Doubles Internet capacity for Vietnams largest ISP
SYDNEY - Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (SingTel) announced today that Vietnam Datacommunications Company (VDC), the largest Internet Service Provider (ISP) in Vietnam, will double its bandwidth capacity
via the SingTel Internet Exchange (STiX).
VDC, which has close to 60 per cent share of the subscriber market in Vietnam, will use the additional bandwidth for greater diversity to meet customers' demand for faster, more reliable Internet connections, and to offer international data transport to businesses and consumers in Vietnam.
STiX is the largest provider of Internet bandwidth into Vietnam. It is also the largest Internet exchange in the Asia Pacific, providing Internet connectivity to more than 80 ISPs in over 30 countries in the region. STiX has nodes in eight countries -- Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, United Kingdom and the United
States. Besides having abundant connectivity to the US, STiX is also very well connected to many Asia Pacific countries such as China, India, and South East Asian countries. Through STiX, ISPs and multinationals operating in the region can route their IP communications to destinations within the Asia Pacific without going through the Internet backbone in the US.
Mr Vu Hoang Lien, Director of VDCsaid, "VDC has chosen to work with SingTel again as it has an excellent track record in the Asia Pacific. We are impressed with its ability to set up the links very quickly and meet all our technical requirements. VDC will not hesitate to work with SingTel again for our future Internet connectivity."
Mr Mark Chong, Chief Executive Officer of SingTel Global Offices, said: "SingTel is pleased that VDC has chosen us as its major bandwidth supplier. Through our extensive peering connectivity, SingTel can provide VDC with cost effective and reliable links for their Internet traffic to Singapore, Asia Pacific and other parts of the world."
SingTel has also worked with VDC on other communications services. It is the first foreign operator to offer Frame Relay service in Vietnam, in partnership with VDC, and is also the largest provider of Frame Relay connectivity into Vietnam today.
StockHouse.com - November 12, 2002
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