Equant Offers Videoconferencing

WASHINGTON -- Equant (NYSE: ENT) (Euronext Paris: EQU), a recognised industry leader in global data and IP services for multinational businesses, has launched a complete IP video conferencing solution with global availability.

Equant IP Video Solution, which is supported by technology leaders Cisco Systems, Genesys Conferencing and Polycom, includes:

Equant IP Video Solution meets the growing need of the corporate end user community, which has been looking for an end-to-end solution to lower the risk of migrating from ISDN. By providing a service that encompasses video conferencing equipment, infrastructure and network as well as end-to-end service level agreements, Equant is able to guarantee that rich media conferencing over IP works as customers want and need.

"The demand for advanced IP video conferencing services is expected to double over the next four years," said Marc Beattie, senior analyst and partner at Wainhouse Research, which specialises in rich media conferencing and communications. "By bringing to market a converged IP network with a full portfolio of video services and with a global footprint, Equant has raised the bar. Their approach of offering a dedicated class of service for video and their ability to control the network from end to end makes the Equant offer a significant advancement for customers."

Equant’s solution is unique in many ways, including:

Equant has formed a partnership with Polycom, the video conferencing technology leader, to carry out the IP video equipment resale, installation and maintenance portion of the solution on a global scale. One major European multinational corporation is already deploying the full feature set announced today.

"IP video conferencing helps multinational companies cut their travel costs and respond to travel restrictions resulting from global unrest and other factors" said Arjen Maarleveld, president of Products at Equant. "However, many companies have been waiting for a reliable and user-friendly end-to-end managed solution that would provide them with a smooth migration path to IP. The package we announced today meets this demand and promises to help our customers improve their productivity and profitability."

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