www.equant.comEquant to provide IP VPN

Equant has won a five-year, $6.7 million contract with Sea Containers Ltd to provide a global IP VPN system.

Sea Containers Ltd, a Bermuda company with operating offices in London, New York, Genoa, Rio de Janeiro, and Sydney, is a passenger and freight transport operator, marine container lessor, and leisure industry investor. The Equant IP VPN will be used to provide connectivity to more than 50 sites in 25 nations, including Australia, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. For the past five years, Sea Containers has used Equant's frame relay service.