- Reliance Globalcom
Reliance Globalcom, formerly known as Flag Telecom, is a division of
Reliance Communications , manages the Global Telecom operations ofIndia ’s largest Integrated Telecom Service Provider. The company serves a customer base of over 1200 enterprises, 200 carriers and 1.5 million retail customers in 50 countries across 5 continents.The company operates 'Reliance FLAG' which is the worlds largest private undersea cable system spanning 65,000 km. This is seamlessly integrated with 110,000 km of domestic optic fiber of Reliance Communications connecting it to 40 key business destinations in India, the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and the U.S. Reliance Globalcom’s Enterprise Division (formerly Yipes Inc.) provides managed Ethernet and application delivery services for the global enterprise. Reliance Globalcom also recently acquired Global Wimax operator called Ewaves and a leading Virtual network operator - Vanco Group. Reliance Globalcom is headed by its President, Mr. Punit Garg.
Cable cut incidents in Middle East
On
30 January 2008 , internet services were disrupted in large parts of the Middle East and India following damage to two undersea FALCON cables in the Mediterranean, near Egypt. [cite web | url = http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080130/mideast_internet_outages.html | title= Damaged Cables Cut Internet in Mideast | accessdate= 2008-02-10] Third undersea internet cable was cut in the Gulf of Dubai on the1 February . [cite web | url = http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Messaging-and-Collaboration/Third-Undersea-Internet-Cable-Cut-in-Middle-East/ | title= Third Undersea Internet Cable Cut in Middle East | accessdate=2008-02-10] Fourth cable cut occurred between the Qatari island ofHaloul and theUAE island of Das on 1 February. [cite web | url = http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/04/0158249&from=rss | title= Fourth Undersea Cable Taken Offline In Less Than a Week | accessdate=2008-02-10] A fifth cable cut was reported near UAE on the 9 February with allegations of isolatingIran . [cite web | url = http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=8&subLeft=2&chklogin=N&autono=313112&tab=r | title= 5th cable cut fuels allegations of isolating Iran | accessdate=2008-02-10]See also
*
Anil Ambani
*2008 submarine cable disruption References
External links
* [http://www.relianceglobalcom.com/ Reliance Globalcom]
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