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British Telecom, WorldCall sign agreement

KARACHI – British Telecom and WorldCall Communication Ltd Pakistan have entered into a long-term strategic partnership by signing a Master Agreement for co-operation and partnership covering different areas of their respective operations, said a spokesman for WorldCall.

The Master Agreement was signed last month at BT Tower, London, by Mark Smith, Managing Director, BT Global Broadcast Services and Salman Taseer, Chairman WorldCALL Communication.

BT will provide WorldCALL with an opportunity to leverage BT’s global IP backbone, Voice Network, and state of the art satellite transmission infrastructure for different types of services (voice, video, data) to be launched by WorldCALL in June/July, 04 after the award of LDI/LL licenses by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority.

Under this Agreement, BT will provide WorldCall with end to end Satellite transmission solutions including premium quality, high capacity, full duplex leased connectivity, between WorldCall’s operation centres at Karachi/Lahore and London Point of Presence (POP).

BT is also establishing two fully redundant, carrier grade satellite-ground infrastructure for WorldCALL at Karachi and Lahore.

Under the strategic agreements, BT will also terminate its voice traffic for Pakistan through WorldCALL LDI Network and start with a minimum of five million minutes a month and work together for leveraging each other’s infrastructure for joint launching of innovative service offering for the Pakistani and global market place. BT is currently sending around 20 million minutes a month into Pakistan.
Source: Business Recorder
Date:5/26/2004