[November 14, 2006] Capespan announces contract with Vanco Tweet (Tele.com Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Fresh fruit marketer Capespan has signed a three year contract renewal with Virtual Network Operator (VNO) Vanco for a new network able to support VoIP and video conferencing. Under the terms of the agreement, Vanco will design, implement and manage a new MPLS network across Capespan's sites in the UK, Belgium, Austria, France, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, South Africa, Slovenia and Portugal. The network will be based on Vanco's MPLS Matrix, with DSL or ISDN as a back up. According to the company, the Vanco solution will connect home offices, customers, partners and suppliers to Capespan's network. The new network solution is expected to provide increased security, including centrally managed firewalls from the two main hubs Antwerp, Belgium, and Sheerness, UK. In addition, an Account Management Structure, representing the Capespan business, will be implemented to enable separate billing, service review and account reviews for the UK and continental Europe. Capespan expects Vanco's solution to enable increased data centralization, process automation and lower cost solutions for voice and video communications due to the network expansion and lowering of costs of the international network, claimed the IT Manager at Capespan Continent. No financial details were disclosed. Copyright 2006 M2 Communications Ltd.. Source: Financial Times Information Limited. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]