Mercury Communications Ltd has signed up Japan’s International Digital Communications Co – in which Mercury parent Cable & Wireless Plc has a stake – to interconnect with its Global Virtual Private Network service. The Japanese carrier will include Global Virtual Private Network in its Inet portfolio of international virtual services. International Digital now has interconnections with Mercury, Sprint Corp, Hongkong Telecom International Ltd, Teleglobe Canada Inc, AT&T Co, MCI Communications Corp, Italcable SpA and Belgacom NV. Mercury has interconnect pacts with Hong Kong Telecom, Sprint, Teleglobe, Unitel Communications, Koninklijke PTT Telecom Nederland NV, Televerket and Telstra SpA.
