Equant: Setting the industry standard for global businesses in data and IP communications
Announcement posted by Equant 02 May 2002
Equant offers the industrys most extensive portfolio of IP-based end-to-end managed network services, the most extensive set of traditional end-to-end managed data network services, and a series of advanced value-added voice and mobile services, as well as innovative application and integration services.
Equant IP VPN stands at the heart of Equant's unified product portfolio, offering multinational corporations a reliable, leading-edge platform for converged services such as voice-over IP.
Equant serves a total of more than 3,700 large business customers globally. As a member of the France Telecom Group, it meets the diverse needs of global companies with the industrys most extensive portfolio of network, integration and managed services.
Equant is No. 1 in the fast-growing IP VPN market for multinational corporations. It now has 500 MBLS-based IP VPN customers, connecting more than 12,000 corporate sites around the world.
With its established track record in managed data network services, Equant plans to aggressively capture market share in the burgeoning IP VPN services market in the Asia Pacific, which is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 66 per cent to US$3.01 billion by 2005 (according to IDC). Key drivers for converged data services include the need to reduce communications costs, to support an increasing number of mobile employees and a broader range of communications among a wide range of sites.
Recent announcements
BHP Billiton is Equants 500th IP VPN customer. It recently awarded Equant a US$27 million contract to link 127 sites on five continents with a single, fully-managed private network based on Equant IP VPN.
Maersk Data USA and Equant have signed a global agreement to connect the worlds ports to its transportation hub via an innovative application service provider (ASP) model supported by Equant IP VPN. Maersk Data will deliver various applications on a usage-based, pay-as-you-go basis, thereby offering transportation operators around the world significant cost and operational advantages. This deal reinforces Equants leadership in the maritime transport sector.
Equant is the recipient of Frost & Sullivans 2002 Market Engineering Company of the Year Award for its industry-leading Voice for IP VPN service. Equant won the award based on its outstanding management, consistent growth, high quality solutions and exceptional customer services.
The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a US$1.5 million contract for Equants Voice for IP VPN services. The deal extends the scope of an existing US$6 million, three-year Equant IP VPN contract ESA signed last year that covers ESA's 32 sites worldwide.
Equant has won a five-year, US$5 million contract to build a customized corporate data network for London-based South African Breweries PLC (SAB). Initially, Equant will interconnect 12 SAB sites in Europe and South Africa, using Equant IP VPN, Managed Firewall and Internet Direct services. Additional sites will be added over the term of the contract.
Swedish multinational engineering company Alfa Laval has a five-year, US$10 million contract with Equant. Alfa Laval has chosen Equant's industry-leading MPLS-based IP VPN solution to interconnect initially 52 corporate sites in 31 countries. Over the course of the contract, Alfa Laval expects to expand its IP VPN to 200 sites in 67 countries in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia Pacific.
Equant IP VPN stands at the heart of Equant's unified product portfolio, offering multinational corporations a reliable, leading-edge platform for converged services such as voice-over IP.
Equant serves a total of more than 3,700 large business customers globally. As a member of the France Telecom Group, it meets the diverse needs of global companies with the industrys most extensive portfolio of network, integration and managed services.
Equant is No. 1 in the fast-growing IP VPN market for multinational corporations. It now has 500 MBLS-based IP VPN customers, connecting more than 12,000 corporate sites around the world.
With its established track record in managed data network services, Equant plans to aggressively capture market share in the burgeoning IP VPN services market in the Asia Pacific, which is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 66 per cent to US$3.01 billion by 2005 (according to IDC). Key drivers for converged data services include the need to reduce communications costs, to support an increasing number of mobile employees and a broader range of communications among a wide range of sites.
Recent announcements
BHP Billiton is Equants 500th IP VPN customer. It recently awarded Equant a US$27 million contract to link 127 sites on five continents with a single, fully-managed private network based on Equant IP VPN.
Maersk Data USA and Equant have signed a global agreement to connect the worlds ports to its transportation hub via an innovative application service provider (ASP) model supported by Equant IP VPN. Maersk Data will deliver various applications on a usage-based, pay-as-you-go basis, thereby offering transportation operators around the world significant cost and operational advantages. This deal reinforces Equants leadership in the maritime transport sector.
Equant is the recipient of Frost & Sullivans 2002 Market Engineering Company of the Year Award for its industry-leading Voice for IP VPN service. Equant won the award based on its outstanding management, consistent growth, high quality solutions and exceptional customer services.
The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a US$1.5 million contract for Equants Voice for IP VPN services. The deal extends the scope of an existing US$6 million, three-year Equant IP VPN contract ESA signed last year that covers ESA's 32 sites worldwide.
Equant has won a five-year, US$5 million contract to build a customized corporate data network for London-based South African Breweries PLC (SAB). Initially, Equant will interconnect 12 SAB sites in Europe and South Africa, using Equant IP VPN, Managed Firewall and Internet Direct services. Additional sites will be added over the term of the contract.
Swedish multinational engineering company Alfa Laval has a five-year, US$10 million contract with Equant. Alfa Laval has chosen Equant's industry-leading MPLS-based IP VPN solution to interconnect initially 52 corporate sites in 31 countries. Over the course of the contract, Alfa Laval expects to expand its IP VPN to 200 sites in 67 countries in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia Pacific.