Telstra Enters Into Enhanced Relationship With Global Crossing to Deliver Converged IP Services in the United States and Latin A
08 Febbraio 2006 - 1:55PM
PR Newswire (US)
FLORHAM PARK, N.J., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global
Crossing (NASDAQ:GLBC) today announced a new agreement with Telstra
Incorporated (NYSE:TLS), the U.S. subsidiary of the global carrier,
Telstra Corporation Limited, Australia's leading telecommunications
and information services company. By leveraging Global Crossing's
Fast-Track(TM) services, Telstra can immediately commercialize its
offer to enterprises in critical markets in the Americas, bypassing
expensive and time-consuming network build-outs. "Telstra's
confidence in Global Crossing clearly demonstrates the exceptional
value and revenue realization opportunities our Global Partner
Program delivers," said Ted Higase, Global Crossing's executive
vice president, worldwide carrier services. We're confident they'll
leverage our global capabilities, dedicated sales teams and
state-of-the-art services to their best advantage." Designed for
service providers targeting enterprise customers with globally
available, scalable and secure solutions, Global Crossing's Fast-
Track portfolio enables global partners to differentiate themselves
and compete more effectively. "Telstra has enjoyed a longstanding
relationship with Global Crossing in the U.S. and Latin America,
and we look forward to expanding that relationship to other regions
of the world," said Andrew Morawski, Telstra Incorporated's senior
vice president, sales and marketing. "Our success depends on
providing customers with seamless, end-to-end services, and this
partnership highlights our ongoing focus on serving customers
effectively and transparently, anywhere they do business." Global
Crossing's Fast-Track services, provided to partners through its
Global Partners Program (GPP), is a portfolio of enterprise focused
business solutions which enables service providers to increase
their speed to market and revenue realization by expanding their
geographic reach, broadening their range of converged IP service
offerings, and providing a unified experience to customers around
the world. Global partners utilizing Fast-Track leverage a range of
support services to quickly drive customer acquisition and maximize
revenues, including dedicated account executives, solutions
engineers, and service and delivery managers who manage business
opportunities with their partners as a single team. Global
Crossing's Intelligent Front Office (IFO) delivers advanced
e-bonding capabilities for its customers and partners, meeting
their changing business needs with greater operational ease,
flexibility and transparency, and simplifying geographic expansion
and service delivery. A recognized industry leader and innovator,
Global Crossing received Capacity's 2005 "Best Global Wholesale
Provider" award for its outstanding customer service, network
availability and suite of services. The company's multi-gigabit
fiber optic network recently supported the world record in
international visualization, a 19.5 Gbps stream between Amsterdam,
the Netherlands, and San Diego, California, carrying a single
application showing actual scientific content. This announcement is
part of an ongoing relationship between the two service providers.
As part of this arrangement, Telstra is providing Global Crossing
with dedicated private line connectivity and a range of managed
services at the core backbone level throughout the Asia Pacific
region, enhancing Global Crossing's capabilities in the region.
Drew Kelton, managing director, Telstra Global Business, added,
"We're confident that this relationship will bloom into a highly
strategic arrangement over time. We already have inter-connects
with Global Crossing and the GPP provides us with a massive
opportunity to collaborate and provide even greater added value
services to our customers." ABOUT GLOBAL CROSSING Global Crossing
(NASDAQ:GLBC) provides telecommunications solutions over the
world's first integrated global IP-based network. Its core network
connects more than 300 cities and 30 countries worldwide, and
delivers services to more than 600 cities, 60 countries and 6
continents around the globe. The company's global sales and support
model matches the network footprint and, like the network, delivers
a consistent customer experience worldwide. Global Crossing IP
services are global in scale, linking the world's enterprises,
governments and carriers with customers, employees and partners
worldwide in a secure environment that is ideally suited for
IP-based business applications, allowing e-commerce to thrive. The
company offers a full range of managed data and voice products
including Global Crossing IP VPN Service, Global Crossing Managed
Services and Global Crossing VoIP services, to 36 percent of the
Fortune 500, as well as 700 carriers, mobile operators and ISPs.
Please visit http://www.globalcrossing.com/ for more information
about Global Crossing. ABOUT TELSTRA INCORPORATED Telstra
Incorporated is the US subsidiary of the Australian-based Tier 1
global carrier, Telstra Corporation Limited. Telstra Corporation
Limited (NYSE:TLS) is Australia's leading domestic and global full
service telecommunications provider and the operator of one of the
most diversely routed IP backbone networks in the Asia Pacific
region. Telstra owns one of the most technologically advanced
global networks, offering an extensive portfolio of
state-of-the-art solutions to global customers including voice,
mobile, broadband, IP, MPLS and managed services. Telstra provides
innovative solutions to 200 of the world's top 500 companies in the
Asia Pacific, Latin America, North America and Europe. For further
information visit: http://www.telstra-usa.com/. 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 Global Crossing's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company undertakes
no duty to update information contained in this press release or in
other public disclosures at any time. CONTACT GLOBAL CROSSING:
Press Contacts Catherine Berthier + 1 646-862-8514 Kendra Langlie
Latin America + 1 305 808 5912 Analysts/Investors Contact Laurinda
Pang + 1 800 836 0342 CONTACT TELSTRA: Press Contact Tricia GaNun +
1 917-945-0516 DATASOURCE: Global Crossing CONTACT: Press:
Catherine Berthier, +1-646-862-8514, , or Kendra Langlie, Latin
America, +1-305-808-5912, , Analysts-Investors: Laurinda Pang,
1-800-836-0342, , both of Global Crossing; or Tricia GaNun of
Telstra, +1-917-945-0516, Web site: http://www.globalcrossing.com/
http://www.telstra-usa.com/
Copyright
Grafico Azioni Telstra (NYSE:TLS)
Storico
Da Mag 2024 a Giu 2024
Grafico Azioni Telstra (NYSE:TLS)
Storico
Da Giu 2023 a Giu 2024