Telstra today announced it had successfully secured new operating licences in Singapore and Japan, allowing it to own infrastructure facilities and be directly responsible for services delivered to customers locally in both countries. The announcement follows the recent award of three licences to provide customers in India with international long-distance telecommunications and ISP services.
In Singapore, Telstra has secured the Facilities Based Operator (FBO) licence offered by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) to own and operate telecommunications infrastructure such as voice and data networks, systems and facilities locally. It will also enable Telstra to build the local backbone required to support its plans for new cable submarine capacity to Singapore.
In Japan, Telstra Japan K.K. has been approved by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (the “MIC”) for the Registration Type licence. The licence allows Telstra to own and operate large scale telecoms circuits and facilities in multiple cities and prefectures in Japan, along with products and services delivered over those facilities and networks.
The recent award of licenses in India will see Telstra begin with services in seven cities - Bangalore, Calcutta, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune - offering customers a resilient, cost effective, flexible network that is tailored to suit individual business needs within the next six months. Mumbai and Chennai will be Telstra’s Indian international gateways connecting into its world-class international backbone network, providing customers with direct routes into networks in Europe and Asia.
According to Mr Tarek Robbiati, Group Managing Director for Telstra International Group (TIG), these developments allow Telstra International to further realise synergies and leverage assets gained following the Reach restructure and will benefit international customers with multi-country operations in Asia.
“For international customers, Telstra will now have greater control over its services. Specifically customers will enjoy access to a more comprehensive suite of connectivity and managed services, better network performance, complete monitoring, local contract billing capabilities, and in-country service centre support. In addition, Telstra will have greater control over network architecture design, and be in a strong position to optimise performance, multi-level resiliency, redundancy and reliability,” Mr Robbiati said.
Telstra International operates one of the largest and most diverse networks in Asia Pacific. Securing the licences in India, Singapore and Japan marks a key milestone in realising Telstra’s goal to be Asian specialists with world leading services.
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