London 28, November 2011: Reliance Globalcom, the leading global provider of managed network and communication services for multinational enterprises, carriers and consumers, today announced an extension of its global network contract with Specsavers to January 2018. The contract renewal is worth US$ 12 million and covers over 1,250 global locations in 6 countries.

“Our contract extension with Reliance Globalcom recognises the valuable service they provide in managing all aspects of the Specsavers global data network. This contract successfully allows our IT Team to focus on the delivery of strategic business projects safe in the knowledge that our data communications infrastructure is being provisioned utilising optimum technologies and supported in the most efficient way possible”, said Nigel Dufty, Specsavers IT Service Director.

“We are delighted to extend our relationship with Specsavers to 2018. This is a significant demonstration of the confidence that Specsavers has placed in Reliance for the management of their global WAN services and comes off the back of consistently high levels of customer experience provided by the Reliance global business”, said Bertil Holthuis, MD of Northern Europe Reliance Globalcom.

About Specsavers
Specsavers was founded by Doug and Dame Mary Perkins in 1984 and is now the largest privately owned opticians in the world. The couple still runs the company, along with their three children. Their eldest son John is joint managing director. Specsavers has more than 1,500 stores throughout the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Spain and Australia. Specsavers was voted Britain’s most trusted brand of opticians for the tenth year running by Reader’s Digest in 2011. More information can be found at: www.specsavers.co.uk.

Reliance Globalcom is the global, managed solutions brand of India’s largest integrated telecom services provider Reliance Communications. With over 5,000 large corporations across 6 continents, the company is independently recognized amongst the global Top 10 providers of Managed network solutions and International Wholesale Voice carrier as well as a Top 6 Global Ethernet services provider.

Reliance Globalcom owns the largest private cable network in the world with over 277,000 km of fiber optic cabling including 65,000 km of sub-sea fiber. Through strategic relationships with over 700 network service providers across the world, Reliance Globalcom provides assured connectivity to 163 countries and territories, with the capability to reach 230.

Reliance Globalcom’s global platform of high performance data centers supports market leading active application management, content distribution and cloud computing services in addition to converged, managed services that enable the collaboration processes that drive global Enterprise growth.

With over 4,000 employees across 25 countries, the company is constantly engaged in delivery of world class and cost effective solutions to Enterprise customers around the world and three million retail customers outside India. To find out more, 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 Group. The Reliance Group currently has a net worth in excess of Rs. 89,000 crore (US$ 19.7 billion), cash flows of Rs. 10,900 crore (US$ 2.3 billion), net profit of Rs. 3,600 crore (US$ 0.8 billion).

Reliance Communications is India's foremost and truly integrated telecommunications service provider. The Company, with a customer base of over 154 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 over 35,000 Indian and multinational corporations including small and medium enterprises 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.