Monday March 6, 11:38 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Global Crossing Telecommunications Announces Zoned Frame Enhancement to Regional Frame Relay Service at Discounted Prices
Attractively priced, site-to-site connectivity for enterprises with multiple locations within one calling region Currently offered in 41 calling regions in 23 states
SAN ANTONIO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2000-- Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc., a subsidiary of Global Crossing Ltd. (Nasdaq: GBLX - news), the world's first independent provider of global telecommunications services and facilities, today launched Zoned Frame, a product enhancement to its Frame Relay Service. Zoned Frame offers companies with three or more locations in the same LATA attractively priced frame relay connections at up to seventy percent off the price for existing frame relay services.
Global Crossing's Frame Relay Service provides unparalleled domestic and international broadband connectivity using its state-of-the-art, fiber-optic network. Zoned Frame is designed to provide a low-cost solution to customers in 23 major market areas nationwide. The frame relay network itself is flexible and fully scalable, able to meet growing customer needs and various speeds.
``Zoned Frame offers customers the benefits of lower prices and flexibility to expand their network as their needs grow,' said David Pugliese, vice president of marketing. ``We designed Zoned Frame for customers to link clusters of three or more locations within a LATA cost-effectively to Global Crossing's fast, reliable data network, ultimately making service more manageable and scalable. Business customers get the same speed and flexibility of frame relay at a fraction of the cost for national service.'
Zoned Frame is currently available in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Cleveland, Toledo, Buffalo, Rochester, Newark, Delaware Valley, Springfield, Sacramento, San Diego, Bakersfield, Monterey, and St. Luis Obispo. It will be available in the District of Columbia and other major metropolitan areas of Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin in April.
``This value added service, available to the financial service community, represents another move by Global Crossing to provide a more comprehensive suite of offerings tailored to that sector,' said Pugliese. ``Global Crossing recently announced a definitive agreement to purchase IXnet (Nasdaq:EXNT - news) and IPC (Amex: IPI - news), companies that provide a global extranet as well as trading systems for the financial services community.'
Global Crossing Telecommunications will demonstrate its Zoned Frame product at its Booth No. 112 at the Independent Community Bankers of America Convention and Techworld in San Antonio this week. |
