When leading telecoms player Alcatel-Lucent wanted to launch a state-of-the-art Internet Protocol (IP) Transformation Centre (IPTC) for the Asia-Pacific region, it chose Singapore. Alcatel-Lucent’s IPTC was set up in 2007 at an investment cost of over S$40 million. The Centre, staffed by more than 80 specialists and professionals, is the first of its scale in the region.
Operators and enterprises today face a very competitive environment in the region. Alcatel-Lucent’s centre is designed to help them by transforming their networks to all IP-architecture, complete with best-of-breed products from a variety of vendors and strategic partnerships. The IPTC simplifies the integration of content and application services using advanced IP networks, IT systems and devices being deployed today for wireline and wireless customers.
Clear Signals from India
The Tata Group of India is a sprawling conglomerate with interests from steel to tea to communications. In 2004, its telecoms arm, Tata Communications, established an office in Singapore to manage all its international operations outside of India. At the same time, Tata also launched a US$100 million undersea fiber optic cable between India and Singapore. Today, Tata continues to grow its international operations managed from Singapore and plans to add new infrastructure and international cables. By 2010, Tata will have completed a new building, called Tata House, which will house a state-of-the-art regional data centre and office space for the group.
