18 december 2003 - Equant (NYSE: ENT) (Euronext Paris: EQU), erkend marktleider op het gebied van wereldwijde IP- en datadiensten voor multinationals, heeft haar Managed DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) Access uitgebreid met vijf Europese landen. Dit brengt het totaal op dertien landen.
Met haar uitgebreide DSL Access-dienst, die vanaf februari 2003 geleverd wordt, biedt Equant multinationals de oplossing met de breedste dekking, in vergelijking met andere wereldwijde aanbieders van beheerde diensten. De vijf nieuwe landen zijn: België, Frankrijk, Nederland, Spanje en Zwitserland. De toegangsdienst is sinds de introductie beschikbaar in Australië, Canada, Duitsland, Hong Kong, Italië, Singapore, Groot-Brittannië en de Verenigde Staten. In 2004 zal dit aantal nog worden uitgebreid.
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EQUANT MANAGED DSL ACCESS NOW AVAILABLE IN 13 COUNTRIES
– 16 multinational corporations are already using Equant Managed DSL Access to connect more than 1,000 sites to their corporate VPNs –
Equant (NYSE: ENT) (Euronext Paris: EQU), an industry leader in global data and IP services for multinational businesses, has expanded its Managed DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) Access to five additional European countries, bringing its total country availability to 13.
Equant’s DSL Access service, launched in February 2003, is the most widely available such service for major multinational corporations from any global managed service provider today. The five new countries are: Belgium, France, Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland. The service has been available since the launch in Australia, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Singapore, U.K. and the U.S. It will be expanded to additional countries in 2004.
"Equant’s expansion of its DSL access service makes it an even more compelling solution," said Camille Mendler, research director with the Yankee Group. "DSL access is an important alternative for multinational corporations in helping them integrate small sites and home workers into their data and IP VPNs."
Managed DSL Access enables multinational customers using Equant IP VPN and Equant LAN Access to bring small offices and home offices into their corporate VPNs over always-on, high-speed, cost-effective broadband connections.
More specifically, Equant Managed DSL Access offers the following customer benefits:
- Provides direct and secure connections between remote offices and Equant’s private network.
- Always-on connections run at speeds of up to 1.5 Mbps.
- Private network security eliminates the need for complex and expensive encryption technology
- Extends managed services to small offices, such as retail outlets and service bureaus.
Equant Managed DSL Access is already in use by 16 customers at more than 1,000 locations. A major multinational car manufacturer is using the service in the U.K. as a solution for connecting dealerships into its IP VPN. With high-speed access to technical and product information for dealers, purchasers of new cars will be able to get an up-to-the-minute status on the building of their new vehicles, enabling last-minute pre-production changes to their order and improving customer choice, service and satisfaction. Similarly, several major companies in the retail sector are currently expanding their Equant IP VPN networks to offer their retail outlets fast, reliable and always-on access to the corporate IT infrastructure, enhancing their productivity and cost management.
"Many of our customers have a number of small sites that require intermittent but high-speed access to an intranet," said Gopi Gopinath, president of Products, Equant. "Equant’s DSL Access was developed in direct response to customers’ requests for a cost-effective, managed service with ‘always-on’ shared connections, through which they could increase business efficiency."
Built on industry-leading network technology from Cosine and managed Cisco customer premise routers, DSL Access provides the benefits of a managed network service environment. Equant’s DSL Access customers receive near-real time statistics, as well as hourly, daily, weekly and monthly reports detailing utilisation of aggregated DSL traffic. These reports enable customers to plan capacity for optimum performance and to effectively manage costs. The reports are accessed online through Equant’s Web-based customer service portal, WebVision, along with comprehensive service quality and performance information on other Equant services.
About Equant
Equant (NYSE: ENT) (Euronext Paris: EQU) is a recognised industry leader in global data and IP network and integration services for multinational businesses. The Equant network has unmatched seamless reach, connecting key business centres in 220 countries and territories, with local support in more than 165 countries. Building on more than 50 years of experience in data communications, Equant serves thousands of the world’s top companies with the industry’s most extensive portfolio of managed network services, including the market-leading IP VPN used by 950 global businesses as of Oct. 1, 2003. Equant, a subsidiary of France Telecom, was named Best Global Carrier 2003 and Best Managed Service 2003 at the World Communication Awards and consistently leads industry surveys in corporate user satisfaction.
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