FLAG can now access VSNL

FLAG telecom, one of International wholesale bandwidth provider, and a fully owned subsidiary of Reliance Communication Ventures Ltd (RCOVL), has at last got permission to access the cable landing station of VSNL situated in Mumbai. Reliance was trying for more than a year to get the access rights to the station. An award announced by the International Court of Arbitration of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) on Friday, FLAG now will have access to the landing station of the FLAG-Europe-Asia (FEA) cable system for installation, inspection, testing, training and other functions.
The above rights will free up more bandwidth on the India-Europe route, increasing capacity and reducing prices significantly. Sources close to RCOVL indicated that the bandwidth available on FEA may increase from 10 Gbps to about 80 Gbps once order takes effect. And it will take a maximum of three months as the order has to be implemented within three months.
The order will definetly benifit the industry by bringing bandwidth prices closer to international prices which are 1/8th of our prices currently. This reduction in prices will benift ISPs and BPO compaines and further will benifit end users too.