NetFoundry, leaders in cloud-native networking, has announced that it is entering a partnership with one of South Asia’s leading telecom operators, dtac. Together the companies are introducing a new network service to the industry: SmartConnect.

dtac today serves millions of customers in Southern Asia addressing their business networking and cloud connectivity needs. dtac has built a robust and fully redundant network that runs on 90% fibre.

They are the first and only operator to deploy TDD & Massive MiMo, strengthening their position as the most advanced operator in Thailand for 5G readiness.

SmartConnect is set to put dtac on course to become the leader of 5G and cloud transformation in Thailand through NaaS, Infrastructure as a Service and its IoT and SaaS applications.

The partnership in particular is set to focus on a game-changing outlook on NaaS which will combine service bundling with cloud and connectivity to increase the value proposition substantially.

Furthermore, dtac’s influence in the telecom sector will be significantly enhanced by utilising NetFoundry’s global partnership with Amazon Web Services, Google and Azure by progressing the way in which service users can access and operate within the cloud.

“dtac’s capacities and solutions are enabling the seamless communication modern workers need to operate at a new ‘normal’, – particularly in light of COVID-19 – enabled by a reliable and secure network. Our new partnership with NetFoundry will make this possible and boost our 5G capabilities to new levels. With SmartConnect our networks are quicker, safer and easier to operate than ever before” said Rajiv Bawa, Chief Business Officer of dtac.

“With the launch of dtac smart connect services, our first priority will be to give the “remote worker enablement “ a new face via this next generation solution for the enterprises & SME of Thailand market who are struggling in Covid crisis to solve their “work from home” situation using old VPN technology”, added Rajiv Bawa.

NetFoundry (NF) is a leader of on-demand instant, anytime, anywhere, any network-based programmable Software-defined Cloud & IoT networking.

Gartner recognises NetFoundry as one of the key players in Zero trust networking as well as interconnecting Public cloud providers such as AWS, Azure or Google.

NetFoundry as next generation Software define networking connects to any cloud , any edge , any app , any data center, any IoT environment  in minutes , with 3x to 10x  performance , 5 layer of security built with massive cost savings for enterprises who have been entangled with old telco methods.

“dtac has decided to differentiate itself from a traditional telco and has built its services around applications in the modern and multi-cloud world, where data must be reliable, secure and delivered anywhere, anytime without depending on traditional methods and networks,” said Dipesh Ranjan, vice president and managing director of Asia Pacific at NetFoundry.

“NetFoundry enables zero trust-based secure and reliable connectivity between our customers and their various apps hosted across a distributed environment in Public or Private Cloud, no matter where our client is based or connected. We replace the need for VPNs, SDWANs or MPLS type of networks. Our cloud orchestrated & zero trust model reliably deploys and manages global software-defined networks, optimizes internet, and improves security. DTAC SmartConnect will enable both NetFoundry and dtac to go one step further for Thailand customers,” added Dipesh Ranjan, VP & MD of Asia-Pacific at NetFoundry.