Asia Global Crossing Announces Comprehensive IP VPN Capabilities Supporting Data, Voice and Video
- Global enterprises will be able to access data, voice and video through a single secure connection.
- Global fiber optic network enables efficient, scalable and flexible IP VPN capabilities for customers worldwide.
- Suite of end-to-end solutions to include network management, intelligent traffic routing, monitoring systems, and industry leading QoS guarantees.
HONG KONG, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Asia Global Crossing Ltd. announced today its comprehensive suite of IP VPN services. Designed to run over the Asia Global Crossing/Global Crossing extensive global optical network backbone, the Asia Global Crossing IP VPN Service(TM) links global businesses and delivers content-rich multimedia services through a single, efficient connection. This suite of capabilities is designed to meet the specific communications and collaboration demands of global enterprises and service providers with unprecedented reach and flexibility.
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IP VPNs (Internet Protocol Virtual Private Networks) provide the performance and security of a private network while capitalizing on the flexibility, scalability and economics available only in a shared network environment. Asia Global Crossing offers a truly converged end-to-end IP VPN solution for corporations worldwide, integrating video, voice and data services, and supporting industry-specific community extranets.
The Asia Global Crossing IP VPN Service is delivered over the company's seamless, fiber optic network. Service intelligence and functionality are built into the Asia Global Crossing/Global Crossing network, thereby reducing network complexity while maximizing scalability, flexibility, and economic advantage for the customer and its end-users. Asia Global Crossing IP VPN customers enjoy greater efficiencies by linking multiple business locations, remote users, key suppliers, vendors and customers. Additionally, users can modify their IP VPN service configurations to quickly integrate or eliminate locations, as business needs change.
``The Asia Global Crossing IP VPN Service is the keystone of our vision to manage end-to-end solutions enabling our customers to deploy the latest applications, reach new markets, extend their reach and simplify their network operations, all of which add up to dramatically improved business efficiencies,'' said John Legere, chief executive officer, Asia Global Crossing and Global Crossing. ``We've created flexible, converged communications solutions that meet the rapidly evolving needs of our customers, whether they are streaming news, delivering video on demand, trading across borders, or conferencing to their desktops. Because we own, operate, and manage the world's most extensive fiber optic backbone, our customers have virtually unlimited freedom -- we can take them as far as they want to go, as fast as they want to get there.''
The Asia Global Crossing IP VPN Service helps global enterprises overcome networking challenges by eliminating geographic issues for dispersed work groups. Customers receive industry leading Quality of Service (QoS) guarantees that are supported by Service Level Agreements covering availability, packet loss, latency, and jitter, based on the selected service option.
IDC predicts that the worldwide market for IP VPN services will grow from US$1.97 billion in 2000 to US$17.6 billion in 2004 as organizations increasingly become connected with partners and suppliers in secure end-to-end network solutions.
The Asia Global Crossing IP VPN Service consists of four complementary offerings that allow customers to select the capabilities that enable them to best leverage existing network architectures and address individual application needs. They include:
SmartRoute IP VPN(TM) Service -- This tailored wide-area networking option gives enterprises the ability to identify and prioritize data traffic based on various criteria, including traffic origination or termination sites or nature of the business application. Customers can decide whether to prioritize traffic as ``Premium,'' ``Enhanced,'' or ``Basic'' to ensure that appropriate network resources are available to satisfy their requirements. Differentiated performance for each class of service is backed by robust Service Level Agreements. SmartRoute is a policy-based VPN that provides a range of network-based security measures including IPSec tunneling as well as a fully integrated firewall service to protect sensitive and privileged information. Specific IPSec customer tunnels are established to segregate each customer's traffic and ensure full traffic privacy. Remote access capabilities for mobile workers and Internet access will also be available with the SmartRoute IP VPN service option. Available connection speeds range from sub-T1/E1 up to DS3/E3.
ExpressRoute IP VPN(TM) Service -- As with SmartRoute IP VPN, ExpressRoute IP VPN provides traffic routing and management intelligence maintained within the core of the Asia Global Crossing/Global Crossing network. ExpressRoute IP VPN uses MPLS technology (RFC 2547) and advanced edge routers to create customer-specific private tunnels across the Asia Global Crossing IP backbone. The ExpressRoute IP VPN Service option is ideal for enterprises and service providers with high bandwidth requirements (up to OC-12/STM-4 as well as Gigabit Ethernet) that require maximum networking efficiency and scalability. ExpressRoute IP VPN provides customers with a flexible usage-based billing model, allowing them to effectively pay only for the traffic volume they utilize.
Premises-Based IP VPN Service -- The Premises-Based IP VPN Service option provides enterprises with IP VPN capabilities with integrated security services and end-to-end network management. It is ideal for companies seeking a highly secure, site-to-site IP VPN solution, with low to medium transport bandwidth requirements, and a limited number of regionally deployed sites. Access and routing hardware are purchased by the customer and reside at the customer's premises, and are managed by Asia Global Crossing.
CP-VPN Service -- The customer premises VPN service, or CP-VPN, is powered by OpenReach, and serves the needs of multinational enterprises by providing easy-to-provision VPN services, including: IPSec tunneling, public key infrastructure, firewall security, graphical management, monitoring and alerting, and reports. This managed solution combines world-class security and high-performance premises capabilities with software speed and flexibility. It is ideal for multinational enterprises whose locations are not all on the same physical network or who want to establish extranets with business partners.
The Asia Global Crossing IP VPN Service is currently available in Japan, Hong Kong, and Australia.
About OpenReach
OpenReach provides Virtual Private Network (VPN) services that enable enterprises to build secure and reliable global networks in hours. OpenReach delivers a managed service that allows enterprises to conduct secure communications with remote offices, partners and customers worldwide. Unlike legacy VPN products and service providers, OpenReach VPN services deploy over any existing infrastructure, saving time and money in achieving immediate return on investment. Founded in 1999, OpenReach provides VPN services to more than 100 customers worldwide. Learn more about OpenReach at openreach.com.
About Asia Global Crossing
Asia Global Crossing (NYSE: AX - news), a public company whose largest shareholders include Global Crossing (NYSE: GX - news), Softbank (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 9984), and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT - news), provides the Asia Pacific region with a full range of integrated telecommunications and IP services. Through a combination of undersea cables, terrestrial networks, city fiber rings and complex web hosting data centers, Asia Global Crossing is building one of the first truly pan-Asian networks, which, in combination with the worldwide Global Crossing Network, will provide the Asia Pacific region with seamless access to major business centers worldwide. As part of its strategy to provide city-to-city connectivity, Asia Global Crossing partners with leading companies in each country it connects to provide backhaul networks.
Statements made in this press release that state the Company's or management's intentions, beliefs, expectations, or predictions for the future are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, assumptions and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. These risks, assumptions and uncertainties include: the ability to complete systems within currently estimated time frames and budgets; the ability to compete effectively in a rapidly evolving and price competitive marketplace; possible reductions in demand for our products and services due to competition or changes in industry conditions; changes in the nature of telecommunications regulation in the United States and other countries; changes in business strategy; the successful integration of newly-acquired businesses; the impact of technological change; and other risks referenced from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CONTACT ASIA GLOBAL CROSSING:
Press
Madelyn Smith, 1 310-385-3816, madelyn.smith@asiaglobalcrossing.com
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Selene Lo, 852 2121 2936, selene.lo@asiaglobalcrossing.com
Stan Aoyama, 81 3 5408 1715, stan.aoyama@asiaglobalcrossing.com
Analysts/Investors
(Los Angeles), Asia Global Crossing Investor Relations, 1 310 385 5283
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