Friday, 26 October 2007

Allianz SE Extends Orange Business Services until 2010

Allianz SE, one of the world’s leading financial service providers, has renewed a three-year global IP VPN contract with Orange Business Services.

Under the agreement, Orange Business Services will continue to provide a stable and highly scalable IP VPN connection for Allianz in 65 countries, including Singapore.

Orange Business Services has been responsible for Allianz’s critical international business network since 1999.

Commenting on the global contract with Orange Business Services, Dr. Franz Vojik at Allianz SE said: “The robust and secure network supports our efforts to improve our service and to achieve our goals worldwide. Experts at Orange Business Services supported us from the beginning.”

Allianz SE has more than 177,000 employees in 700 branches and about 70 million customers worldwide.

Orange Business Services represents the business communications solutions and services provided by the France Telecom Group as of June 1, 2006. They were previously sold under the France Telecom, Orange, Equant, Etrali, Almerys, EGT, Expertel Consulting, France Telecom Intelmatique, SETIB and Solicia brands. Solutions offered include converged voice, data and mobile services as well as IT expertise and managed services.