Bharti Airtel awarded the Facility Based Operator License in Singapore

Bharti Airtel (Singapore) Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel, India’s leading telecom service provider, today announced that it has been awarded the Facility Based Operator (FBO) license in Singapore. Under the license, the company will now be able to operate international carrier facilities from Singapore. With the license, the company will be able to provide highly reliable services to its customers on its owned infrastructure.

Bharti Airtel will be establishing a PoP in Singapore for cable interconnection at the landing station and another PoP for providing connectivity to service providers and local carriers. With the PoPs, the company will be able to interconnect its cables with other service providers in Singapore to offer enhanced connectivity options. Multiple cable systems like Network i2i, SeMeWe4, Asia America Gateway, APCN2, EAC and C2C will aggregate at Singapore, making Singapore the interconnection hub for Airtel traffic between India and over 90 countries around the world. This license will support Airtel’s robust portfolio of international voice and data services, including Private Lines, Internet, MPLS, Long Distance, Toll Free Services, and Mobile Roaming.

Speaking on the occasion, David Nishball, President, Enterprise Services, Bharti Airtel Ltd. said, “The FBO license is yet another important step in our journey towards ensuring that Airtel is able to meet our customer’s complete global communication needs. Our customers can now enjoy enhanced reliability and quality, using the best of our own capabilities and our strong partnerships with international carriers, particularly SingTel with whom we have a preferred partnership arrangement. With Singapore becoming a network aggregation hub for the multiple cable systems in our network, we will be able to offer to our customers increased redundancy and a more resilient network.” The grant of license is in sync with Bharti’s strategy to focus on the enterprise space by offering world-class, end-to-end communication solutions to large corporates.

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