[179743] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Question about co-lo in APAC region
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Siegel, David)
Wed May 6 15:36:57 2015
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From: "Siegel, David" <David.Siegel@Level3.com>
To: c b <bz_siege_01@hotmail.com>, "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 19:36:52 +0000
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Technical feasibility aside, you should consult with an attorney that speci=
alizes in International business and tax law. India is similar to China in=
that there are material challenges to doing business in those countries. =
For example, you can't get a license to operate as a foreign entity (althou=
gh you can operate under someone else's license), you generally have to for=
m a JV that is majority owned by a domestically owned company.
By comparison, Singapore is a relatively easy country to get a license to o=
perate a telecommunications business.
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of c b
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 10:28 AM
To: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Question about co-lo in APAC region
This is a pre-project discovery question... any help would be greatly appre=
ciated.
We have upcoming partnerships (opportunities) in APAC. The original plan wa=
s to place the hub in Singapore. Just weeks before everyone was ready to be=
gin the RFP, it turns out that one of our partner businesses owns a Co-Lo i=
n India. Not sure what the name or the size of this business is yet. While =
it would be nice to take advantage of this, we have potential partnerships =
in China and other areas of APAC in development... we are hesitating to put=
our APAC hub in India just based on latency and where the undersea cables =
run.
So, I'm reaching out to NANOG... some of you guys have either worked with b=
usinesses (or work in provider space) in both India and Singapore (and else=
where, such as Japan). Is there a clear reason to use/not-use India as a hu=
b? What would the pros/cons be? Is there a clear advantage to using Singapo=
re as we originally planned?
Again, we appreciate the feedback.
LFoD =20
