Tata Communications said that it has been chosen by German reinsurance company, Hannover Re, to deploy and run its TelePresence facilities, serving the group’s internal teams in 18 locations across 16 countries, worldwide.
Tata Communications will roll out the Cisco TelePresence high-definition; immersive video collaboration systems to help employees based in Europe, North America, Asia, Middle East and Africa collaborate with each other on a daily basis.
Under this agreement, Tata Communications will provide Hannover Re with an offering that includes deployment and installation of rooms, maintenance, management and concierge service for scheduling and reservations, public rooms, open global TelePresence exchange as well as the Cisco-certified TelePresence network.
Tata Communications’ TelePresence services include managed private Cisco TelePresence rooms, public TelePresence rooms that can be rented by the hour, and the ability for these private and public rooms to connect with each other.
Claude Sassoulas, managing director for the Europe and Africa Region for Tata Communications, said: "Hannover Re awarded the contract to Tata Communications on account of its ability to provide a flexible and comprehensive solution.
"Our goal is to provide the broadest range of TelePresence connections globally and to enable our customers to expand their ecosystems with partners, customers and vendors as extensively as possible. The more connections that are facilitated, the greater the value of this service will be to customers."
