Paris, 12th January 2011: Reliance Globalcom, the leading global provider of managed network and communication services for multinational enterprises, and carriers has signed a new four year contract renewal with Pimkie , the leading European high-street fashion retailer, for the upgrade and management of their wide area network (WAN) in Europe.

The inherent flexibility of Reliance Globalcom’s unique Hybrid VNO approach allowed Pimkie to access optimum cost local infrastructure providers across all of the European locations. By utilising local procurement understanding and implementation relationships for every new site, Reliance Globalcom co-ordinated the roll-out within the tight timeframes required to maximise the profit of each new store – ensuring they opened as soon as possible.

About Reliance Globalcom

Reliance Globalcom a division of Reliance Communications, spearheads the Global Telecom operations of India’s largest Integrated Telecom Service Provider. Reliance Globalcom brings together the synergies of Reliance Communications’ Global Business encompassing Enterprise Services, Capacity Sales, Managed Services and a highly successful bouquet of Retail products and services comprising of Global Voice, Internet Solutions and Value Added Services. The company serves over 2,100 enterprises, 200 carriers and 2.5 million retail customers in 163 countries across 6 continents.

Reliance Globalcom owns the world’s largest private undersea cable system seamlessly integrated with Reliance Communications’ domestic optic fibre comprising over 277,000 kilometres, providing a robust Global Service Delivery Platform connecting 40 key business markets in India, USA, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific region. With its recent acquisition of eWave World (now Reliance WiMAX World), a pioneer in the global WiMAX space, Reliance Globalcom has the capability to launch 4G services in over 50 countries. It has also acquired the Vanco Group (now Reliance Vanco Group), enabling the company to provide managed services to over 230 countries and territories across the globe. For further information, please visit www.relianceglobalcom.com

Reliance Communications Limited founded by the late Shri Dhirubhai H Ambani (1932-2002) is the flagship company of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group currently has a net worth in excess of Rs. 64,000 crore (US$ 13.6 billion), cash flows of Rs. 13,000 crore (US$ 2.8 billion), net profit of Rs. 8,400 crore (US$ 1.8 billion).

Reliance Communications is India's foremost and truly integrated telecommunications service provider. The Company, with a customer base of over 124 million including over 2.5 million individual overseas retail customers, ranks among the Top 4 Telecom companies in the world by number of customers in a single country. Reliance Communications corporate clientele includes 2,100 Indian and multinational corporations, and over 800 global, regional and domestic carriers.