VSNL slashes international bandwidth tariffs

By agencies   |   Wednesday, 17 August 2005, 19:30 IST
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MUMBAI: VSNL today cut international bandwidth prices by up to 45 percent, a move that will give relief to massive bandwidth users like BPOs, call centers and IT companies. With the slash in tariff, the sixth in the last four years, prices of half circuit international private lines (IPLC) have come down from Rs 4 million in 2001 to Rs 1.1 million for E1 (2Mbps), from Rs 72.5 million to Rs 11.4 million for DS3 (45 Mbps) and from Rs 210 million to Rs 33 million for STM-1 (155Mbps). These prices are for restorable capacities between India and the U.S. on the Tata Indicom cable, VSNL said in a statement. The company claimed that this latest drop in international bandwidth prices marks a whopping 84 percent reduction in four years. VSNL's recent initiatives of building the Tata Indicom Cable and completing the TGN acquisition have provided it with greater control on international bandwidth cost components. VSNL had already reduced prices by about 48 percent on the Tata Indicom Cable in the six months since the cable was put into service.