Reliance Globalcom Activates the Al-Faw Cable Landing Station in Iraq With the Falcon Cable System

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Reliance Globalcom Activates the Al-Faw Cable

Landing Station in Iraq With the Falcon Cable

System

PR Newswire

DUBAI, UAE, July 3, 2012

DUBAI

, UAE,

July 3, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

Reliance Globalcom, the leading global provider of managed network and

communication services to Carriers, ISPs and Multinational enterprises, today

announced the service launch of the Al-Faw Cable Landing Station (CLS) in

Iraq

,

built in alliance with the Iraqi Telecommunications and Post Company (ITPC).

With this development, Reliance Globalcom is now the first private subsea

service provider to activate submarine capacity and directly connect

Iraq

seamlessly to the countries in

Middle East

,

Asia

,

Europe

and

North America

.

Built with an initial design capacity of 680 Gbps with two diverse routes,

Reliance Globalcom has initially lit 50 Gbps on each route in order to cater to

the existing market demand. The two diverse routes are integrated into the

Falcon network, thereby offering a resilient network.

Considering the low broadband penetration in

Iraq

, the Falcon landing provides

a significant milestone towards establishing direct connectivity from

Iraq

to the

rest of the world, and will help boost the nation's telecom sector. Consumers

can now enjoy better quality in broadband services and higher internet speeds.

Commenting on this milestone, Rory Cole, COO, Reliance Globalcom, said,

"We

are delighted at achieving this historic milestone and being the first

private service provider to activate submarine capacity in

Iraq

. Falcon

offers seamless connectivity globally and will help connect

Iraq

to the

rest of the world through the reach of our global network. This opens

a new opportunity for MNCs around the world to have a better

communication with

Iraq

and operate from this country."

"The

Middle East

is one of the fastest growing regions in the world

and Reliance has a very strong presence, with a network reach spread

across 11 countries. Our association with ITPC is yet another

testimony to our leadership position and commitment to the region in

providing network infrastructure that will play a major role in the

development of business opportunities in

Iraq

by leveraging on

Reliance Globalcom's network assets globally,"

he further added.

His Excellency, the Minister of Communications, Mr. Mohammed Allawi said,

"This is an extremely important strategic initiative undertaken

by ITPC and Reliance Globalcom. This will facilitate the connectivity of

all the countries in the

Middle East

region to

Iraq

and will also

significantly improve the quality and speed as well as the reliability of

Iraq

's connectivity to the rest of the world."

The Al-Faw CLS will connect

Iraq

to all the key

Middle East

countries -

Oman

,

Iran

,

Kuwait

,

Saudi Arabia

,

Qatar

,

Bahrain

, UAE,

Yemen

, and

Egypt

, through

Reliance Globalcom's Falcon submarine cable. Falcon's interconnection with

FEA ensures further seamless connectivity and diversity to major global

destinations on the Reliance Globalcom network including

London

,

New York

,

Mumbai

,

Hong Kong

, etc.

About Reliance Globalcom

Reliance Communications Limited founded by the late Shri Dhirubhai H Ambani

(1932-2002) is the flagship company of the Reliance Group. The Reliance Group

currently has a net worth in excess of Rs.

89,000 crore

(

US$ 19.7 billion

), cash

flows of Rs.

10,900 crore

(

US$ 2.3 billion

), net profit of Rs.

3,600 crore

(

US$ 0.8

billion

).

Reliance Communications is

India's

foremost and truly integrated

telecommunications service provider. The Company, with a customer base of

over 161 million including over 2.5 million individual overseas retail customers,

ranks among the Top 4 Telecom companies in the world by number of

customers in a single country. Reliance Communications corporate clientele

includes over 35,000 Indian and multinational corporations including small and

medium enterprises 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 277,000

kilometers of fibre optic cable systems in

India

,

USA

,

Europe

,

Middle East

and

the

Asia Pacific

region.

To find out more, please visit http://www.relianceglobalcom.com.

For further information please contact

Rohit Khanna

Reliance Communications Ltd

[phone]

[e-mail]

Bratin Roy

Reliance Communications Ltd

[phone]

[e-mail]