Maersk Data USA And Equant To Provide Global Services To World's Transportation Industry
Announcement posted by Equant 21 Mar 2002
Advanced services will be delivered jointly to the worlds port operators providing significant cost and operational advantages
Maersk Data USA plans to connect the worlds ports to its transportation hub via an innovative application service provider (ASP) model through a global agreement with Equant (NYSE: ENT) (Euronext Paris: EQU).
The Maersk Data USA ASP service package, supported by Equant IP VPN in more than 135 countries and territories, offers transportation operators around the world significant cost and operational advantages at a time when privatization and increased competition in the sector are creating both opportunities and challenges. Using Equants flagship IP VPN solution, Maersk Data USA will provide applications to its customers, many of whom would otherwise not be able to justify the high investment cost traditionally required for installations, such as purchasing servers and software licenses while adding staff. Through the ASP model, Maersk Data USA can deliver various applications on a usage-based, pay-as-you-go basis.
Equant offers our business global reach with one of the most sophisticated networks in the industry, said Aksel L. Nielsen, president of Maersk Data USA. This partnership enables Maersk Data USA to deliver application service provider-based services to customers around the world, including container terminals within ports, railroad depots, trucking companies and other support organizations in regions beyond the ports.
Maersk Data USA chose Equants award-winning IP VPN solution for secure, reliable and cost-effective global connectivity. Network and value-added services provided by Equant are expected to generate more than US$17 million in revenues over three years.
Equant has taken a leadership role in communications services for the maritime transportation sector. Maersk Data USA joins a large transportation customer base that includes such multinationals as: APL/APL Logistics, CMA-CGM, CSAV, China Shipping, Danzas, K LINE, Kuehne & Nagel, P&O Nedlloyd and Stolt-Nielsen, said Richard Blaustein, head of Equant North America. Our partnership with Maersk Data USA will bring a new dimension to our vertical sector capabilities, adding the ASP functionality that ports around the world are increasingly seeking to help them modernize and compete on a global scale.
About Equant
Equant (NYSE: ENT) (Euronext Paris: EQU) is a recognized industry leader in global IP and data services for multinational businesses, offering network, integration and managed services to global business. The network has unmatched seamless global reach, connecting key business centers in 220 countries and territories, with local support in 145 countries and territories. Building on more than 50 years of experience in data communications, Equant serves thousands of the worlds top companies. Equant, a member of the France Telecom Group, meets the diverse needs of global companies with the industrys most extensive portfolio of managed data network services. Equants 2001 revenues, on a pro forma basis, were more than $3 billion.
About Maersk Data USA
Maersk Data USA Inc. offers a complete array of IT services, including consulting, application development and support, systems integration, e-commerce solutions and more. Maersk Data USA, Inc. is part of the Maersk Data Group, which, as a member of the A.P. Moller family of companies, employs more than 2,500 people in the United States, Denmark, Asia and India. Visit www.maerskdata-usa.com for more information. A.P. Moller has more than 60,000 employees and offices in more than 100 countries around the world. In addition to container terminals, A.P. Moller has substantial interests in shipping, aviation, and logistics, shipbuilding and industry, exploration for and production of oil and gas, IT services and retailing. Go to www.maersk.com to learn more.
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This release may contain projections or other forward-looking statements related to Equant that involve risks and uncertainties. Readers are cautioned that these statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future results or events. Readers are referred to the documents filed by Equant with the SEC, specifically the most recent filing on Form 20-F and the submission on Form 6-K containing the shareholders circular, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, including, among other things, risks relating to Equants history of operating losses, the unpredictability of growth in Equants markets, Equant s rapid growth, changing technology, uncertain and changing regulatory restrictions, Equants international operations, dependence on suppliers, network security issues, competition, and volatility of Equants stock price and risks relating to the combination with Global One. All forward-looking statements are based on information available to Equant on the date hereof, and Equant assumes no obligation to update such statements.
The Maersk Data USA ASP service package, supported by Equant IP VPN in more than 135 countries and territories, offers transportation operators around the world significant cost and operational advantages at a time when privatization and increased competition in the sector are creating both opportunities and challenges. Using Equants flagship IP VPN solution, Maersk Data USA will provide applications to its customers, many of whom would otherwise not be able to justify the high investment cost traditionally required for installations, such as purchasing servers and software licenses while adding staff. Through the ASP model, Maersk Data USA can deliver various applications on a usage-based, pay-as-you-go basis.
Equant offers our business global reach with one of the most sophisticated networks in the industry, said Aksel L. Nielsen, president of Maersk Data USA. This partnership enables Maersk Data USA to deliver application service provider-based services to customers around the world, including container terminals within ports, railroad depots, trucking companies and other support organizations in regions beyond the ports.
Maersk Data USA chose Equants award-winning IP VPN solution for secure, reliable and cost-effective global connectivity. Network and value-added services provided by Equant are expected to generate more than US$17 million in revenues over three years.
Equant has taken a leadership role in communications services for the maritime transportation sector. Maersk Data USA joins a large transportation customer base that includes such multinationals as: APL/APL Logistics, CMA-CGM, CSAV, China Shipping, Danzas, K LINE, Kuehne & Nagel, P&O Nedlloyd and Stolt-Nielsen, said Richard Blaustein, head of Equant North America. Our partnership with Maersk Data USA will bring a new dimension to our vertical sector capabilities, adding the ASP functionality that ports around the world are increasingly seeking to help them modernize and compete on a global scale.
About Equant
Equant (NYSE: ENT) (Euronext Paris: EQU) is a recognized industry leader in global IP and data services for multinational businesses, offering network, integration and managed services to global business. The network has unmatched seamless global reach, connecting key business centers in 220 countries and territories, with local support in 145 countries and territories. Building on more than 50 years of experience in data communications, Equant serves thousands of the worlds top companies. Equant, a member of the France Telecom Group, meets the diverse needs of global companies with the industrys most extensive portfolio of managed data network services. Equants 2001 revenues, on a pro forma basis, were more than $3 billion.
About Maersk Data USA
Maersk Data USA Inc. offers a complete array of IT services, including consulting, application development and support, systems integration, e-commerce solutions and more. Maersk Data USA, Inc. is part of the Maersk Data Group, which, as a member of the A.P. Moller family of companies, employs more than 2,500 people in the United States, Denmark, Asia and India. Visit www.maerskdata-usa.com for more information. A.P. Moller has more than 60,000 employees and offices in more than 100 countries around the world. In addition to container terminals, A.P. Moller has substantial interests in shipping, aviation, and logistics, shipbuilding and industry, exploration for and production of oil and gas, IT services and retailing. Go to www.maersk.com to learn more.
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This release may contain projections or other forward-looking statements related to Equant that involve risks and uncertainties. Readers are cautioned that these statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future results or events. Readers are referred to the documents filed by Equant with the SEC, specifically the most recent filing on Form 20-F and the submission on Form 6-K containing the shareholders circular, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, including, among other things, risks relating to Equants history of operating losses, the unpredictability of growth in Equants markets, Equant s rapid growth, changing technology, uncertain and changing regulatory restrictions, Equants international operations, dependence on suppliers, network security issues, competition, and volatility of Equants stock price and risks relating to the combination with Global One. All forward-looking statements are based on information available to Equant on the date hereof, and Equant assumes no obligation to update such statements.