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Old-guard packet carrier SITA last week launched an international frame relay service, hoping to capitalize on a market projected to grow to $1.155 billion by 1996.
Although the current international frame relay market comprises a little more than 100 customers that spent $108 million last year, frame relay is ready to go global, according to SITA.
The carrier will have 12 countries in Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region on-line by the end of June. By the third quarter, SITA plans to offer frame relay in the 35 countries with digital telecommunications infrastructures.
International frame relay has caught the attention of a number of carriers. Sprint established service to 14 cities overseas last year and has another six planned for this year, according to Laura Capaldini, an analyst with Northpoint Consulting in Ithaca, N.Y. And carriers in Australia, Finland, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa have international frame relay plans.
Looking at current international suppliers, there is still room in...