Fitness First deploys global MPLS network

Gym chain Fitness First will deploy a managed multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) network to connect its more than 275 locations worldwide.

The firm has awarded a US$4.6 million multi-year contract for a managed MPLS service to Telstra Global and Easynet Global Services.

Telstra is to look after about 100 sites across Asia while Easynet takes care of operations in Europe "and the rest of the world".

The fitness chain's program manager Mark Radley hoped to unify communications across the centres and streamline "network management reporting across the global fitness centre network".