Data Access Becomes the First South Asian Carrier to Launch International Long Distance Service in the United States.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 27, 2003 New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Switching Center A switching center is a node in a telecommunications Circuit switching network which is connected to either another switching center and/or to end user devices. Switching centers are aware of other centers and possible routes between them such that on demand a center can establish Starts Operations with Full Capacity Utilization Capacity Utilization measures the rate at which a firm makes use of their capital productive capacities, such as factories and machinery. Capacity Utilization generally rises when the economy is healthy and falls when demand softens. DataAccess America Inc., the wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Data Access (India) Ltd., the fastest growing international long distance carrier in India, today announced operations in the United States with rapid expansion plans into Mexico and Latin America. After obtaining a facility-based 214 carrier license in December 2002, the company's New York switch facility is fully functional in a record time of five months. The switch is interconnected with Data Access' global network and is delivering traffic to 230 countries around the world. The Data Access global network consists of nine Network Operating Centers (NOCs) around the globe and is cumulatively capable of carrying 15 billion minutes of traffic a year. The majority of international long distance calls sent over this network are not passed to other carriers and therefore remain "on net." This delivers unmatched economy and quality in terms of call completion rate and Post Dial Delay The time between punching in the last digit of a telephone number and receiving a ring or busy signal. (PDD). Call completion rate defines the ratio of calls completed to the number of call attempts. PDD measures the time taken for a phone to ring once a number has been dialed. "Expansion into the Americas is a natural extension of our achievements in the Indian market. We captured 40 percent of India's long distance market in a record time of nine months. Our success can be attributed to our fourth generation global network design and our highly committed manpower across the world. We now bring the benefit of this network and skill set to the American continents and its telecom users to make global telecom affordable," said Siddhartha Ray, chairman of Data Access. DataAccess America Inc. is designated as the apex overseas holding company for the global operations of Data Access. Other markets where Data Access operates carrier licenses include the United Kingdom, Sri Lanka and Asia Pacific. Network centers are located in London, Colombo and Hong Kong. "Our cost structure gives us a competitive price advantage over most of the international carriers including those located in North America," said Ashutosh Misra, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of DataAccess America. "We deploy an onshore - offshore model, which has previously only been used by software development companies. All nine nodal Having to do with nodes. See node. NODAL - Interpreted language implemented on Norsk Data's NORD-10 computers. Used by CERN and DESY high energy physics labs to control their accelerator hardware, PADAC and SEDAC. Included trackball input, graphics. switches across the Data Access Network are managed and controlled from the Data Access Super NOC (Network Operations Center) A central or regional location for monitoring a large network. Also called a "network management center" (NMC), "service management center" (SMC) or "network control center" (NCC), a NOC may be used to manage a large enterprise network, in New Delhi, India thereby giving significant cost advantage to the company's overseas operation. We are very bullish about capturing a significant part of the fast growing North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. voice business for international destinations. We are also looking at further expansion into other fast growing markets in North America including Mexico, Latin American countries, the Philippines and Japan." Data Access America's New York switch has direct routes to over 200 countries across the world through 84 carrier interconnects across nine network operating centers. The North American operation North American operation Surgical oncology Radical surgery of a 'frozen pelvis', consisting of radical en bloc resection of the uterus and urinary bladder. See 'Frozen pelvis.'. Cf 'All-American' and 'South American' operations. has the capability of connecting direct traffic from eight aggregation points across the United States, three aggregation points across Canada and 24 other aggregation points across the world. The switching center in New York has been designed as a Super PoP (point of presence) in the Data Access Global network and supports both circuit switch and packet switch voice and data traffic. The New York Super PoP is cross connected to all tele-houses in the New York and New Jersey area as well as to tele-houses in Miami, Florida; Los Angeles, California; Austin, Texas; Denver, Colorado; and Chicago, Illinois. About Data Access America Data Access America Inc is a wholly owned subsidiary of Data Access India Limited - India's number two international long distance player and the fastest growing Indian telecom company. The company is licensed to offer voice and data services (ILD (Inter Layer Dielectric) The insulation used between layers of aluminum or copper wire that interconnect the transistors in a chip. There are three to four layers in a memory chip and five to seven in a logic chip with hundreds of meters of wiring. and NLD NLD abbr. nonverbal learning disorder ) apart from broadcasting services across the US. Data Access America has further plans to tap the burgeoning Latin American markets and Mexico in the future. Please visit http://www.da-america.com for more details. About Data Access (India) Ltd. Incorporated in 1999, Data Access (India) Ltd. is currently the fastest growing International Long Distance (ILD) carrier in India. It is the first Indian telecom company to get a 'full carrier license' from the Federal Communication Commission to offer ILD, NLD and broadcasting services across the US. Having acquired an International Long Distance (ILD) Carrier license it ended the monopoly of the incumbent VSNL VSNL Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (India) last year in 2002. The company, within a matter of months cornered a massive 30% share of the Indian ILD market and has emerged as the 2nd largest ILD carrier in the country. Promoted by SPA enterprises Ltd., India, Data Access is maintaining its monopoly-breaking track record in the Indian telecom market by being the first Indian private carrier to deliver large-scale voice traffic on its own network. The network has a global reach and is a unique combination of both TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. and IP with own NOCs at New York, London, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Colombo and Hong Kong. Data Access operates several telecom licenses across the globe to offer voice, data and broadcasting services. Please visit www.da-india.com for more details. |
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