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Significant 3COM contract today:
FAIRFIELD, IOWA (Feb. 11) BUSINESS WIRE -Feb. 11, 1998--USA Global Link,
Inc., the world's largest provider of discount international
telecommunications services, signed a letter of intent with 3Com
Corporation (NASDAQ:COMS), to supply network infrastructure for its
$1.2 billion worldwide Internet telephony system called Global
InterNetwork(SM), a multi-pathway/multi-protocol global
telecommunications network. 3Com is the premier manufacturer of
carrier-class multi-service access platforms and VOIP-access solutions.
The proposed agreement encompasses a complete arrangement for 3Com to
engineer, furnish and install facilities on a global basis.
Installation of 3Com's Total Control(TM) multi-service platforms will
begin this spring and continue with the planned installation of 500
switches over the next 3 years. Initial installation will begin in
Brazil, Germany, The Netherlands, Japan, the U.S., Switzerland and Hong
Kong, with other countries in Europe, South America and the
Asia-Pacific region to follow. Investment for this phase of the Global
InterNetwork deployment will exceed $500 million.
"Last spring USA Global Link opened the floodgates on Internet
telephony with the announcement of our Global InterNetwork system,"
said Christopher W. Hartnett, founder and chairman of the company.
"Partnering with 3Com is a cornerstone to the successful deployment of
the most sophisticated and ubiquitous telecommunications network in the
world. Our vision and 3Com's expertise form a powerful synergy for
success."
As the world's premier provider of alternative telecommunications
services, USA Global Link has been deploying the Global InterNetwork
system, an advanced network platform for the delivery of voice, data,
fax, video and broadband multi-media services. Integral to the Global
InterNetwork design and deployment has been the integration of IP
pathways for voice and data services. Having researched the technology
packages of all the leading developers of IP access and routing
products, the company has adopted 3Com's Total Control VOIP system as
the most flexible and advanced of the few carrier-class products
available.
"It is critical to the company's Global InterNetwork strategy that any
solutions adopted be carrier-class," says Gary Hamm, vice president of
Global InterNetwork and chief technology officer. "Early developments
in VOIP products lacked the integration of features into an existing
carrier environment. 3Com's products meet our requirements in a
completely integrated technology package, making a new range of quality
services possible, and allowing us to dramatically expand the envelope
of telecom services worldwide. Also critical to the choice is 3Com's
global expertise and support presence."
The Global InterNetwork system is a complete global telecommunications
network, which will ultimately encompass over 1000 points-of-presence
(POPs) in all major metropolitan centers of the world, with a projected
total capital investment of $1.2 billion. The company is actively
searching for co-location and marketing partnership opportunities.
"We are extremely pleased to be partnering with USA Global Link, a
company with the vision, resources and tenacity to pull off a scheme as
impressive as Global InterNetwork," said Ross Manire, senior vice
president of 3Com Carrier Systems. "Our Total Control platform is a
perfect fit with its picture of the global telecommunications network
of the next century -- flexible, powerful and adaptable to changing and
expanding market conditions."
USA Global Link is the undisputed leader in alternative, innovative
telecommunications strategies, such as: discount international
long-distance, international callback, Global 800(SM) numbers,
phone-to-phone Internet telephony and wholesale carrier least-cost
routing services. USA Global Link also offers one of the world's
largest corporate travel and prepaid calling card programs.
USA Global Link was recently cited as one of the world's 50 largest
international carriers and one of the world's fastest growing telecom
companies by CommunicationsWeek International and the Yankee Group in a
joint survey published last December. USA Global Link provides service
to more than 200 countries and territories around the world and is an
active member of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in
Geneva, Switzerland, and the U.S. Department of State's International
Telecommunication Advisory Council (ITAC). The company is
headquartered in Fairfield, Iowa, U.S.A.
Note: Global InterNetwork is a registered service mark of USA Global
Link, Inc.
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CONTACT: USA Global Link, Inc.
Mark Petrick, +1-515/472-1550
Richard Brill, +1-847/251-5522
Web Site: usagl.com
KEYWORD: IOWA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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