Standard Chartered Bank has signed a contract with UK telco BT for the supply of network services covering its operations in 16 countries.
BT says a multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) network, in addition to existing infrastructure, has been implemented to cut out single points of failure and minimise risk globally.
The network will help guarantee the quality and availability of services used for access to centralised banking applications and systems in Standard Chartered's global data and shared service centres.
Standard Chartered Bank has operations in more than 50 countries worldwide. The BT contract will cover the banks operations in 16 of those countries, including the UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, India and Malaysia.