Japan Tobacco Outsourcers Network to Equant

JT International (JTI), the international operating division of Japan Tobacco Inc., has outsourced its telecom services in 47 countries, representing more than 240 sites, to Equant. As part of this outsourcing deal, Equant will provide a full set of communications services to JTI, including data services based on IP VPN, Internet access, managed security services, remote access services, LAN management, voice over IP and IP telephony, contact centers as well as fixed and mobile voice services. This deal also includes the transfer of JTI's telecom assets and its telecom vendors' contracts to Equant, representing several thousand pieces of equipment. The contract was valued at $144 million over six years.



Japan Tobacco had net sales of $36 billion in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003. http://www.equant.com