Cable&Wireless Worldwide Strengthens Presence in Growing South Asia Markets
2010-04-06 12:00
Wins new deals in Sri Lanka and Pakistan Makes foray into Bangladesh
SINGAPORE, April 6 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Cable&Wireless Worldwide continues to strengthen its presence in the South Asian market with a host of new customer wins in the region. The company has today announced that it has secured major contracts with Sri Lanka Telecom in Sri Lanka and with Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) and Transworld Associates (TWA) in Pakistan. The company has also forayed into Bangladesh by winning a contract with one of the largest telecom operators in the country.
In the last two years, Cable&Wireless Worldwide has developed a world-class, next-generation Multi-Service Platform capability in the region and has grown its portfolio of value-added telecommunications solutions for customers. The Multi-Service Platform has already been rolled out in the Middle East, Southeast Asia & North Asia and Europe, and enables the company to deliver innovative IP and Ethernet-based solutions and value-added communications applications to customers.
"We have a strong emerging markets strategy and our vision of 'Global Orchestration' sees us making better use of the talent, skills and resources that we have throughout the company to drive greater levels of customer engagement. We are now increasing our presence in the region and by growing our colleague base, building support and services, and adding to our portfolio of products and solutions. We will continue to deliver mission critical communications for our customers," said Nick Lambert, Managing Director, Global Markets, Cable&Wireless Worldwide.
Asia and Africa are considered the prime emerging growth markets and customers in these markets are increasingly looking for a seamless and robust global infrastructure and to also consolidate their telecoms suppliers. As a result, Cable&Wireless Worldwide's is deepening its engagement with customers where it is considered a trusted partner.
The company sees an increased demand for next-generation solutions in Internet-Protocol based products such as Managed Video Conferencing, intelligent contact centre solutions and IP telephony from customers in the Asia market.
About Cable&Wireless Worldwide
Cable&Wireless Worldwide (LSE: CW.) aims to be the first-choice provider of mission critical communications for large users of telecoms. We are already one of the world's leading critical communication companies, providing a range of high-quality managed voice, data and IP-based services and applications to large corporates, multinational companies, governments, carrier customers and resellers across the UK, Asia Pacific, India, Middle East & Africa, Continental Europe and North America. Stretching to more than 500,000km, the Cable&Wireless Worldwide global next-generation network (NGN) includes the UK's largest fibre network for business communications, and provides connectivity to 153 countries. Cable&Wireless Worldwide's Multi-Service Platform, an IP-based next-generation platform that operates across the NGN, offers a single environment on which voice and data applications can be converged to drive business efficiencies.
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