BT Infonet To Provide Managed Network Services For Volkswagen AG




El Segundo, CA -/30 March, 2005 - Wi-Fi Technology News/- BT Infonet, a leading provider of global communications services for multinationals, today announced it has signed a three-year contract to provide managed network services for Volkswagen AG, one of the world's leading automobile manufacturers and the largest carmaker in Europe.

Under the terms of the deal, Volkswagen AG will again operate its 200-site worldwide communications network with BT Infonet. Volkswagen is continuing its nearly eight-year partnership with BT Infonet, and has expanded the scope of its contract with nearly all of BT Infonet?s services, including Internet, Mobility and MultiMedia Services.

Contributing to securing the contract was BT Infonet?s flexible pricing and ability to deliver tailor-made solutions to quickly meet Volkswagen?s evolving communications requirements.

?This new contract with Volkswagen confirms our strategy to deliver advanced network services to global companies, while at the same time adapting ourselves to our clients local needs,? said Micheline Wens, general manager, Infonet Germany. ?This is the second acknowledgement in the past few months of our successful collaboration with VW. Late last year, BT Infonet was one of only three companies from outside the automotive industry invited to Volkswagen?s ?World Group Awards?- an event where Volkswagen honors the 100 most innovative of its many thousands of business partners.?



About Volkswagen AG
Headquartered in Wolfsburg, Germany, Volkswagen is one of the world?s leading car manufacturers and the market leader in Western Europe. The company has more than 340,000 employees worldwide. In 2004, the eight VW company brands supplied 5.079 million vehicles to more than 150 countries around the world. The company?s 2004 revenues were 88.96 billion euro. Volkswagen operated 45 production plants in eleven European countries and an additional seven countries in the Americas, Asia and Africa. Volkswagen employees produce more than 21,500 vehicles per day around the world. The Volkswagen company includes the brands Volkswagen, AUDI, SEAT, Ikoda, commercial motor vehicles, Bentley, Bugatti and Lamborghini as well as the IT services companies Gedas, Volkswagens Financial Services and Europcar.

About BT Infonet
BT Infonet is a leading provider of managed network communications services for multinational entities, fully owned by BT Group and part of BT Global Services. BT Infonet offers integrated solutions optimizing the complex relationship between enterprise applications and the global network. BT Infonet provides local service support in over 70 countries and territories and its network is accessible from more than 180 countries.

Additional information about BT Infonet is available at http://www.bt.infonet.com.