Equant Stands Out as Clear Market Leader for Global WAN Services, Acco

    Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

    PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 2005--Equant (NYSE:ENT) (Euronext Paris:EQU) stands out as the clear market leader for Global WAN services in The Forrester Wave(TM): Global WAN Services, Q2 2005, published this week by Forrester Research Inc., an independent research firm.
    According to the Forrester report, Equant leads the international network operator community in providing multi-regional WAN services to large and mid-market MNCs. It sells a complete portfolio of data and IP networking services, from basic intersite connectivity to full network outsourcing, in more than 140 countries.
    "Equant's main strength is its more than 50 years' experience in supporting thousands of MNC customers with business locations in developing nations, as well as in large industrialized ones," noted Brownlee Thomas, Ph.D., in The Forrester Wave(TM): Global WAN Services, Q2 2005. "Equant is best suited for firms with widely dispersed operations spanning four or more regions that are interested in single-sourcing or outsourcing the corporate WAN."
    "The results of this survey reflect our strengths in global telecommunication solutions, our proven outsourcing capabilities, and further underscore our transformation to a services company," said Axel Haentjens, senior vice president, Marketing & Communication, Equant. "Equant's capabilities in managing complexity and deploying advanced communication solutions on a global basis enable customers to compete more effectively, to bring new services and solutions to market more swiftly and to simplify their global presence."

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    About Equant

    Equant (NYSE:ENT) (Euronext Paris:EQU) is a recognized industry leader in global communications services for multinational businesses. Equant combines its network expertise with its expanded services capabilities to provide global, integrated and customized communication services to enable its customers' key business processes. Equant serves thousands of the world's top companies, with the industry's most extensive portfolio of communications services and network solutions, including the market-leading IP VPN used by nearly 1,300 global businesses. Equant, a subsidiary of France Telecom, consistently leads industry surveys in corporate user satisfaction.

    This release may contain projections or other forward-looking statements related to Equant that involve risks and uncertainties. Readers are cautioned that these statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future results or events. Readers are referred to the documents filed by Equant with the SEC, specifically the most recent filing on SEC Form 20-F, which identifies important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, including, among other things, risks relating to our history of operating losses, the unpredictability of growth in our industry, the fact that the interests of France Telecom, our largest shareholder, may differ from the interests of our other shareholders, changing technology, uncertain and changing regulatory restrictions, currency fluctuations, dependence on suppliers, network security issues, intense competition in our industry, and volatility of our stock price. All forward-looking statements are based on information available to Equant on the date hereof, and Equant assumes no obligation to update such statements.

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CONTACT: Equant Media Relations Frederic Gielec, +33 1 46 46 2189 (Global and Europe) frederic.gielec@equant.com Elizabeth Mayeri, 212-251-2086 (North and Latin America) elizabeth.mayeri@equant.com Lydia Tan, +65 6335 6885 (Asia Pacific) lydia.tan@equant.com Online Pressroom www.equant.com/press or Equant Investor Relations Ashley Rayfield, +44 208 321 4581 ashley.rayfield@equant.com Isabelle Guibert, +33 1 46 46 99 53 (France) isabelle.guibert@equant.com or France Telecom Press Office Nilou duCastel, + 33 1 44 44 93 93 nilou.ducastel@francetelecom.com Cathy Excoffier, + 33 1 44 44 93 93 cathy.excoffier@francetelecom.com

KEYWORD: GEORGIA FRANCE INTERNATIONAL EUROPE INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKING INTERNET E-COMMERCE SOURCE: Equant

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