development seriously and doing something about it.
 
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saintm said:
Am I the only one that read it that they were effectively forced to open up the landing stations? Suddenly it felt like I was reading an article about Telkom ... There didn't seem to be willingness to do it from their side at all.

Or have I completely misread the article?

The implication being, it seems that VSNL and Telkom think way too much alike?
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In a way they were forced, but at the end of the day they opened up the rights to the landing station of their own volition and not due to some form of legislation from their government, something that will never happen in this country.

While there are some similarities to the way they went about business, at the end of the day they stepped up to the plate and delivered. Anyone care to wager whether Telkom will ever take this bold step before our Government intervenes (which in itself is highly questionable).
 
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