Global Crossing Wins Five Awards at Telecon West '99 Including Best Audioconferencing Service and Best Marketing & Advertising for 1999
ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 1999--Conferencing Division Recognized as a Leader in Conferencing Services and Achieves Industry's Highest Honor
Global Crossing Ltd. (Nasdaq: GBLX), which is building and offering services over the world's first global fiber optic network, today announced that its Conferencing Division won five awards, including Pillar awards for both Best Audioconferencing Service and Best Marketing & Advertising at Telecon West '99.
The 1999 Best Audioconferencing Service Pillar award recognized Global Crossing Conferencing as the most significantly advanced worldwide-company in audioconferencing services. Global Crossing Conferencing is an innovative leader in offering cutting-edge conferencing applications such as on-demand and web-based conferencing services.
The company also won a second 1999 Pillar award for Best Marketing & Advertising for its marketing communications campaign that educates customers about the company's video equipment and software evaluation program.
In addition to the Pillar awards, Global Crossing Conferencing also received two first-place awards at Telecon West '99. The company received the Best Collateral Advertisement award for its marketing communications efforts at its evaluation lab in Boulder, CO, and the Best Conferencing Accessory award for its industry-standard Videoconferencing Users Guide.
Global Crossing Conferencing tied for second place in the Best Audioconferencing Product category for its Ready-Access(R) on-demand conferencing service. Ready-Access(R) is the industry's first reservation-free, on-demand teleconferencing service that can be accessed either via Internet or touch-tone commands. Additional award information can be found at: teleconexpos.com
"Global Crossing is thrilled about these prestigious industry awards," said Don Poulter, head of Global Crossing Conferencing. "These honors reflect Global Crossing's ability to exceed customer expectations by merging the latest technologies and bandwidth with cutting-edge conferencing solutions."
Global Crossing's rich conferencing heritage dates back to 1978. Currently, Global Crossing handles an average of more than 7,000 conference calls, around the world, each day and supports investor relations/earnings conference calls for 35% of the top 100 North American corporations. |
