NEU-ISENBURG, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Reliance Globalcom, a leading global provider of managed network and communication services for multinational enterprises, carriers and consumers, has re-signed a five year agreement with Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS) for its global wide area network (WAN) and global Internet Security Services. SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company.

SGS were looking to improve security and enable high-bandwidth voice applications to be run over their global WAN, while reducing network management costs. Reliance Globalcom’s Hybrid VNO approach enabled a new fully-redundant hybrid network using Ethernet Layer 2, MPLS, VPLS and IPSec technologies to connect 745 sites in 102 countries across six continents, using Reliance core infrastructure and multiple local carriers. Reliance Globalcom’s global infrastructure provides dynamic bandwidth scaling, enabling SGS to match their exact requirements to business needs – and when combined with best-of-breed local service providers and technologies, SGS reduced network costs while increasing availability and performance.

The redesign of the network also includes a global security solution, procured using tailored providers and managed centrally with local, regional and global security gateways consisting of Firewall, Intrusion Detection Prevention and Antivirus.

“Reliance Globalcom combines the most appropriate technologies and infrastructures on a global basis to provide a cost-effective, optimized and fully-managed hybrid network solution,” said Jürgen Keller, Managing Director Central Europe at Reliance Globalcom. “We are looking forward to providing SGS with high quality services in the coming years, as our network provisioning approach continues to lower total network ownership costs and continues to support SGS as a global industry leader.”

Stefan Schnydrig, CIO at SGS explained, “The five year contract is an extension of the relationship that began in 2004 and reflects the consultative advice we receive. Reliance Globalcom manages the complexity of our very numerous, very site-specific requirements – more than 1,000 circuits from over 100 different local, regional and global carriers – within our network. Reliance Globalcom is our single point of contact for any network related issues, and provide us the flexibility to scale our operations rapidly, ensuring we are cost competitive in every market.”

About SGS

SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. Recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity, SGS employs over 56,000 people and operates a network of more than 1,000 offices and laboratories around the world.

As the leader in providing specialized business solutions that improve quality, safety and productivity and reduce risk, SGS helps customers navigate an increasingly regulated world. Its independent services add significant value to our customers’ operations and ensure business sustainability.

About Reliance Globalcom

Reliance Globalcom, a division of Reliance Communications, spearheads the Global Telecom operations of India’s largest Integrated Telecom Service Provider. Reliance Globalcom brings together the synergies of Reliance Communications’ Global Business encompassing Enterprise Services, Capacity Sales, Managed Services and a highly successful bouquet of Retail products and services comprising of Global Voice, Internet Solutions and Value Added Services. The company serves over 2,100 enterprises, 200 carriers and 2.2 million retail customers in 163 countries across 6 continents.

Reliance Globalcom owns the world’s largest private undersea cable system spanning 65,000 Kilometers seamlessly integrated with Reliance Communications’ domestic optic fiber running over 190,000 Kilometers, providing a robust Global Service Delivery Platform connecting 40 key business markets in India, USA, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific region. With its recent acquisition of eWave World (now Reliance WiMAX World), a pioneer in the global WiMAX space, Reliance Globalcom has the capability to launch 4G services in over 50 countries. It has also acquired the Vanco Group (now Reliance Vanco Group), enabling the company to provide managed services to over 230 countries and territories across the globe. For further information, please visit www.relianceglobalcom.com.

About Reliance Communications

Reliance Communications Limited founded by the late Shri Dhirubhai H Ambani (1932-2002) is the flagship company of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group currently has a net worth in excess of Rs. 64,000 crore (US$ 13.6 billion), cash flows of Rs. 13,000 crore (US$ 2.8 billion), net profit of Rs. 8,400 crore (US$ 1.8 billion).

Reliance Communications is India's foremost and truly integrated telecommunications service provider. The Company, with a customer base of over 90 million including over 2.5 million individual overseas retail customers, ranks among the Top 5 Telecom companies in the world by number of customers in a single country. Reliance Communications corporate clientele includes 2,100 Indian and multinational corporations, and over 800 global, regional and domestic carriers.

Reliance Communications has established a pan-India, next generation, integrated (wireless and wire line), convergent (voice, data and video) digital network that is capable of supporting best-of-class services spanning the entire communications value chain, covering over 24,000 towns and 600,000 villages. Reliance Communications owns and operates the world's largest next generation IP enabled connectivity infrastructure, comprising over 190,000 kilometers of fiber optic cable systems in India, USA, Europe, Middle East and the Asia Pacific region.