Deutsche Post DHL signs contract with T-Systems

Deutsche Post DHL has announced the signing of a five-year agreement with T-Systems to provide telecommunications connectivity between Deutsche Post DHL’s data centres and manage the service globally. The agreement is part of a worldwide initiative by Deutsche Post DHL to raise efficiency and reduce costs in the provision of telephony and networking services. Total savings of the initiative so far are expected to amount to more than 190m euros over five years.

The contract with T-Systems covers the main global data line, the so-called backbone, connecting Deutsche Post DHL’s data centres in Prague, the Czech Republic, and Cyberjaya, Malaysia, and IT Services US to the worldwide telecommunications network. It also covers a Global Telecoms Service Management function, which will ensure inter-operability and a seamless service across the worldwide network by managing the services provided by all regional telecoms vendors. The contract starts this month and includes the rollout of a state-of-the-art MPLS network replacing the existing global backbone.

“We can service customers with global operations at both their headquarters and their international locations,” commented Joachim Langmack, chief sales officer of T-Systems, adding that “Deutsche Post DHL will benefit from our global service management and flexible, on-demand bandwidth.”