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Global One Links 20 Coca-Cola Sites Throughout Russia
Innovative Global VSAT Solution Supports Coca-Cola Voice and Data Networking Requirements in Remote Russian Regions
MOSCOW, July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Global One in Russia, the joint venture of Global One and Central Telegraph of Russia, has completed a major corporate voice and data network, linking 20 Coca-Cola sites throughout Russia. The project, which began in 1997, permits high-quality communications among widely-dispersed Coca-Cola bottling plants, warehouses, and offices in Russia, interconnecting them with Coca-Cola headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, and other facilities worldwide.
Global One in Russia designed and installed the Coca-Cola network using Global VSAT, the Global One satellite-based VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) service. A total of 24 VSATs have been installed in cooperation with Moskovsky Teleport, a partner of DeTeSat, a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Telecom in Russia. The small size, low cost, and relatively independent operation of the VSAT terminals has made them ideal for linking sites via satellite in difficult-to-reach areas, such as Siberia. The new network also utilizes microwave and fiber optic technology in a customized solution designed specifically to meet Coca-Cola's complex voice and data requirements in a geographic area spanning 11 time zones. In some of the most remote regions, the new Coca-Cola network has brought dial tone capabilities for the first time. Global One in Russia has, in fact, been a pioneer in designing turnkey solutions in Russia and in building state-of-the-art telecommunications infrastructure, which today includes fiber optic loops in Moscow and two other cities.
"We are pleased to have been chosen by such an important multinational customer as Coca-Cola to develop its corporate network in Russia," said Victor Ratnikov, President of Global One in Russia. "We look forward to adding more sites to the network in 1999 and continuing our collaboration thereafter."
Wil Mauk, Coca-Cola Information Services Manager in Russia, commented: "High-quality, end-to-end communications are critical to our operation, and Global One provided a very effective customized voice and data solution that has more than met our expectations."
The Coca-Cola Company is the world's largest beverage company and the leading producer and marketer of soft drinks. Along with Coca-Cola, recognized as the world's best-known brand, the Company markets four of the world's top five soft drink brands including Coca-Cola light, Fanta and Sprite. Through the world's largest distribution system, consumers in nearly 200 countries enjoy the Company's products at a rate of more than one billion servings per day.
Global One in Russia is Russia's market leader in public and private data network services to large-scale customers via an advanced network with nodes in over 300 cities and partnerships with more than 80 regional data providers. The joint venture has sales offices in ten Russian cities with over 500 employees. Last year, it won the first annual competition for quality of services and equipment, organized by the Russian National Telecommunications Committee, and in June, 1997, it became the first telecom service provider in Russia to win the coveted ISO (International Organization for Standardization) 9001 Certification.
Global One offers a single source for the provision of seamless voice, data and IP services for businesses, carriers and consumers around the world. Set up as a worldwide joint venture of Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom and Sprint, Global One is a fully integrated company in its own right, with over 1,400 network access centers in more than 65 countries. Global One offers the world's most far-reaching ATM-based network and in 1998 had revenues of more than US$ 1.1 billion.
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/CONTACT: Fredric Emmert of Global One Corporate Communications,
703-689-6010, fax: 703-689-7592, or e-mail: fredric.emmert@globalone.net./ |
