(24 March 2008 4:30 pm)

BANGALORE: BT announced today that the acquisition of Frontline Technologies Corporation (Frontline) was successfully completed and the new company will start operations immediately under the new brand-name of BT Frontline.

In Asia Pacific, BT will conduct business as usual under the BT brand-name. Frontline will operate alongside BT as BT Frontline. By using this co-branding approach BT Frontline will be able to maintain and leverage the regional brand equity and goodwill of the Frontline name, according to an official release.

With BT Frontline as part of the BT Group, BT plans in enhancing its transformation into a customer driven, networked IT solutions provider that has the immediate ability to offer a full range of IT solutions across Asia Pacific and around the globe in the 170 countries in which BT operates.

BT Telecom India (BTTIPL). is a subsidiary of the BT Group, a global player in networked IT services. In February 2007, BTTIPL was granted international long distance and national long distance license by the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India. These licenses enable BT to offer services for the first time directly to multi-site corporate customers in India.

BTTIPL has a wide base of customers spanning IT/ITES, retail, media. It provides its customers virtual private network-based (VPN) services using technologies such as internet protocol-based multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) and ATM while also addressing the networked IT service needs of BT's multinational customers.