Cegetel Chooses Infonet To Extend Its Global Enterprise MPLS Offering
Tuesday December 9, 8:02 am ET
French Fixed Communications Provider Offers MPLS Enabled IP Services in 55 Countries via Infonet's The World Network(R)
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 2003-- Infonet Services Corporation (NYSE:IN), a leading provider of global communications services for multinationals, today announced a partnership with Cegetel, the first private operator of fixed communications services in France. Under the terms of the agreement, Cegetel has partnered with Infonet to extend its enterprise MPLS (Multi-Protocol Label Switching) IP VPN offering globally to more than 55 countries, via the private IP infrastructure of Infonet's wholly-owned and operated The World Network.
Under the offering named "Fedelan", Cegetel's multinational clients are now able to globally interconnect their various locations and mobile users, as well as customers and business partners with the inherent flexibility, scalability and security of IP MPLS service.
Similar to Cegetel's national "Fedelan" offering, the new global option includes the installation of a physical line for accessing the IP MPLS network, a router device or router modem, and associated services including Class of Service (CoS), network performance tracking and technical support, all at competitive flat rates. A high throughput interconnection gateway between Cegetel's network and Infonet's The World Network ensures high quality any point to any point IP MPLS service.
In selecting Infonet as its partner, Cegetel recognized Infonet's high priority to quality of service, and to the synergy of both companies' approach to value added communications solutions. "This partnership looks to be extremely beneficial for both of our companies, as both our geographical coverage and our collective experience in providing IP MPLS service complements each other," said Alain Morgant, chief executive officer of Infonet France.
In a press presentation on September 30, 2003, Michele Guren, chief executive officer of Cegetel's Enterprises Division, emphasized the marked improvement during 2003 of Cegetel's enterprise IP VPN offering. At that time, he stated that, "The number of corporate locations interconnected through Cegetel's IP MPLS offering increased by more than three times in 2003."
Through this non-exclusive partnership, Cegetel and Infonet are better able to respond to the global requirements of multinationals, primarily based in France (defined as companies having at least 60% of locations occurring within France). Cegetel estimates that for 13% of these companies the ability to extend their IP network to international locations remains a decisive factor in their choice of global communications provider. |
