Arun 795 Report post Posted May 28, 2004 RIM storms into corporate market Fresh from taking India's mobile market by storm, Reliance Infocomm entered the corporate telecom market this month and looks set to cut prices and generate demand in a sector crucial to the growth of back-office outsourcing. After rising to the top of the mobile sector in less than a year, the country’s largest conglomerate Reliance embarked on the second leg of its telecom strategy with an unusually low-key entry into the corporate fixed-line market. "Today, the world is willing to do a lot of work here," said Prakash Bajpai, the president of Reliance Infocomm spearheading the enterprise initiative. "But if India doesn't improve its broadband infrastructure, then we will miss this revolution as well, just as we missed the industrial revolution." Infocomm wants to offer businesses leased lines for fast Internet access and virtual private networks that integrate a firm's network with its suppliers and customers. Top-notch telecom are critical both to Indian firms wanting to go global and multinationals expanding in India or shifting work here, such as back-offices and call centres. Companies, once forced to chase operator Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
