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.
http://www.cw.com
Media Contact:
Annette Pau
Head, Global Markets PR/Communications
Cable&Wireless Worldwide
Tel: +65-6477-5865
Email: [email protected]
SOURCE Cable&Wireless Worldwide