Williams Communications Links Customers to More Than 100 Countries With International Private Line Services
February 21, 2000 07:30 AM
TULSA, Okla., Feb. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Williams Communications WCG , is linking its network customers to more than 100 countries through its first global product offering, International Private Line Services.
With the scheduled completion of its 33,000-mile United States fiber-optic network by the end of 2000, Williams Communications is now pursuing an aggressive strategy as a global telecommunications service provider. International Private Line is the first of several international services to be launched by Williams Communications.
Combining Williams' United States multi-service fiber-optic broadband network with international capacity supplemented by a satellite-based service, Williams International Private Line provides reliable dedicated point-to-point circuits, ranging in speed from T-1 (1.544 Mbps) to OC-3/STM-1 (155Mbps). Higher speeds can be supported on an individual case basis.
Through the use of time-division multiplexing, users of Williams International Private Line Service(SM) can integrate a number of applications, including voice, Internet, data, facsimile, messaging and video-conferencing through a single high-speed link.
Williams' initial offering includes Traditional, One-Stop Shopping, and Full Circuit International Private Line.
Under its Traditional International Private Line service, Williams' provides the circuit to a central point coordinating with one or more of its international partners for circuit completion.
With its One-Stop-Shopping International Private Line service, Williams works with member countries of the One Stop Shopping Forum to coordinate ordering and billing for both halves of the circuit.
Williams' Full Circuit International Private Line service supplies carriers with end-to-end circuits to a growing number of key international markets.
Williams International Private Line(SM) customers will also have access to around-the-clock monitoring and centralized ordering, provisioning and billing.
"This is another example of Williams Communications' focus on providing carriers with the support they require to be successful -- quality network services and worldwide accessibility delivered with the same reliability and ease of use they have come to expect from us," said Gordon Martin, president of carrier services for the Williams network.
Williams Communications has the largest next-generation fiber-optic network in the United States with 26,000 route miles of fiber deployed, 24,000 miles lit and 33,000 planned route miles connecting 125 cities by the end of this year. The fully integrated architecture of the Williams Multi-Service Broadband Network(TM) couples ATM core switching with advanced optical networking technologies to provide carriers with data, voice, video and Internet services over any platform. Williams Communications has earned widespread industry recognition for its network architecture -- most recently the International Engineering Consortium's InfoVision award.
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