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K. V. Kurmanath

Hyderabad, Nov. 20 Verizon Business, an arm of the communications and bandwidth services major Verizon Communications of the US, has said that it has not seen any signs of slowdown in India and that the country is showing great appetite for bandwidth.

The company, which is planning to add the sixth IP node strengthening its mesh, has just completed nation-wide interactions with large enterprises in financial, IT, ITES and government sectors.

“We spoke to customers in these sectors that drive our business in top cities such as Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad,” Mr D. Blair Crump, Group President (Worldwide Sales), told Business Line.

Asked whether companies have deferred the plans or reduced order sizes, he replied in the negative.

“We have not seen any sign of slowdown here. In fact, we are getting more and more queries from the Indian and foreign companies. The requirement for bandwidth is growing as the economy grows,” he said.

“Multinational companies with operations in India, as well as to India-based multinationals and other large enterprises are showing greater interest in our services,” he said.

Without mentioning a figure, he said the growth rates were so encouraging in India that the company had decided to double the workforce in the next one year.

“We are also going to expand the bouquet of services. Besides increasing the sales force, we will be focussing on the aspects of engineering and customer service too,” he said.

Verizon Business, whose Chennai and Mumbai points having submarine cable connections to Singapore and France respectively, is the only US consortium member of the SEA-ME-WE-4 undersea cable network system.

The 20,000-km network provides diverse connectivity from India to Europe and Asia.

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