"The expansion of these services to additional regions worldwide demonstrates further execution of our strategy to be the leading global multimedia network operator - meeting the needs of the world's largest corporations," said John Longo, Global Crossing's Vice President of Data Services. "Our business customers increasingly receive the benefits of Global Crossing's seamless global network - delivering scale and reach without cross-platform issues or technical incompatibilities. In addition, customers enjoy service control and flexibility from the convenience of their desktop through our secure, web-based account management tools," added Longo.
Global Crossing's ATM and Frame Relay services, with transport speeds available up to STM-4 (622Mbps), are now available in 18 additional cities in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, The Netherlands and the UK. Customers can take advantage of a unified platform, allowing for single permanent virtual circuit provisioning, higher quality of service, and a single end-to-end network management system.
Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) is expanding into Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, The Netherlands and the UK. DIA allows customers to browse, publish, and manage critical business applications among employees, partners, and customers over the worldwide Internet with speed and reliability. Running directly over the Global Crossing dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) backbone, businesses will benefit from improved throughput and rapid scalability. Our unique globally deployed Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) capability means customers will experience improved network performance through one-hop connectivity on the Global Crossing backbone. In addition, Global Crossing's extensive private and public peering delivers a congestion-free, high-performance network with worldwide reach.
Through its Managed Services offering, Global Crossing will provide support for installation of customer premise equipment along with proactive monitoring of the equipment and end-to-end network performance. This allows multinational corporations to focus on their core business rather than day to day operations of their network.
ATM, Frame Relay and DIA customers can use Global Crossing's industry leading, secure, customized web portal to monitor their network usage, make service changes, order new services and generate detailed reports. The information can be used to identify usage trends and allocate network resources and bandwidth more efficiently.
Later this year, ATM, Frame Relay and DIA services will also be available in Ireland, Norway, Spain, and Sweden as well as additional regions of the world including Australia, Latin America and the Caribbean. Services will also be available in Asia through our partnership with Asia Global Crossing.