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Vietnam Datacom partners with Equant

SINGAPORE - Global data communications provider Equant has done a deal with the Vietnam government's national Internet and IT services provider Vietnam Datacommunication Company (VDC). Equant said today it will be able to offer to multinational companies based in Vietnam access to its global data network as a result of the deal. The agreement will link VDC's Vietnamese data communications network to Equant's global Internet protocol (IP) -based network. Multinationals with operations in Vietnam will be offered a frame relay service that can link them to offices in other countries via VDC's and Equant's network.

For VDC, the deal means it can expand the global scope of its network without actually acquiring its own facilities around the world. At the same time, Equant gets to add another destination node to its own global network, making it more attractive to companies with extensive networks of offices around the world. Equant, majority-owned by France Telecom, claims to manage access to 1,100 nodes in over 220 countries and territories. VDC is controlled by state-owned telephone company Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT).

By Adam Creed - Newsbytes - September 17, 2001