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Tata Communications Limited

TIER - IV Data Centre at GIFT City
Trade name	VSNL
Formerly	Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (1986–2008)
Company type	Private
Traded as	BSE: 500483 NSE: TATACOMM
ISIN	INE151A01013
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	March 1986; 38 years ago (1986-03) as VSNL
Founder	Government of India
Headquarters	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Amur Lakshminarayanan (MD & CEO)
Services	Broadband Internet services IT Services
Revenue	₹21,251.29 crore (US$2.5 billion) (2024)
Operating income	₹1,163.09 crore (US$140 million) (2024)
Net income	₹969.58 crore (US$120 million) (2024)
Total assets	₹24,561.34 crore (US$2.9 billion) (2024)
Total equity	₹1,790.30 crore (US$210 million) (2024)
Number of employees	13,426+ (2023)
Parent	Tata Group (58.87%) Public Investors (41.13%)
Subsidiaries	Kaleyra VSNL International Canada
ASN	6453
Website	tatacommunications.com

Tata Communications Limited (previously known as Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited) is an Indian telecommunications company. Before its acquisition by Tata Group it was a government-owned telecommunications service provider and under the ownership of Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, and the Government of India. It was then sold to Tata Group in 2002 under the Third Vajpayee ministry government.

Tata's communications provides network services and software-defined network platforms, such as Ethernet, SD-WAN, content delivery networks (CDNs), the internet, Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), and private lines.

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 (VSNL) in 1986. Under the chairmanship of B. K. Syngal (1991–98), VSNL launched the first publicly-available internet plans in India in 1995. The international arm of VSNL (VSNL International) 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.

Tata Communications global network

In 2009, Tata Communications and Tyco Telecommunications completed the TGN-Intra Asia cable system.

In 2012, the company completed its network across Egypt linking Europe to India, and created a subsea fibre network that circumnavigates the world. The 9,280-kilometre (5,770 mi) 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 (100G) network from New Jersey data center operator NJFX's presence at Tata's Cable Landing Station (CLS) in Wall Township, New Jersey, to Ashburn, Virginia's internet hub.

Product and Services

• Tata Communications offers ethernet and private line services via a content delivery network and other support services, like security, satellite teleports, fibre-based video network and transcoding.

• Tata Communications has a data centre network located in 44 locations worldwide.

• Tata Communications has completed its acquisition of Kaleyra. The deal, worth approximately US$100 million, will combine Tata's customer base and other enterprise solutions.

• It offers cloud services and managed security services.

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External links

• Official website

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Joint ventures	TATA AIG (74%) Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery (40%) Tata Starbucks (50%) Vistara (51%)
Former holdings	CMC Favre-Leuba New India Assurance Piaggio Aerospace (33.3%) Tata Coffee Tata Interactive Systems Tata Docomo Tata McGraw-Hill Tata Oil Mills Company Lakmé Cosmetics Tata Steel BSL Tata Textiles Tayo Rolls
Sports	JRD Tata Sports Complex Tata Football Academy Telco Club Ground Jamshedpur FC Tata Steel Chess Tournament
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Hospitals	Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Centre Tata Memorial Centre Tata Medical Center
Trusts	Sir Dorabji Tata and Allied Trusts Sir Ratan Tata Trust
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Policies	Digital India Bharat Broadband Network
Agencies	Department of Telecommunications Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Ministry of Communications (India) Centre for Development of Advanced Computing Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal
Associations	Cellular Operators Association of India
Related links	Internet in India Telecommunications in India Net neutrality in India

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