Skype Chooses Teleglobe Global Voice Solutions to Connect its Global Community

  
    
  
  
    
      VSNL, a leading international communications solutions provider, 
      announced today that Skype has selected Teleglobe voice termination 
      services to provide call termination for SkypeOut™, 
      a feature in SkypeTM software that allows users 
      to make cheap calls to landlines and mobiles around the world.
    
    
      Skype connects to VSNL’s international global 
      network via the Teleglobe VoIPLink™ service, 
      a redundant, scalable and cost-effective way to exchange VoIP traffic 
      worldwide, that facilitates interoperability, quality and codec support. 
      SkypeOut is terminated using the Teleglobe Voice Termination Service 
      (VTS), assuring high-quality retail voice termination for SkypeOut users.
    
    
      “We are excited to partner with Skype as it 
      seeks to provide users with the highest-quality internet calls,” 
      said Michel Guyot, President, Global Voice Solutions, VSNL. “We 
      have the necessary global footprint, relationships and expertise in the 
      international voice market to support companies like Skype, as well as 
      Broadband providers and ISPs. We have customized our services to meet 
      the needs of these demanding customers.”
    
    
      “We chose to partner with VSNL for 
      international voice termination services because their services allow us 
      to quickly connect to a true global network without the operational 
      burden and the expenses associated with interoperability requirements,” 
      said Scott Bagby, Skype’s vice president for 
      new markets. “We are able to ensure that 
      Skypeout users can quickly and conveniently reach their friends, family, 
      and business associates around the world at the highest levels of 
      quality and performance.”
    
    
      Teleglobe VoIPLink allows for direct traffic exchange with the 
      VSNL international global TDM/VoIP network while bridging all 
      interoperability issues, providing significant savings in capital and 
      operating expenses, faster time-to-market and reduction in the time and 
      costs associated with adding capacity. This flexible interface allows 
      consumer VoIP providers, ISPs and Broadband providers to exchange and 
      terminate voice traffic.
    
    
      As one of the world's largest international wholesale carriers with more 
      than 415 combined direct and bilateral relationships with leading 
      international voice telecommunications providers, VSNL provides a full 
      suite of global voice solutions. Over 450 customers including the major 
      portal players are currently utilizing VoIPLink, the Teleglobe premiere 
      voice peering service. VoIPLink provides full interoperability with a 
      diverse list of VoIP equipment and software vendors across multiple 
      protocols.
    
    
      Further information regarding VSNL’s suite of 
      voice solutions can be found at www.vsnlinternational.com.
    
    
      About VSNL
    
    
      Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL), a part of the Tata Group, is the 
      leading provider of public international telecommunications services in 
      India. VSNL has, with the acquisition of Teleglobe, a provider of 
      international voice, data and value-added services comprised mainly of 
      mobile global roaming and signaling services, become a global major in 
      wholesale voice and carriage of international long distance minutes, and 
      has acquired ownership of submarine cable systems and has gained access 
      to teleport antennae and transponder capacity serving the Atlantic, 
      Pacific and Indian oceans. VSNL now carries a large share of VoIP 
      traffic as well. VSNL has a global presence including operations in 
      India, the United States of America, Canada, the United Kingdom, South 
      Africa, Singapore and Sri Lanka. Its range of service offerings include 
      wholesale voice, private leased circuits, IP VPN, Internet access, 
      hosting, mobile signaling and other IP services. VSNL offers a full 
      range of retail products in India to individual customers such as 
      high-speed broadband, dial-up Internet, Wi-Fi, and net telephony under 
      the Tata Indicom brand name.
    
    
      VSNL is listed on the major stock exchanges in India and its American 
      Depository Receipts are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:VSL).
    
    
      Forward-looking and cautionary statements
    
    
      Certain words and statements in this release concerning VSNL and its 
      prospects, and other statements relating to VSNL’s 
      expected financial position, business strategy, the future development 
      of VSNL’s operations and the general economy 
      in India, are forward-looking statements. These forward looking 
      statements include, among others, statements concerning VSNL’s 
      communications and information services business, its advantages and VSNL’s 
      strategy for continuing to pursue its business, the anticipated 
      development and launch of new services in its business, the anticipated 
      dates on which VSNL will begin providing certain services or reach 
      specific milestones in the development and implementation of its 
      business strategy, the growth and recovery of the communications and 
      information services, industry, expectations as to its future revenue, 
      margins, expenses and capital requirements and other statements of 
      expectations, beliefs, future plans and strategies, anticipated 
      developments and other matters that are not historical facts. Such 
      statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other 
      factors, including financial, regulatory and environmental, as well as 
      those relating to industry growth and trend projections, which may cause 
      actual results, performance or achievements of VSNL, or industry 
      results, to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such 
      forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on 
      numerous assumptions regarding VSNL’s present 
      and future business strategies and the environment in which VSNL will 
      operate in the future. The important factors that could cause actual 
      results, performance or achievements to differ materially from such 
      forward-looking statements include, among others, failure to increase 
      the volume of traffic on VSNL’s network, 
      failure to develop new products and services that meet customer demands 
      and generate acceptable margins, failure to successfully complete 
      commercial testing of new technology and information systems to support 
      new products and services, including voice transmission services, 
      failure to stabilize or reduce the rate of price compression on certain 
      of VSNL’s communications services, failure to 
      integrate strategic acquisitions such as the Tyco Global Network and 
      Teleglobe International Holdings Limited and changes in government 
      policies or regulations of India and, in particular, changes relating to 
      the administration of VSNL’s industry, and, 
      in general, the economic, business and credit conditions in India. 
      Additional factors that could cause actual results, performance or 
      achievements to differ materially from such forward-looking statements, 
      many of which are not in VSNL’s control, 
      include, but are not limited to, those risk factors discussed in VSNL’s 
      various filings with the United States Securities and Exchange 
      Commission. These filings are available at www.sec.gov.