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Tata Communications Limited

TIER - IV Data Centre atGIFT City[1]
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; 39 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 crore (US$2.4 billion) (2024)[2]
Operating income	₹1,163 crore (US$130 million) (2024)[2]
Net income	₹969 crore (US$110 million) (2024)[2]
Total assets	₹24,561 crore (US$2.8 billion) (2024)[2]
Total equity	₹1,790 crore (US$200 million) (2024)[2]
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 asVidesh Sanchar Nigam Limited) is an Indiantelecommunications company. It was a government-owned telecommunications service provider before being sold to theTata Group in 2002 under theThird Vajpayee ministry government.^[3]

The company provides network services and software-defined network platforms, such asEthernet,SD-WAN,content delivery networks (CDNs), theinternet,Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), andprivate lines.^{[4][better source needed]} It is listed on theBombay Stock Exchange and theNational Stock Exchange of India.

The business was founded as Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL) in 1986.^[5][6] Under the chairmanship ofB. K. Syngal (1991–98),^[7] VSNL launched the first publicly-available internet plans inIndia in 1995.^[8][9] The international arm of VSNL (VSNL International) was launched in 2004.

In 2004, VSNL acquiredDishnetDSL in a slump sale from its promoter Chinnakannan Sivasankaran.^[10]

After theGovernment of India launchedDisinvestment of Public Sector Units in India, VSNL was completely acquired by theTata Group in 2002 and renamed Tata Communications on 13 February 2008.^[11][12]

In 2009, Tata Communications and Tyco Telecommunications completed the TGN-Intra Asia cable system.^{[citation needed]}

In 2012, the company completed its network acrossEgypt linkingEurope toIndia, 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 theMediterranean Sea and theMiddle East, connectingMumbai withMarseille.^[13]

In January 2016,Windstream Communications announced it was extending its100 Gigabit Ethernet (100G) network fromNew Jersey data center operatorNJFX's presence at Tata's Cable Landing Station (CLS) inWall Township, New Jersey, toAshburn, Virginia's internet hub.^[14]

• Tata Communications offersethernet andprivate line services via acontent delivery network and other support services, likesecurity, satellite teleports, fibre-based video network andtranscoding.^{[15][better source needed]}

• Tata Communications has adata centre network located in 44 locations worldwide.^[16]

• Tata Communications has completed its acquisition ofKaleyra. The deal, worth approximatelyUS$100million, will combine Tata's customer base and other enterprise solutions.^[17]

• It offerscloud services^[18] andmanaged security services.^[19]

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