GLOBAL ONE EXPANDS GLOBAL ATM SERVICE TO 40
COUNTRIES
Brussels, April 29, 1999 -- Global One, the international joint venture of
Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom and Sprint, today announced the
expansion of its seamless ATM service, Global ATM, to over 800 cities in
40 countries. Initially launched in 13 countries last October, Global ATM is
now available in 27 additional countries.
The expansion to 40 countries means that Global ATM is available in the
principal business markets of Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Americas, Middle
East, and Africa. Global ATM delivers to multinational business customers a
high-speed (1.5Mbps to 155Mbps), cost-effective service that
simultaneously supports all types of traffic - voice, data, IP, and multimedia -
with clear quality commitments over a single, self-healing network.
Additional countries and cities will be announced later this year.
''Multinational businesses around the world can now dependably satisfy
their mission-critical communications needs with an advanced ATM service
that reduces network casts and increases flexibility,'' stated Tom Wyrick,
Global One vice president for data services. ''We are excited to be able to
deliver ATM services in such a large number of business cities in so many
important countries. This announcement is another tangible result of the over
US$ one billion infrastructure investment program completed by Global One
during the last three years.''
Global ATM operates on one of the world's largest and most advanced
ATM-based networks, which is monitored 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Leading-edge network automation systems provide around-the-clock
automated fault protection. The network carries out automated pro-active
monitoring, automated testing and diagnosis, and automated corrective
actions. Those features are backed up by the support organizations of
Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, Sprint, and Global One, respectively.
Their seamless backoffice capability includes order entry, provisioning,
billing and 24-by-7 customer support.
Global ATM has the capacity to operate at extremely high switching speeds
of up to 155 Mbps rates. Lower speeds, starting from T-1 (1.544 Mbps)
can be tailored to specific customer needs. It delivers high-speed bandwidth
on demand and virtual networking. Two Global ATM categories of service
provide efficient, cost-effective support of both time-sensitive and
time-insensitive applications over the same network. The CBR (Constant Bit
Rate) category of service supports applications such as voice and private
line applications, which require tight timing and fixed bandwidth, while the
VBR-nrt (Variable Bit Rate - non-real time) category of service supports
'bursty'' applications, such as LAN interconnections.
Global One provides customized service level agreements (SLAs) to
customers of Global ATM, including clear commitments to service
availability, repair times, transit delays, cell loss ratio, and cell delay
variation.
The 40 countries where Global ATM is now available include: Americas
Region - Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, U.S., and Venezuela
Europe Region - Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and UK.
Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Africa Region - Australia, Hong Kong, Israel,
Japan, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, and Taiwan.
Global One, the worldwide joint venture of Deutsche Telekom, France
Telecom, and Sprint, offers a single Source for the solution of voice and data
needs of businesses, carriers, and consumers around the world. Global One
has over 1,400 points of presence in more than 65 countries and had 1998
revenues of more than $US1.1 billion For further information please contact:
Fredric Emmert Manager, Corporate Communications Global One Tel:
+1-703-689-6010 Fax +1-703-689-7592 Visit our website at:
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