BT becomes BASF’s global network partner 
ConvergenceAsia staff
25/09/2008

Communications solutions and services provider BT has been awarded a contract to operate BASF’s wide-area data network (WAN) in the Asia-Pacific region.

BT links over 750 BASF sites in 80 countries. BASF is the world’s leading chemical company with portfolio ranges from oil and gas to chemicals, plastics, performance products, agricultural products and fine chemicals.

The new contract covers 17 countries with 234 sites in the Asia-Pacific region. BASF can now access a harmonised network platform in all 80 connected countries based on the MPLS (Multi-Protocol Label Switching) standard, thereby guaranteeing a uniform quality of service.

“Thanks to our collaboration with BT, we only have to deal with one partner for all 80 countries”, explains Marian-Joachim Scholtysik, responsible for networks and telecommunications at BASF Group.

“This not only guarantees uniform technical standards and processes at all sites, it does also substantially reduce the effort to manage the solution.”

Additionally, BASF is using BT’s IP-based MPLS network to transmit voice calls and video data between many locations worldwide, partially using encryption for higher data security.

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