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Ten global telecom players to interconnect networks

Safaricom in Africa, Telstra in Australia, Etisalat, Qtel and Mobily in the Middle East, Neotel in South Africa and Sprint, Glowpoint and TELUS in North America are the other operators who will interconnect their business video communities under the 'Glob

Telenor CEO Jon Fredrik Baksaas
Telenor CEO Jon Fredrik Baksaas

Tata Communications and nine telecom players across the globe today jointly launched 'Global Meeting Alliance' under which they will interconnect their business video communities.

Safaricom in Africa, Telstra in Australia, Etisalat, Qtel and Mobily in the Middle East, Neotel in South Africa and Sprint, Glowpoint and TELUS in North America are the other operators.

"Tata Communications continues to demonstrate its commitment to facilitating an open, global ecosystem that moves business video from an intracompany experience to a collaboration tool with worldwide reach," Tata Communications' Vice President for Integrated Business Video Services, Peter Quinlan said in a statement.

He added that Global Meeting Alliance is central to this strategy.

The launch represents the largest functioning global collaboration between service providers in business video services, the statement said.