Tata Communications

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.
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= Sort of/partially
= No
= Extra costs
= Unknown

Product
Dynamic content deliveryNon-cacheable content delivery. User login, shopping cart ...	Vary headers and POST are supported. No PUT.
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 compression/optimization
DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain
WAFWeb Application Firewall
Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this.
Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs

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.
Tata Communications network map

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Region	POPs	Locations
North America	8	Ashburn - Atlanta - Chicago - Dallas - Los Angeles - Miami - New York City - Santa Clara
Latin America	0
Europe	4	Frankfurt Paris London Amsterdam
Russia & CIS	0
Asia, excl China	10	Hong Kong Tokyo Bangalore - Chennai - Hyderabad - Kolkata - Mumbai - New Delhi Singapore Taipei
China	0
Oceania	1	Sydney
Middle-East	1	Jeddah
Africa	0

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
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.

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= Sort of/partially
= No
= Extra costs
= Unknown

Web acceleration
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	Global Anycasted network Tata recommends against root domain though, as they may make changes in DNS at any time
HTTP/2	End of 2017
IPv6Do the edge servers have IPv6?
Compression Reduce file size for faster delivery	Resend from origin Always fetch compressed from origin
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 shieldOne POP pulls from origin, other POPs pull from the shield POP	Tiered architecture, not single POP shield Tata support is needed to enable/configure this
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	Tata support is needed to enable/configure this
Purge Invalidate or delete cached objects on CDN	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
Log files	Refreshed every 24h. Available via FTP 15m refresh possible at extra charge
API	Purge, configuration. Not analytics

HTTPS & Content Protection
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
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

Support

Tata Communications provides support via email and phone to all customers. Large customers may get additional support.

Customer support
Documentation	Some documentation, not public
Humans	All customers get 24/7 email and phone support.

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