USA Global Link Consolidates Network Development and Operations in Denver
October 19, 1998 DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE) via NewsEdge
Corporation -- Company to Commission its
First Siemens International Switch
USA Global Link, Inc. (www.usagl.com), a
leading pioneer in the provision of discount
international telecommunications and
Web-based, e-commerce services, is pleased
to announce that it is consolidating all
network development and operations at its
Denver, Colorado site. Network personnel still
based in Fairfield, Iowa, the company's
headquarters, will be transferred over the
coming few weeks. This consolidation and
strengthening of the Denver Network
Operations Center (NOC), which also serves
as headquarters for Product Management
and Marketing, comes on the heels of the
establishment of major technology
partnerships with 3Com Corporation and
Siemens Information and Communication
Networks, Inc. over the last several months.
Concurrently, the company is very proud to
announce the commissioning of its first
Siemens international gateway switch in
Denver this week. The Network Operations
group in Denver bears primary responsibility
for the deployment of the company's Global
InterNetwork(SM), the world's first, truly
global IP (Internet protocol)-based
telecommunications network.
USA Global Link has begun deploying the
Global InterNetwork's IP-based infrastructure
in 18 countries and developing a
comprehensive marketing and organizational
structure to support service offerings in 28
target countries worldwide. The Global
InterNetwork infrastructure will be comprised
of international switching centers located in
New York, London, Tokyo and Seattle
connected by high-speed fiber-optic facilities
to create an IP-over-ATM (asynchronous
transfer mode) backbone. This will provide
worldwide transport of traditional narrowband
voice and advanced broadband
communications services, including
Web-based e-commerce solutions. The
Denver facilities will serve as the NOC for the
entire Global InterNetwork system, with
additional NOCs to be developed in London
and Tokyo.
"These developments in the creation of USA
Global Link's advanced international network
are cause for celebration," says Mark Baker,
CEO/President, speaking from his office in
Denver. "Pulling the network team together in
Denver with Product Management and
Marketing will create that critical mass of
focus and creativity essential to the
accelerating pace of our network deployment
and implementation of the company's global
business strategy."
About USA Global Link
Through its worldwide network of
approximately 4,750 authorized sales
representatives, USA Global Link, Inc., a
privately-held company, has pioneered the
provision of innovative telecommunications
and Web-based e-commerce services to
customers in more than 170 countries and
territories. Since 1992, USA Global Link, Inc.,
has been one of the leaders in alternative,
innovative global telecommunications
strategies, including: international callback,
Global 800(SM) toll-free numbers,
phone-to-phone Internet telephony and
wholesale carrier's carrier least-cost routing
Global Refile(SM) services. USA Global Link
also offers full-featured corporate travel and
prepaid calling card programs. With its Global
ITSP(SM) (Internet telephony service
provider) program, an Internet telephony
turn-key solution for ISPs and carriers, and
new Instant Call Button(SM) service, a
Web-based e-commerce tool, the company
has secured a leading position in the
Internet/telephony integration services
arena.
First launched in March 1997, USA Global
Link's Global InterNetwork(SM) is the world's
first international, facilities-based
communications network based on Internet
Protocol (IP) technology. When this
ubiquitous multi-billion dollar high-speed
fiber-optic and wireless network is fully
deployed, practically every major city in the
world with a population in excess of 500,000,
will host a Global MetroPoP(SM) switch,
delivering cost-efficient data, voice, fax,
video, and broadband multimedia services.
The company has partnered with 3Com
Corporation and Siemens Information and
Communication Networks Inc. to meet the
advanced technology demands of the Global
InterNetwork deployment.
USA Global Link, Inc., has been a prominent
player in introducing increasing competition
into the international telecommunications
marketplace through its active membership in
the International Telecommunication Union
(ITU) in Geneva, Switzerland, and the U.S.
Department of State's International
Telecommunication Advisory Committee
(ITAC). The company is a founding member
of the Voice on the Net Coalition (VON
Coalition), and the European Competitive
Telecommunications Association (ECTA), in
which it holds a board seat.
Global InterNetwork, Global Refile, Instant
Call Button, Global MetroPoP, Global ITSP and
Global 800 are registered service marks of
USA Global Link, Inc. All other product or
service marks mentioned herein are those of
their respective owners. All rights reserved.
CONTACT: Mark Petrick, Director of
Communications | 515/472-1550 |
mpetrick@usagl.com |
