Reliance Globalcom Deploys Next-Generation IPv6 on its Global IP Backbone
IPv6 enables new IP applications for global business delivering enhanced security, scalability and mobility.
Mumbai - November 22, 2010 - Reliance Globalcom, the leading global provider of managed network and communication services for multinational enterprises, carriers and service providers, announces the launch of the next generation Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) feature as an enhancement to its IP Transit product portfolio, available in key business markets around the globe.
With IPv4 address availability expected to exhaust by late 2011, IPv6 with its substantial address space of 128 bits as compared to 32 bits in IPv4 will provide virtually unlimited IP addresses for the future, expanding the number of possible addresses from approximately 4 billion with IPv4 to roughly 340 trillion trillion trillion(i.e. 340 undecillion) with IPv6 . With the proliferation of future smart internet-enabled devices that require unique IP addresses, IPv6 will accommodate the growing demand for address spaces, to support various network-enabled applications and services providing end-to-end connectivity for real time applications like VoIP, e-learning, video broadcast, interactive games, etc. In addition to new IP applications IPv6 also enables, improved network configuration, security, scalability, mobility, enhanced administration and manageability for global organisations.
Reliance Globalcom’s IP Transit service is delivered on its highly resilient and scalable private, low latency and low packet loss fibre-optic network, providing connectivity between key business markets, with presence in all major Internet exchanges around the globe. The company also has extensive public and private peering arrangements supporting both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic, with leading Internet service providers and content providers at multiple locations. The service provides access to the regional content with optimal and consistent performance, offering enhanced flexibility for customers to migrate to IPv6. Increasingly governments are now also imposing mandates on many Internet Service Providers to be fully IPv6 compliant - a capability Reliance Globalcom is providing right now for many of its customers.
“The rapidly increasing number of users, applications and smart devices are driving a massive demand for unique global IP addresses. IPv6 adoption empowers our carrier partners to support various network-enabled real time applications and multimedia services for their customers. Our IPv6 transit services are ready to enable our partners to take the next step into the future and facilitate business growth without borders.” said Punit Garg, President & CEO, Reliance Globalcom.
About Reliance Globalcom Reliance Globalcom, a division of Reliance Communications, spearheads the Global Telecom operations of India’s largest Integrated Telecom Service Provider. Reliance Globalcom brings together the synergies of Reliance Communications’ Global Business encompassing Enterprise Services, Capacity Sales, Managed Services and a highly successful bouquet of Retail products and services comprising of Global Voice, Internet Solutions and Value Added Services. The company serves over 2,100 enterprises, 200 carriers and 2.5 million retail customers in 163 countries across 6 continents.
Reliance Globalcom owns the world’s largest private undersea cable system spanning 65,000 Kilometres seamlessly integrated with Reliance Communications’ domestic optic fibre running over 190,000 Kilometres, providing a robust Global Service Delivery Platform connecting 40 key business markets in India, USA, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific region. With its recent acquisition of eWave World (now Reliance WiMAX World), a pioneer in the global WiMAX space, Reliance Globalcom has the capability to launch 4G services in over 50 countries. It has also acquired the Vanco Group (now Reliance Vanco Group), enabling the company to provide managed services to over 230 countries and territories across the globe. For further information, please visit www.relianceglobalcom.com
About Reliance Communications Reliance Communications Limited founded by the late Shri Dhirubhai H Ambani (1932-2002) is the flagship company of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group currently has a net worth in excess of Rs. 64,000 crore (US$ 13.6 billion), cash flows of Rs. 13,000 crore (US$ 2.8 billion), net profit of Rs. 8,400 crore (US$ 1.8 billion).
Reliance Communications is India's foremost and truly integrated telecommunications service provider. The Company, with a customer base of 105 million including over 2.5 million individual overseas retail customers and nearly 3 million DTH customers, ranks among the Top 5 Telecom companies in the world by number of customers in a single country. Reliance Communications corporate clientele includes 2,100 Indian and multinational corporations, and over 800 global, regional and domestic carriers.
Reliance Communications has established a pan-India, next generation, integrated (wireless and wireline), convergent (voice, data and video) digital network that is capable of supporting best-of-class services spanning the entire communications value chain, covering over 24,000 towns and 600,000 villages. Reliance Communications owns and operates the world's largest next generation IP enabled connectivity infrastructure, comprising over 190,000 route kilometres of fibre optic cable systems in India, USA, Europe, Middle East and the Asia Pacific region.
For further information please contact:
Sheetal Jain
Reliance Globalcom
Tel no: +91 (0)22 303 701 18
Email: sjain@relianceglobalcom.com
