Company
Tata Communications is a full service, carrier grade, global CDN that has been in operation since their acquisition of BitGravity in 2012. The CDN rides on Tata’s global infrastructure which is the largest Tier 1 network in the world. Tata’s ownership of the network and peering relationships enable it to be very competitive when it comes to price.
Tata Communications website
Products
Tata Communications provides streaming and small/large file delivery CDN services. Video delivery over RTMP is supported, as well as HDS, HLS and Dash. Tata also has DVR playback and real-time video delivery analytics.
View the table below for more insight into Tata Communications products.
Hover over/touch the product to view a short description.
| Product | ||
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| Dynamic content deliveryNon-cacheable content delivery. User login, shopping cart ... | Dynamic Site Acceleration | |
| Small file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of small files (file size <1 MB) | Whole Site Acceleration | |
| Large file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of large files (file size >1 MB) | Large Object Rapid Delivery | |
| Live videoDelivery of live video. RTMP? Transcoding/transmuxing? | Live Streaming | |
| Video on demandDelivery of on demand video | Video On Demand | |
| Image OptimizationAutomatic image transformation/compression/optimization | ||
| DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain | ||
| WAFWeb Application Firewall | CDN Security | |
| Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this. | CDN Security | |
| Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs | ||
| Edge ComputeRun your code on CDN edge servers |
Network
Tata Communications has POPs in North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Oceania. Their presence in India is very strong with 6 POPs and 4 more planned. Tata also has new POPs planned for Brazil, Malaysia, Toronto and Denver.
Click the country flag icon to navigate to a page showing all CDNs with POP(s) in that country
* = planned POPs
** = multiple POPs
| North America | 8 locations in 1 country | ||
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United States | Ashburn - Atlanta - Chicago - Dallas - Los Angeles - Miami - New York City - Santa Clara | |
| Latin America | No edge servers | ||
| Europe | 4 locations in 4 countries | ||
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Germany | Frankfurt | |
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France | Paris | |
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United Kingdom | London | |
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Netherlands | Amsterdam | |
| Russia & CIS | No edge servers | ||
| Asia excl. China | 10 locations in 5 countries | ||
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Hong Kong | Hong Kong | |
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Japan | Tokyo | |
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India | Bangalore - Chennai - Hyderabad - Kolkata - Mumbai - New Delhi | |
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Singapore | Singapore | |
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Taiwan | Taipei | |
| China | No edge servers | ||
| Oceania | 1 location in 1 country | ||
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Australia | Sydney | |
| Middle-East | 1 location in 1 country | ||
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Saudi Arabia | Jeddah | |
| Africa | No edge servers | ||
Pricing
Tata Communications offers highly competitive prices customized to your business requirements. One or two-week free trial is available. Get in touch to learn more about their services and prices.
Tata Communications contact form
| Pricing & contract duration | ||
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| Minimum contract term | Unknown | |
| Minimum monthly costs | Unknown | |
| Requests costsCustomers pay for client to CDN requests | Unknown | |
| Ingress costsCustomers pay for origin-to-CDN bytes transferred | Unknown | |
| NA/EU traffic (low volume) | Unknown | |
| APAC traffic (low volume) | Unknown | |
| LATAM traffic (low volume) | Unknown | |
Features
Tata Communications has a wide range of features including geo blocking and IP white/blacklisting. The UI has many configuration and customization options for small and large file delivery.
View the tables below for more insight into the features Tata Communications supports.
Hover over/touch the feature name to view a short description.
| Web acceleration | ||
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| Instant setupSign up, configure, start testing. | ||
| Change propagation delayHow fast do config changes propagate to all POPs? | <10 minutes | |
Apex/root domain OK
No performance degradation when using http(s)://domain.com
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Global Anycasted network
Tata recommends against root domain though, as they may make changes in DNS at any time
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| HTTP/2 | End of 2017 | |
| WebSockets
Technology for bidirectional communication in client-server apps
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| IPv6Do the edge servers have IPv6? | ||
| Compression
Reduce file size for faster delivery
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Resend from origin
Always fetch compressed from origin
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| Origin pull - protocolHTTP only or HTTPS possible too? | HTTP and HTTPS | |
| Origin pull - Host headerUse client > edge value? Set specific value? | Can't configure specific other Host header | |
| Origin Shield
One POP pulls from origin, other POPs pull from the shield POP
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Tiered architecture, not single POP shield
Tata support is needed to enable/configure this
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| Waiting RoomDuring peak traffic, route users to a virtual waiting room | ||
| Push / uploadStore your content directly on CDN, no customer origin | ||
| Cache control - CDN caching | Full and granular control | |
| Cache control - client caching | Full and granular control | |
| Serve Stale
CDN serves cached but expired content in case origin is in trouble
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Purge
Invalidate or delete cached objects on CDN
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No longer than 2 mins, often much faster | |
| Purge - capabilities | Purge all, purge by directory, not by tag or header | |
| Analytics |
Many metrics in the UI
2 seconds refresh ('instant') possible at extra charge
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| Log files |
Refreshed every 24h. Available via FTP
15m refresh possible at extra charge
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| API | Purge, configuration. Not analytics | |
| HTTPS & Content Protection | ||
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| CDN domain HTTPSUse the CDN's domain, like cloudfront.net | ||
| Customer domain HTTPSYour domain in the CDN's certificate | ||
| Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN |
SNI. Pricing is custom.
Update cert via UI or API
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| Token authentication | ||
| Geo blocking | ||
| Hotlink protectionThird parties cannot deeplink to your content | Their support team is needed | |
| Basic authenticationUser logs in on the CDN to get content | ||
| IP white/blacklisting |
White or black listing. IP addresses and CIDR blocks
Customer can configure self in UI
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Support
Tata Communications provides support via email and phone to all customers. Large customers may get additional support.
| Documentation | Some documentation, not public | |
| Human support | All customers get 24/7 email and phone support. | |
| Status Page |
Contact Tata Communications
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