China Telecom Americas and Sprint agreed to interconnect their data networks to offer global MPLS-based VPN services. China Telecom Americas, a wholly-owned US-based subsidiary of China Telecom, is an international telecom provider to multinational companies, organizations and international carriers requiring China domestic services and International access to China & Asia Pacific.
This relationship gives China Telecom Americas’ customers access to the full range of capabilities inherent in Sprint’s global Tier 1 IP network with multiple access solutions, enabling Class of Service for data, voice and video. China Telecom Americas’ MPLS VPN network is connected directly to Sprint’s network via network-to-network interfaces (NNI).
China Telecom has deployed 200+ PEs in Asia and has hundreds of access PoPs worldwide.http://www.sprint.comhttp://www.ctamericas.com/
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