Equant Co-Sponsors VIII Latin American SWIFT Users Congress.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WASHINGTON & PANAMA CITY Panama City, city (1990 pop. 34,378), seat of Bay co., NW Fla., on St. Andrews Bay; inc. 1909. A Gulf Coast resort with amusement parks and excellent fishing, it is also a port of entry. The city's industries produce paper, clothing, and chemicals. , Panama--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2003 Equant shares its financial sector knowledge and expertise with Congress attendees, representing the major financial players in Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. Equant (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ENT ENT ears, nose, and throat (otorhinolaryngology). ENT abbr. ear, nose, and throat ENT ear, nose and throat. ENT Ears, nose & throat; formally, otorhinolaryngology ) (Euronext Paris Euronext Paris is France's securities market, formerly known as the Paris Bourse, which merged with the Amsterdam and Brussels exchanges in September 2000 to form Euronext NV, which is the second largest exchange in Europe behind the London Stock Exchange. : EQU EQU Equipment EQU Equilibrium EQU Equate (assembly language directive) EqU Equivalent Unit EQU Extremely Qualified User EQU Estimated Quarterly Usage EQU Equal to EQU Equation ), a recognized industry leader in global data and IP services for multinational businesses, participated in the June 30-July 2, 2003, Latin America regional conference on SWIFT - ELUS VIII, held in Panama City, as a co-sponsor and session leader. The SWIFT network serves 7,500 financial institutions in 199 countries. Last December 2, SWIFT selected Equant as one of its four Network Partners for the SWIFTNet IP migration program. Equant was the only global incumbent network provider chosen for the program, having worked with SWIFT over the last five years to provide connectivity solutions to 1,700 of its members - many of them in Latin America. Equant has the industry's leading MPLS-based IP VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. solution, with availability in 140-plus countries and more than 800 customers worldwide. At its Latin America regional conference, SWIFT gave attendees an overview of SWIFTNet, the advanced SWIFT IP-based solution that includes a portfolio of services and products aimed at providing secure and reliable management of critical data and financial information. Bart de Kerpel, Equant's global SWIFT account director, spoke to a special session of the Congress on the importance of secure, global communications for the financial community. Commenting on the event, Francisco Navarro Francisco Navarro was vice-president of Nicaragua in 1937 [1], under Anastasio Somoza García. Navarro married Lucia Richardson, daughter of William Blaney Richardson and Rosaura Ojeda, and the aunt of New Mexico governor Bill Richardson. , Equant's head of Latin America and Caribbean, stated: "We are proud of our service to SWIFT and happy to be the company of choice for more than 50 percent of the Fortune 100 financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. companies. Our unmatched global coverage and our awareness of the special regulatory controls and requirements within the financial services sector have given us the edge in offering innovative solutions to our financial customers." Among the major Latin American financial companies Equant supports are: Banco Itau, Citibank, Banco de Credito / Helms Financial Services, Banco Exterior, Banco Federal, BANESCO and Banco Canarias. About Equant Equant (NYSE: ENT) (Euronext Paris: EQU) is a recognized industry leader in global data and IP network and integration services for multinational businesses. The Equant network has unmatched seamless reach, connecting key business centers in 220 countries and territories, with local support in more than 165 countries. Building on more than 50 years of experience in data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. , 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 800 global businesses as of May 13, 2003. Equant, a member of the France Telecom Group, was named Best Global Carrier 2002 at the World Communication Awards and consistently leads industry surveys in corporate user satisfaction. This release may contain projections or other forward-looking statements related to Equant that involve risks and uncertainties. Readers are cautioned that these statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future results or events. Readers are referred to the documents filed by Equant with the SEC, specifically the most recent filing on SEC Form 20-F, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, including, among other things, risks relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc Equant's history of operating losses, the unpredictability of growth in Equant's markets, Equant's rapid growth, changing technology, uncertain and changing regulatory restrictions, Equant's international operations, dependence on suppliers, network security issues, competition, and volatility of Equant's stock price and risks relating to the combination with Global One. All forward-looking statements are based on information available to Equant on the date hereof, and Equant assumes no obligation to update such statements. |
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