Global Internetworking Launches Private Line E1/DS1 Conversion and Hubbing Solutions at INTELSAT GTM Telecommunications Industry Conference
New Product Suite Reduces Costs, Expands Reach for International Carriers
WASHINGTON, DC (May 23, 2005) - Global Internetworking, Inc. (GII), a facilities-neutral network solutions provider, today at the INTELSAT GTM2005 telecommunications industry conference here announced the roll-out of its new suite of private line data transport conversion and hubbing solutions, GateWay Hub and Multi-Hub, to further enhance the company's carrier-neutral interconnection services and reduce costs for international telecommunications carriers and service providers.
GateWay Hub addresses international carriers that need cost-effective conversion between international and North American private line technologies (e.g. E1/DS1 and SDH/SONET). GateWay Hub also helps carriers and service providers expand the reach of their networks by providing carrier-neutral interconnection at major telecom carrier hotels in New York City, Los Angeles, Dallas, Washington, DC, and Miami. It allows carriers to hand-off traffic at E1 through STM-16 speeds for conversion to DS0 through OC48 speeds for termination throughout the United States. It also supports the delivery of E1 through STM-16 circuits to end-user customer locations throughout the U.S.
Multi-Hub, which can be used separately or in conjunction with GateWay Hub, is a carrier-neutral Private Line aggregation and grooming solution that provides customers with dedicated, high-speed facilities for metro access or long-haul applications. Multi-Hub is available throughout the United States. It enables domestic and international carriers and service providers to aggregate traffic at a single location and to utilize a single point of contact for access to multiple carriers to interconnect and extend their networks throughout the U.S. Customers benefit because the new hubbing service requires only a single connection arranged through GII rather than incurring costs for arranging multiple interconnections with multiple carriers. Once Multi-Hub service is established, a GII customer can quickly add capacity on an as needed, pay-as-you-go basis.
Both services enable carriers and service providers to deliver broadband data transport services for their customers more cost-effectively and with greater vendor diversity managed through GII. The services also improve the provisioning time from receipt of order to turn-up because GII's management of hubbing facilities can eliminate the inconvenience associated with ordering individual cross-connect circuits through multiple vendors.
"Introducing GateWay Hub and Multi-Hub was a natural extension of our existing portfolio of wholesale dedicated transport services. We have already won contracts with a number of international carriers and service providers for these solutions," said Todd Vecchio, Global Internetworking's president. "We think they will be of particular interest to carriers and service providers at GTM that are looking for maximum flexibility and vendor diversity while reducing the costs of entering new U.S. markets."
Unlike some services offered by facilities-based vendors, GateWay Hub and Multi-Hub build upon GII's ability to access hundreds of local and long-haul networks, based on a customer's requirements for budget, performance, and vendor diversity. GateWay Hub and Multi-Hub leverage GII's proprietary CMD Operations Support System and proprietary Pop2Pop.Com network database, both of which enable GII to analyze network infrastructure and pricing quickly to identify an optimal solution. This means GII experts can create customized solutions that provide customers with the network and vendor diversity they require, as well as the most appropriate combination of long-haul and local access to manage costs and provision services in a timely manner.
ABOUT GLOBAL INTERNETWORKING
Founded in 1998, Global Internetworking (GII) is a network solutions provider to many of the world's largest telecom carriers and service providers, as well as to leading systems integrators, government entities and to Fortune 500 enterprises. GII is privately held and debt-free.
GII, headquartered in McLean, Virginia, provides solutions built around its customers' requirements, not the constraints of any one physical network. Within the wholesale telecom and service provider market, GII can help carriers obtain diverse, cost-effective off-net connectivity throughout the United States and numerous overseas markets. Within the enterprise and government sectors, GII specializes in providing customized, diverse, high-capacity solutions for wide area network applications. GII offers all customers a turn-key, single-point-of-contact approach which allows them to find optimal end-to-end solutions without having to find, manage and interconnect multiple local and long-haul off-net carriers. For more information, visit http://www.globalinternetworking.com.
CONTACTS:
Andrew Goldsmith, Global Internetworking, Inc. 703-442-5500, agoldsmith@globalinternetworking.com Global Internetworking, Inc. 8484 Westpark Dr., Suite 720 McLean, VA 22102 703-442-5500
Mike Rothenberg, Rothenberg Communications 703-820-1270, mrothenberg@rothenberg.com
