Telecommunications company BT has announced it has entered into a deal with Bridgestone Europe for new network infrastructure and managed cloud services connecting more than 200 sites across 20 countries in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
Headquartered in Brussels and serving markets across EMEA, Bridgestone Europe is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyo-based Bridgestone Corporation, the world’s biggest tyre and rubber company.
Commenting on the new partnership, Chet Patel, president Continental Europe at Global Services, BT, stated, “I am proud that Bridgestone Europe has entrusted us with the strategic building blocks of their ICT operations. At BT, we see digital transformation as empowering people – customers, businesses and employees – to do amazing things. We call this making the Digital Possible.”
BT revealed that will securely connect 150 retail stores and more than 50 offices, manufacturing plants and testing facilities using both BT’s global IP Connect virtual private network and its high performance Internet service.
Bridgestone is expected to deploy BT’s One Cloud Cisco portfolio of secure, cloud-based communications to enhance collaboration between employees as well as with customers and suppliers.
BT will also manage Bridgestone’s in-office - and in-store - fixed and wireless local area networks to enable employees to securely access the corporate network.
