SingTel Takes IP VPNs to Vietnam

LONDON -- Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) announced today that its corporate customers can now enjoy yet another reliable and cost effective service to meet their growing business communications needs to Vietnam.

SingTel, together with Vietnam Datacommunications Company (VDC), the data services arm of Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT), is offering Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network (IP VPN) services to corporate customers with operations in Vietnam.

SingTel is the first foreign carrier to offer such a service, which allows customers to be connected to VDC's domestic nation-wide IP network. This one- stop service allows customers to enjoy seamless IP connections from Singapore and all major cities in the world into, across and out of Vietnam.

Mr Hoang Minh Cuong, VDC's Deputy Director, said, "We are very pleased to partner SingTel. VDC is now able to extend the coverage of our International VPN/VNN Services by riding on SingTel's global IP VPN network . With this agreement, our customers will be provided with one-stop shop service to 15 countries and beyond."

Mr Chua Hock Yong, Managing Director for SingTel Europe said, "As companies continue to invest in opportunities in the growing Vietnam market, there is an increasing need for flexible and cost efficient solutions for data connections and delivery, including intra-organisation communications. With SingTel, our customers are always assured of their connectivity needs and need not look any further."

SingTel's global IP VPN service, ConnectPlus IP VPN, is supported by an extensive network of submarine cable systems and satellites. The seamless service, based on Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) technology, offers high security and allows customers to prioritise data traffic using different classes of service.

Mr Chua said that Vietnam has always been on SingTel's global product- offering radar. "SingTel is pleased to partner VDC and be the first foreign carrier to offer IP VPN services into and out of Vietnam.

"We understand our customers' needs and the extension of SingTel's ConnectPlus IP VPN footprint to include the emerging economy of Vietnam is certainly good news to our existing and potential customers who have operations there."

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel)