Courtesy Rick Jamison, UUNET/ UUNET UK tees off the Internet for
business at Networks'98
June 8, 1998
M2 PRESSWIRE via NewsEdge Corporation : UUNET, a WorldCom company and a
leader in Internet communications solutions, will be demonstrating its latest product
offerings and technologies at Networks'98, on stand number 11Q50.
Alongside the serious debate about electronic business, UUNET UK will be running its
golfing challenge. Stand visitors will be seeking to land a hole in one on a course
overlaid with the UUNET UK Internet backbone.
On its stand, UUNET will be demonstrating the business benefits of Virtual Private
Networks (VPN's) and mobile over IP. Representatives from both Orange and Nokia will
be available to discuss full mobile interconnectivity, with Nokia demonstrating its latest
9110 Communicator.
Visitors will be able to discuss and test a range of UUNET products, including a brand
new dial up product designed for the corporate user. In addition, Co- Locate, an
extremely flexible hosting service designed for companies with high volume, mission
critical applications, will also be on display.
Richard Heyes, managing director, UUNET UK, comments: "Increasing numbers of IT
managers are seeking more effective means by which to manage their networks. As they,
endeavour to rid themselves of the mass of technology, UUNET is able to offer them a
first class, robust, efficient, secure network via the Internet." Richard continues, "As the
Internet matures, it increasingly holds the key to effective networking offering not only
the technology, but the price savings and flexibility which large corporations require."
About UUNET
UUNET Technologies. Inc., is a global leader in Internet communications solutions and
a subsidiary of WorldCom, Inc. It offers a comprehensive range of Internet technology
based services to businesses, online service providers and telecommunications firms.
The company's network is comprised of more than 1,000 Points of Presence (POPs)
throughout the United States and in Canada, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, as well
as connections to Internet service providers around the world. WorldCom, is a global
business telecommunications company. Operating in more than 50 countries, the
company is a premier provider of facilities-based and fully integrated local, long
distance, international and Internet services. The common and depositary shares of
WorldCom trade on the Nasdaq National Market (U.S.) under the symbol WCOM and
WCOMP, respectively. On November 10, 1997, WorldCom announced a definitive
merger agreement with MCI Communications Corporation to form a new company called
MCI WorldCom. The company expects the merger to close in mid-1998.
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