Sprint And China Telecom To Connect Internet Portals
March 19, 2008
A statement was released by Sprint, a wireless communications company, last Wednesday, in which they have announced plans between themselves and China Telecom Corp. to interconnect their internet portals to form a virtual private network.
Within the terms of the agreement is the establishment of multiple, redundant network-to-network interconnection agreements for Sprint and China Telecom in the Asia-Pacific region.
Sprint said that this partnership will give them the opportunity to extend their current capabilities, whilst getting a foot in the door with China, and giving their customers a broader range of capabilities which come with China Telecom’s Next Convergence Network and will allow Sprint to cover more than 200 cities and 600 routers throughout China.
The statement did not include any specifics regarding the finances surrounding the deal.