Reliance Communications, is gearing up to launch videoconferencing services across 1,100 cities in 113 countries, including the US, Europe, Japan and Middle East nations. The company has also initiated talks with global telecom operators to set up backbones and provide bandwidth for the operations.
The company planning its global videoconferencing foray through its 100% subsidiary Reliance Globalcom, which already has Internet protocol-enabled optical fibre network across the globe. The company is looking at hosting over 2 million simultaneous videoconferences across 70 countries covering 6 continents. RCom, which is already providing videoconferencing services in over 105 cities in the country, is also expanding its presence. The group had earlier entered into tie-ups with over 1,000 corporates, who are using the facility from Reliance World Stores. The company is also providing managed videoconferencing services to customers in the country.
The fast growing global potential of videoconference services provides interesting opportunities to expand its service portfolio using the fully-IP enabled 65,000 fibre Kms undersea cable network connecting 40 top business centers of the world. The present size of global videoconferencing industry is estimated to be around $11 billion (Rs 44,000 crore). In India, the videoconferencing market is growing at over 50 per cent on a year-on-year basis.
The company planning its global videoconferencing foray through its 100% subsidiary Reliance Globalcom, which already has Internet protocol-enabled optical fibre network across the globe. The company is looking at hosting over 2 million simultaneous videoconferences across 70 countries covering 6 continents. RCom, which is already providing videoconferencing services in over 105 cities in the country, is also expanding its presence. The group had earlier entered into tie-ups with over 1,000 corporates, who are using the facility from Reliance World Stores. The company is also providing managed videoconferencing services to customers in the country.
The fast growing global potential of videoconference services provides interesting opportunities to expand its service portfolio using the fully-IP enabled 65,000 fibre Kms undersea cable network connecting 40 top business centers of the world. The present size of global videoconferencing industry is estimated to be around $11 billion (Rs 44,000 crore). In India, the videoconferencing market is growing at over 50 per cent on a year-on-year basis.
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