Cable&Wireless partners Equinix for cloud services

BANGALORE, INDIA: Communications service provider Cable&Wireless Worldwide announced that it is collaborating with data centre services provider Equinix Inc.

“Telcos are natural providers of enterprise-class infrastructure services. Our ambition is to create an ecosystem of best-of-breed solutions from different service providers that can deliver a flexible and risk free cloud computing roadmap for customers,” said Nick Lambert, MD, Wholesale, Mid-markets and Global Markets, C&W Worldwide.

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This will strengthen C&W's cloud capabilities and will help the company to deliver a comprehensive suite of data centre services, such as co-location, managed hosting and cloud computing services to global customers.

“Our global relationship with Cable&Wireless Worldwide is a testament to the value of Platform Equinix for enabling network service providers to easily expand their service reach to access new revenue opportunities,” said Samuel Lee, Equinix President, Asia Pacific. “As part of our growing network ecosystem of more than 680 network service providers, C&W Worldwide has access to our global platform of 99 data centres, while customers have a broad choice of best-in-class network providers to meet their telecommunications needs.”