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Global Crossing Provides Managed Telecommunications Services to D-Link LatinAmerica
Santiago, Chile - June 29, 2009 -- Global Crossing (NASDAQ: GLBC), a leading global IP solutions provider, today announced that it is providing a fully managed Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network (IP VPN) to D-Link LatinAmerica, a leading company in the networking marketplace. The new network will provide high-speed voice, data and videoconferencing in Chile, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Venezuela, and Guatemala.
The new IP VPN will connect all of the company's facilities - regionally and worldwide - to a single corporate network, thereby providing global reach, scalable connectivity, higher security, and a wide range of IP communications services, all with enhanced control and operating efficiency.
In addition, D-Link LatinAmerica will use Global Crossing's Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) to provide high-speed Internet connectivity to its associates in Chile, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, and in the cities of Quito and Guayaquil in Ecuador.
"From the moment Global Crossing delivered services, a critical change took place. Network performance improved significantly because of the company's expertise," said Carlos Casassus, president of D-Link Pan America. "We are very enthusiastic about this business relationship, and we intend to explore additional services from Global Crossing, both in security and data center."
"We are proud of being chosen by D-Link LatinAmerica to support its growth," said Leonardo Miranda, sales vice president for Global Crossing Chile. "Our managed services allow customers to focus their internal resources on core competencies while servicing day-to-day requirements through technology delivered as a service."
Global Crossing Converged IP Services enable high-quality any-to-any connectivity. The service delivers appropriate levels of latency, jitter and packet loss to ensure the successful concurrent handling of multiple types of traffic, especially voice and video. It is backed by comprehensive service-level agreements (SLAs) covering the overall performance of the service, and online access to real-time and historical service-performance reports.
Global Crossing is a Tier 1 global Internet provider, and its DIA service offers connectivity to all domains worldwide, optimizing traffic routing. Global Crossing's global, fully meshed IP Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network provides unrivaled reach with state-of-the-art flexibility and availability.
ABOUT D-LINK
D-Link, a Taiwanese company, is the main designer, developer and manufacturer of networking solutions for the SMB, SOHO, and work group to Enterprise environments. Their production facilities are located in the United States, Taiwan, China, and India; where they possess Research and Development Centers as well. The company has yielded profits since its creation in 1986, and they continue to have high growth rates, thanks to its innovation leadership and competitive price connectivity solutions.
D-Link owns 130 offices in more than 100 countries distributed in the 5 continents. In the Americas, company offices are located in Chile, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia, Central America and the Caribbean, Mexico, United States, and Canada. For further information check www.dlinkla.com.
ABOUT GLOBAL CROSSING
Global Crossing (NASDAQ: GLBC) is a leading global IP solutions provider with the world's first integrated global IP-based network. The company offers a full range of secure data, voice, and video products to approximately 40 percent of the Fortune 500, as well as to 700 carriers, mobile operators and ISPs. It delivers services to more than 690 cities in more than 60 countries and six continents around the globe.
In Latin America, Global Crossing´s business has operations in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Mexico, Venezuela, the United States (Florida) and the Caribbean region. In addition to its IP-based, fiber-optic network, Global Crossing's regional infrastructure includes 15 metropolitan networks and 15 world-class data centers located in the main business centers of Latin America.
Please visit www.globalcrossing.com or blogs.globalcrossing.com for more information about Global Crossing.
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Statements in this press release about expected future events and financial results are forward-looking and subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially, including risks referenced from time to time in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Global Crossing undertakes no duty to update information contained in this press release or in other public disclosures at any time.
CONTACT GLOBAL CROSSING:
Press Contacts
Paula Vivo
Latin America
+ 55 11 3957 2424
paula.vivo@globalcrossing.com
Rich Larris
North America
+ 1 973 937 0153
richard.larris@globalcrossing.com
Analysts/Investors Contact
Antonio Suarez
+ 1 973 937 0233
glbc@globalcrossing.com
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