Rieter Automotive gears up for growth with Reliance Globalcom
Leading automotive supplier extends 5-year contract to support expansion into emerging markets
Neu-Isenburg, December 15, 2010 - Reliance Globalcom, the leading global provider of managed network and communication services for multinational enterprises, carriers and consumers, today announced a 5-year extension of its global network management, design and provisioning contract with Rieter Automotive Systems (Rieter). The contract renewal is worth US$ 4.5 million and will cover 50 locations across 13 countries including 5 new sites in China.
Formed in 1795 in Switzerland, Rieter has established a global standard in service provisioning to the automotive industry, by tailoring solutions to meet specific client requirements. In order to maintain the high standards and reputation built over the years, Rieter was increasingly looking to provide products manufactured in-country that ensured the exact cultural, technological and service synergy with the customers’ needs. In line with this strategy the company also needed to rapidly scale its business into challenging markets like China, to support new business opportunities. Reliance Globalcom with its hybrid VNO approach catered to this exact requirement, by providing access to over 700 certified provider partners reaching over 230 countries, with a fully scalable solution that could flex to any new geographical market, where Rieter identified growth opportunities.
The new global managed network will replace Rieter’s current Internet and IP Sec connections with an IP VPN and MPLS Matrix solution, which will increase both the reliability of the core network and the performance of all major applications. The global network covers established markets in Europe and the US including South America, extending with new sites in Asia, to establish Rieter’s local capability.
Reliance Globalcom delivered a level of customer service assurance and technical innovation, which matched Reiter’s key requirements as it expanded into a new market. Secure, high-bandwidth connectivity, provided by local suppliers in China, was rapidly established and seamlessly integrated into the existing single point of billing, contractual and fault management for the global WAN. Minimal requirements on local Asia IT teams meant business establishment could be prioritised and more rapid sales achieved. This process can easily be replicated anywhere around the globe, to facilitate business growth unlimited by technological, geographical or cultural borders.
“Being a trusted partner for 6 years, I think Reliance Globalcom highly differentiates from other network providers through its service assurance and the agility to rapidly change our network according to our business needs”, explains Karl-Heinz Frohnhoff, CIO Rieter Automotive Management AG. “With increasing growth opportunities in the emerging economies of the world, we understand the true value of Reliance Globalcom’s multi-supplier network that helps utilise local carriers in ways which exactly mirror our business expansion model in every local market.”
“We are very pleased to announce the contract renewal with Rieter, and excited to continue providing high service assurance and consolidated network solutions to them. “, explained Jürgen Keller, Managing Director Central Europe, Reliance Globalcom. “Our 20-year heritage of providing multi-carrier managed solutions has supported many customers’ global growth, which is evident in continued business from our current customers. We look forward to continued growth as we work more closely with current and future customers to solve their business challenges.”
About Rieter Automotive Systems
Rieter Automotive Systems is a leading partner for the major light vehicle and heavy truck manufacturers around the world. To increase vehicle comfort and value, the company designs, develops, tests and manufactures innovative and cost effective solutions for noise reduction and heat management. Its unique combination of core competences in vehicle acoustics and thermal management means that Rieter Automotive Systems takes a total vehicle approach in supplying solutions, systems and products for the engine bay, underbody, trunk and interior of road vehicles. The company operates on a global scale and has its headquarters in Winterthur, in the greater Zurich area of Switzerland.
Rieter Automotive Systems is one of two divisions of Rieter Group, an industrial group based in Winterthur, Switzerland, and operating on a global scale. Formed in 1795, the company is a leading supplier to the textile and automotive industries. Rieter has a presence in some 20 countries with nearly 70 manufacturing facilities and has a total worldwide workforce of 12 700 employees, some 13% of whom are based in Switzerland.
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 spanning 65,000 Kilometers seamlessly integrated with Reliance Communications’ domestic optic fiber running over 190,000 Kilometers, 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
About Reliance Communications
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.
Reliance Communications has established a pan-India, next generation, integrated (wireless and wireline), convergent (voice, data and video) digital network that is capable of supporting best-of-class services spanning the entire communications value chain, covering over 24,000 towns and 600,000 villages. Reliance Communications owns and operates the world's largest next generation IP enabled connectivity infrastructure, comprising over 277,000 kilometers of fibre optic cable systems in India, USA, Europe, Middle East and the Asia Pacific region.
