Fulfilling the connectivity of Thailand’s southern route, creating one-stop “Hub” and “Connectivity” for users regionwide

November 18, 2013, Bangkok, Thailand – from its establishment by Founding Member, TCC Technology and the joint of first strategic member: KIRZ which TCCT and KIRZ collaborated to share knowledge and expand service capacity, today KEY Alliance Programhad an opportunity to welcome the new member: VTelecoms, a World Class Telecommunications Carrier providing High Speed - High Capacity - High Quality terrestrial network connectivity throughout the south of Thailand to Malaysia, and further to Hong Kong.

“KEY Alliance Program” founded by TCC Technology was aimed to collaborate with data center partners in Thailand to develop data center market and services to be as good as providers worldwide with a strong belief that each partner has distinguished competitive advantage therefore the partnership in KEY Alliance Program will give mutual and multiple results by benefiting the alliance itself, customers, and the entire society.

In consequence to KEY Alliance Program collaboration, TCCT, KIRZ, and VTelecoms, with the same philosophy of increasing data center services and network (connectivity) capacity to be able to provide these services at a larger scale, with redundancy and more network coverage in Bangkok and regionwide. The collaboration among three parties consists of:

1. TCCT’s “Bangkok Gigabit Ring” – the fiber optic ring connected to TCC Group’s properties and also other office buildings, TCCT’s eastern fiber optic (IPLC) ring from Bangkok to Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, and southern terrestrial fiber from Thailand to Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong.

2. KIRZ’s premium Internet service to homes and businesses, international and domestic high speed bandwidth

3. TCCT and KIRZ’s strategic data centers in Thailand connected to VTelecoms’ network which is directly connected to VTelecoms’ various Metro-E POPs worldwide as well as international and domestic Internet Exchanges (IXs) in particular VTelecoms’ southern network with authorized licenses in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, etc.

Khun Thaweesak Buaratcharoen, Commercial Director, TCC Technology (TCCT) said, “T.C.C. Technology Co., Ltd. has been premium Carrier Neutral Data Center Services provider. However to leverage data center industry in Thailand to be comparable to data centers worldwide, we require partners who can provide high speed and high quality connectivity and solution. That is why we established KEY Alliance Program and partnered with KIRZ and VTelecoms to make existing connectivity in the eastern route more efficient and to fulfill the connectivity in the southern route to provide best services to customers and users.”

Khun Gun Kirdkao, CEO, KIRZ said, “KIRZ is very pleased to be part of KEY Alliance Program. As forefront of the Thailand Internet communications industry, we provide premium business grade Internet solutions such as IPLC and also data centers. We have contributed the data centers and connectivity we have in form of KEY Alliance Program in hoping that we can provide best services for both existing and new customers in Thailand and region. In my opinion the program will well support enterprises for AEC in 2015.”

Khun Ekarat Charoenphong, Managing Director said, “VTelecoms is prompted to be “Regional Partner” with TCCT and KIRZ in KEY Alliance Program. I believe that with the strengths that each party has, the collaboration will become more tangible and solid. It has made the connectivity of Thailand’s southern route become stronger and has more strategic advantage for users. Also the "Hub" formed by TCCT, KIRZ, and VTelecoms has become more utilizable and applicable by customers and users, whether they are the three parties' existing or new customers.”