IRVING, Texas, May 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- BT announced
today it has been selected by Methanex, the world's largest
producer and supplier of methanol, to modernize and consolidate its
networking and communications infrastructure. As part of this
contract, BT will support the company's operations across 11
countries and 20 locations, consolidating its unified
communications services from four vendors to one single
supplier.
As a global enterprise with more than $3
billion in revenue, Methanex has manufacturing, marketing
and supply chain capabilities in North
America, South America,
Europe, the Caribbean and throughout the Asia Pacific region. In today's digital
landscape, the company needed to simplify its systems to enable
better collaboration and higher levels of productivity for its
workforce of more than 1,100 employees. Their contract with BT
leverages the BT Connect portfolio of networking solutions,
including IP Connect Global and Internet services. With BT,
Methanex will be able to create a global network that is easier to
manage and offers scalability to meet the changing needs of the
business.
"As a leader in our industry, we are continually looking for
ways to become more efficient to better serve our customers. The
ability to communicate and collaborate across the globe is vital to
our success," said Ward Chapin, Vice
President of IT at Methanex. "With BT, we are able to consolidate
to a single supplier at a global scale to support our business. We
believe we have found the right partner to connect and empower our
employees, partners and customers, while also reducing
costs.i"
Bas Burger, president of BT
Americas, said: "Today's connected world offers unlimited
possibilities for global organizations to creatively bring together
technology, people, infrastructure, systems and services, driving
real business outcomes. How you design and manage your network has
become vital to success. BT brings together the right combination
of technology and infrastructure to support Methanex's global
reach, scale and management needs. We look forward to working with
Methanex to shape its vision for the future and make the best
possible connections across its organization."
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About Methanex
Methanex is a Vancouver-based, publicly traded company and
is the world's largest producer and supplier of methanol to major
international markets. Methanex shares are listed for trading on
the Toronto Stock Exchange in Canada under the trading symbol "MX" and on
the NASDAQ Global Market in the United
States under the trading symbol "MEOH". More details on
Methanex can be found at www.methanex.com.
About BT
BT's purpose is to use the power of
communications to make a better world. It is one of the world's
leading providers of communications services and solutions, serving
customers in more than 170 countries. Its principal activities
include the provision of networked IT services globally; local,
national and international telecommunications services to its
customers for use at home, at work and on the move; broadband, TV
and internet products and services; and converged fixed/mobile
products and services. BT consists principally of five
customer-facing lines of business: BT Global Services, BT Business,
BT Consumer, BT Wholesale and Openreach.
For the year ended 31 March 2015,
BT Group's reported revenue was £17,979m with reported profit
before taxation of £2,645m.
British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of BT Group plc and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets
of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in
London and New York.
For more information, visit www.btplc.com.
i The use of the word "partner" or "partnership" does
not imply a legal partnership relationship between BT and any other
company.
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