Monday, January 20, 2003

AT&T and Partner Build Global VPN for China Ocean Shipping

AT&T and UNISITI, a telecom services joint venture in China, have been awarded a contract to build the Asia Pacific network of China Ocean Shipping (COSCO). The project involves linking COSCO's global network and data center based in Pudong, Shanghai with the company's regional offices in Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. The facilities will be interconnected to the AT&T Global Network. AT&T and UNISITI will also provide COSCO's European Wide Area Network, which provides Frame Relay coverage to Germany, France, the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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