Singapore Telecommunications and Bharti Airtel have joined hands to deliver high-speed, secure enterprise data network coverage in the Asia-Pacific, West Asia, Africa, Europe and the US. The two companies have combined their resources into one network to provide data connectivity in 325 cities across the world through 370 points of presence (PoP). This will form one of the world’s largest Internet Protocol Virtual Private Networks (IP VPNs).

Singtel’s 200 PoPs in 160 cities and Airtel’s 170 PoPs in 165 cities in India, Africa and West Asia will form a new network that offers a connectivity backbone across Asia, Europe, Africa and North America. Under the strategic alliance, the newly created global network will enable multi national enterprises streamline their operations across different regions by using high-bandwidth business applications such as cloud applications, unified communications (Read More about this here), video conferencing and software-defined networking solutions.

Through this partnership, while Singtel strengthens its lead as the largest IP VPN provider in Asia Pacific with strong domestic data network in Australia, India and Singapore, for Bharti Airtel, it bolsters the the company’s enterprise offering.