AT&T extends global network in Middle East

US communications holding company AT&T (NYSE:T) announced on Tuesday it has extended its network through a new node in the Middle East.

The company said the new node in Kuwait City has been deployed in cooperation with Qualitynet, a local provider of data communication, Internet and networking services in Kuwait, and NavLink, a company in which AT&T is a minority shareholder. No financial details were disclosed.

As part of the agreement among the three companies, Qualitynet and NavLink are hosting the global network node, allowing AT&T and Qualitynet to offer Virtual Private Network (VPN) services to local Kuwaiti customers seeking global connectivity and existing multinational customers of AT&T seeking to extend their presence and reach in the Middle East.

The node allows Qualitynet to offer network-based IP VPN solutions provided via Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) standards over the AT&T global network, which provides IP-enabled, application-aware, managed VPN services.

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