In yet another instance of the company’s vision to stamp itself as a formidable force in not only the domestic telecom services landscape but also on a global scale, India’s leading telecom services provider, Bharti Airtel announced the launch of a Global Wholesale Service Portfolio.

Services under these offerings will be available in 50 countries across Europe, North America, Africa, Asia and Australia. The company claims to have invested about $ 500 million to set up infrastructure for this connectivity.

MPLS, Ethernet, IP and IPLC services will be offered to global carriers while solutions for voice and data connectivity, collaboration services, co-location, carrier outsourcing and content distribution through submarine network will also be put on offer.

Announcing this at the launch of Global Wholesale Service in Singapore, David Nishball, President-Enterprise Services, Bharti Airtel said, “The launch of the Global Wholesale Service Portfolio is another step in our journey of becoming a global network solutions provider. From being a regional partner for foreign carriers, Bharti is now uniquely poised to serve global carriers to and from any part of the globe. Over the last few years, we have expanded our global network services portfolio in a manner that complements our investments in existing submarine routes to ensure flexible options for connectivity across all regions of the globe. Bharti’s strengths in this business, apart from the network is the flexibility and the innovation that it brings to its customers and partners that we believe creates winning propositions for the partners business.”

With the launch of the services Bharti is now placed in similar league as some of the international majors such as BT, AT&T, Equant which are some of the leading players in the field. Moreover Bharti can also narrow down the competitive advantage enjoyed by Tata Communications and Reliance’s Flag till now.

Bharti’s global network consists of stakes in several other cable systems, such as SMW4, i2i, which is fully-owned, APCN2, c2c, JUCN, TGN, TAT14, Apollo and Hibernia.

The company expects this division to contribute around 20 % of the total revenues from Enterprise Business Division within two years time.