Equant Wins Swedish VPN Deal

ATLANTA -- Equant (NYSE: ENT) (Euronext Paris: EQU), an industry leader in data and IP services for multinational businesses, will provide Trelleborg AB a customized IP VPN solution under a three-year, $4.7 million contract. Trelleborg AB, based in Trelleborg, Sweden, is one of the world's leading suppliers of automotive components, including wheels and tires as well as industrial rubber, building products and other specialized products. Equant IP VPN, the market-leading solution based on Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) technology, will connect all 15,500 Trelleborg AB employees at 90 sites in 40 countries. "Trelleborg AB selected Equant through a highly competitive bidding process and based its decision on the fact that Equant met all of Trelleborg's needs as a single supplier," said Peter Billquist, senior vice president, Trelleborg AB. "Our requirements were extensive and included global coverage, any-to-any connectivity, great flexibility and scalability, the ability to prioritize traffic, remote access for traveling colleagues and, on top of it all, strong security," said Billquist. "Equant's MPLS-based IP VPN solution is more advanced and flexible than competing services. Equant was the leading candidate." Equant