Equant Rates Favorably in Annual EVUA Members Survey; Survey Weighed Multinational Company Opinions on Current and Future Networking Plans.WASHINGTON & PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. -- 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 ) benefits from the highest ranking in the suppliers positioning issued in the annual EVUA EVUA Enterprise Vpn Users Association members survey, showing Equant's strengths in terms of communications capabilities and possibility for future contract renewals. This survey is based on 40-plus interviews with CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. from multinational companies about their current and future networking plans. The survey found that multinational companies believe there will be growth in outsourcing and managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality implementation, and that telecommunications providers could be the greatest beneficiaries of this uptake. Telecommunications suppliers were also perceived as being stronger managers of infrastructure services than systems integrators. Regarding network growth over the next three years, EVUA members feel that the strongest growth will be in mobile voice/data, and fixed data, and that 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. will be the "workhorse" of the network. "Multinational companies recognize Equant's breadth of communications services offerings and support," said Philippe Koebel, senior vice president, Sales and Marketing for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Equant. "The results of this survey reflect our strengths in global communications infrastructure solutions, our proven outsourcing capabilities, and further underscore our transformation to a services company." In 2004, Equant has introduced new offer in line with the key findings of this survey, such as a new IP VPN framework, mobile solution suite and managed messaging service, and experienced 50 percent growth in VoIP demand. The company also continued its expansion into emerging markets such as China and India. About EVUA The EVUA is a non-profit user organization aiming to promote global networking solutions for multinational companies. Continually striving to make the telecommunications market more competitively priced for the business world, the EVUA also gives its members a voice in legislation and the opportunity to gain inside knowledge on the latest developments in the telecoms world. About Equant Equant (NYSE: ENT) (Euronext Paris: EQU) is a recognized industry leader in global communications services for multinational businesses. Equant combines its network expertise - including unmatched seamless network reach in 220 countries and territories and local support in approximately 165 countries - with its expanded services capabilities to provide global, integrated and customized communication services to enable its customers key business processes. Equant serves thousands of the world's top companies, with the industry's most extensive portfolio of communications services and network solutions, including the market-leading IP VPN used by nearly 1,300 global businesses. Equant, a subsidiary of France Telecom, 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 identifies 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, changing technology, uncertain and changing regulatory restrictions, Equant's international operations Internal Operations (I.O., IO or I/O) is a fictional American Intelligence Agency in Wildstorm comics. It was originally called International Operations. I.O. first appeared in WildC.A.T.S. volume 1 #1 (August, 1992) and was created by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee. , 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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