Chairman's Wife Starts 'Global' Trend
October 16, 1998 DENVER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE) via
NewsEdge Corporation -- A Message from
USA Global Link's Chairman, Dr. Christopher
W. Hartnett, In Celebration of Company's
Six-Year Anniversary
Need a good name for your upstart
Internet/telecommunications company? If
you're experiencing a creative block, maybe
you should ask your wife. Actually, rather
than stealing another company's name,
asking your spouse may be the smartest
thing to do. Six years ago today, on October
15, 1992, Dr. Linda S. D. Hartnett, a Ph.D. in
business management, housewife, mother of
three and artist, gave her husband a
suggested name for his new global telecom
company. "USA Global Link" was her
excellent, original, creative and visionary
contribution. This was at a time, mind you,
when British Telecom, KDD, AT& T, Sprint,
MCI, DT, France Telecom and others were all
enjoying mega-monopoly status and
dominant market share. "Global" was a truly
foreign word in those days. The rest of the
world's PTTs and telephone monopolies were
happy that competitors stayed out of their
exclusive territories. Many countries had laws
against competition.
Things change, and so do company names.
Back then, USA Global Link was quickly
becoming recognized worldwide, in over 160
countries and territories, as the first of a
new generation of global telcos. We were
crowned "King of the Callbacks," and took on
such nicknames as "USA Global," " Global" and
"Global Link." Mysteriously, competitors
began to crop up with such similar names as
"World Link," "Global One, " "Global Access,"
"Global Telecom Solutions," " Global Startec,"
"Global Telecom," "Global Telephony," "Global
Call," "Global Gateway," "Global Crossing, "
"E-Global," "ICO Global," "Orbcomm Global, "
"Globix," etc... The word "global" seems to
have found great prominence and favor in
the present international telecommunications
vocabulary. Thank you Dr. Linda.
In celebration of USA Global Link's birthday
today, and also in honor and
acknowledgment of its Founding Mother's
original creative vision, we would like to
thank our entire global family of friends,
customers and employees for their good
wishes, patronage and tremendous support
during the first six years of our business' life.
We look forward to unbounded growth
together and welcome the opportunity to
serve your communication needs far into the
new millennium.--Dr. Christopher W.
Hartnett, Founder and Chairman
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 |
