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Global Crossing Receives INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine's 2006 Product of the Year Award
Global Crossing VoIP On-Net Plus Recognized for Outstanding Innovation
Florham Park, N.J. - February 6, 2007 -- Global Crossing (NASDAQ: GLBC), a leading global IP solutions provider, today announced that Technology Marketing Corporation's (TMC®) INTERNET TELEPHONY® magazine (www.itmag.com) has recognized Global Crossing VoIP On-Net Plus Service™ with its 2006 Product of the Year Award.
Global Crossing VoIP On-Net Plus™ is one of the industry's first fully integrated IP network-based voice Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). It helps enterprises worldwide migrate to a fully converged, IP solution by consolidating voice and data networks on a single IP network. It also simplifies network management and telephony administration by migrating existing voice VPNs to an IP platform.
"We're honored that INTERNET TELEPHONY has recognized VoIP On-Net Plus at the same time we've announced its global availability," said Anthony Christie, Global Crossing's chief marketing officer. "VoIP On-Net Plus empowers enterprises to reap the immediate benefits of IP convergence with existing infrastructure, without disrupting their existing VPNs. Our network-based VoIP services also help enterprises achieve lower total cost of ownership as they seamlessly and securely migrate to a converged IP network."
VoIP On-Net Plus also supports global network-based private numbering plans for internal and external calling via Global Crossing's worldwide Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network. The service reaches more than 600 cities in 60 countries.
"We've been using VoIP On-Net Plus for the past year and are extremely pleased with the results," said Cheryl Mook, team leader for telecommunications at Lord Corp. "VoIP On-Net Plus allows us to reach our nine international locations effortlessly, while we enjoy the cost savings of migrating to a converged voice, video and data environment whenever we decide, using our existing equipment."
To assist enterprise customers in maximizing their investment in a converged IP network, Global Crossing VoIP On-Net Plus includes several other features such as Global Crossing VoIP Ready-Access® -- Global Crossing's flagship reservationless, on-demand audio collaboration service. It also includes Global Crossing VoIP Community Peering™ that enables customers to create an extranet calling community for their various business partners, and Cross Protocol Routing that allows both TDM and IP connections to the VoIP network for migration simplification.
"Each year INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine recognizes companies that have demonstrated excellence in technological advancement and application refinements," said Rich Tehrani, TMC president and editor-in-chief of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine. "Global Crossing has proven they are committed to quality and excellence, while addressing real needs in the marketplace. We're proud to honor their hard work and accomplishments with our 2006 Product of the Year Award and look forward to more innovative solutions from them in the future."
A full list of Product of the Year winners will be published in the February, 2007 issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine at www.itmag.com. For more information about TMC and INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine, please visit www.tmcnet.com.
ABOUT INTERNET TELEPHONY MAGAZINE
Since the first issue in February of 1998, INTERNET TELEPHONY is the only magazine that focuses on providing information in IP communications technologies. INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine provides readers with the best information necessary to learn about and purchase the equipment, software, and services. INTERNET TELEPHONY offers rich content from solutions-focused editorial content to reviews on products and services from TMC Labs and Miercom. The only BPA-audited publication that's 100 percent dedicated to providing the highest quality content for the IP communications market, INTERNET TELEPHONY has 55,000 dedicated readers.
ABOUT TMC
Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) publishes four print publications: Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, SIP Magazine and IMS Magazine. TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. Ranked in the top 2,600 sites in the world by www.alexa.com*, TMCnet serves more than one million unique visitors each month. TMC is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs. In addition, TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO, The VoIP Developer Conference, VoIP Demo, IMS Expo and Call Center 2.0 Conference. TMCnet.com publishes more than 15 topical online newsletters. For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com.
*www.alexa.com is an Amazon.com company that ranks Web sites by their traffic levels. Neither www.alexa.com nor Amazon.com is affiliated with TMCnet.
ABOUT GLOBAL CROSSING
Global Crossing (NASDAQ: GLBC) provides telecommunications solutions over the world's first integrated global IP-based network. Its core network connects more than 300 cities in 29 countries worldwide, and delivers services to more than 600 cities in 60 countries and 6 continents around the globe. The company's global sales and support model matches the network footprint and, like the network, delivers a consistent customer experience worldwide.
Global Crossing IP services are global in scale, linking the world's enterprises, governments and carriers with customers, employees and partners worldwide in a secure environment that is ideally suited for IP-based business applications, allowing e-commerce to thrive. The company offers a full range of managed data and voice products including Global Crossing IP VPN Service, Global Crossing Managed Solutions and Global Crossing VoIP services, to 36 percent of the Fortune 500, as well as 700 carriers, mobile operators and ISPs.
Please visit www.globalcrossing.com for more information about Global Crossing.
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CONTACT GLOBAL CROSSING:
Press Contacts
Tom Topalian
+ 1 973 937 0154
PR@globalcrossing.com
Fernanda Marques
Latin America
+ 55 21 3820 4712
LatAmPR@globalcrossing.com
Mish Desmidt
Europe
+ 44 (0) 1256 732 866
EuropePR@globalcrossing.com
Analysts/Investors Contact
Laurinda Pang
+ 1 800 836 0342
glbc@globalcrossing.com
CONTACT TMC:
Jan Pierret
+1 203 852 6800 ext. 228
jpierret@tmcnet.com
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