SingTel first in the world to offer IP VPN services to Vietnam
SAN FRANCISCO - Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) announced today that its
corporate customers can now enjoy yet another reliable and cost effective
service to meet their growing business communications needs to Vietnam.
SingTel, together with Vietnam Datacommunications Company (VDC), the data
services arm of Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT), is offering
Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network (IP VPN) services to corporate
customers with operations in Vietnam.
SingTel is the first foreign carrier to offer such a service, which allows
customers to be connected to VDC's domestic nation-wide IP network. This one-
stop service allows customers to enjoy seamless IP connections from Singapore
and all major cities in the world into, across and out of Vietnam.
Mr Hoang Minh Cuong, VDC's Deputy Director, said, "We are very pleased to
partner SingTel. VDC is now able to extend the coverage of our International
VPN/VNN Services by riding on SingTel's global IP VPN network. With this
agreement, our customers will be provided with one-stop shop service to 15
countries and beyond."
Miss Hwee Boon Ng, Country Director for SingTel USA said, "As companies
continue to invest in opportunities in the growing Vietnam market, there is an
increasing need for flexible and cost efficient solutions for data connections
and delivery, including intra-organisation communications. With SingTel, our
customers are always assured of their connectivity needs and need not look any
further."
SingTel's global IP VPN service, ConnectPlus IP VPN, is supported by an
extensive network of submarine cable systems and satellites. The seamless
service, based on Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) technology, offers
high security and allows customers to prioritise data traffic using different
classes of service.
Miss Ng said that Vietnam has always been on SingTel's global product-
offering radar. "SingTel is pleased to partner VDC and be the first foreign
carrier to offer IP VPN services into and out of Vietnam.
"We understand our customers' needs and the extension of SingTel's
ConnectPlus IP VPN footprint to include the emerging economy of Vietnam is
certainly good news to our existing and potential customers who have
operations there."
In July 2000, SingTel became the first foreign operator to offer
International Frame Relay service to Vietnam in partnership with VDC.
SingTel has enjoyed a close working relationship with VNPT and VDC. The
strong partnership has also resulted in joint projects that include the first
direct Vietnam-Singapore Submarine Fibre Cable Link commissioned in March
2000.
SingTel's opened its first representative office in Vietnam in 1998 and
has presence in both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City today.
PR Newswire - November 26, 2003.
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