SITA - (Research discontinued May 2003)

Synopsis

SITA is the world’s largest provider of global telecommunications and information solutions to the air transport industry, serving more than 680 customers in 220 countries and territories, over the world’s largest voice and data network. It was founded 1949 as a non-profit cooperation under United Nations auspices. SITA, together with its then partner companies, Equant Network Services, Equant Integration Services and Equant Application Services began delivering services to the air transport industry and jointly built the network. In November 2000, France Telecom bought control of Equant and merged it with its international arm Global One. The Equant/Global One combination will have full control of the SITA-Equant network.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Company information
  • 2.1 Historic revenues
  • 2.2 Brief company history
• 3. Services
  • 3.1 E-business, ASP and IP services
  • 3.2 IP and network infrastructure
    • 3.2.1 Managed data networks service
    • 3.2.2 SITAmail messaging
    • 3.2.3 Global voice services
  • 3.3 Desktop end-to-end solutions
• 4. Network infrastructure
  • 4.1 Overview
  • 4.2 Backbone
  • 4.3 Management support services
  • 4.4 Network supervision, customer support and consultancy
• 5. Partner companies
  • 5.1 Equant
  • 5.2 France Telecom
• 6. Contact details

• Table 1 – Revenue for years ending December – 1995-2000

• Exhibit 1 – SITA at a glance