FLORHAM PARK, N.J.,
Sept. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Global
Crossing (NASDAQ: GLBC), a leading global IP solutions provider,
today announced that VK, a leading Russian social networking site,
has purchased IP Transit and Wavelength Services to accommodate its
rapidly expanding social networking site.
With a recent upgrade to its Multi-Protocol Label Switching
(MPLS)-based IP network in the Nordic region of Europe, Global Crossing is providing VK with
several 10 Gigabit per second (Gbps) IP Transit ports in
Helsinki and Stockholm. In addition, Global Crossing
is providing 10 Gbps Wavelength Services among VK's sites across
Europe and in the U. S.
"We selected Global Crossing for its network reach and high
level of customer service," said Oleg
Lyubimov, chief infrastructure officer, VK. "Tens of
millions of people rely on us every day to find and communicate
with friends. Our ability to reach 100 percent of the
Internet reliably and securely is of the utmost importance to
us."
"We are delighted to welcome VK as a customer, and appreciate
the trust they have placed in us to help facilitate their growth,"
said Dag Aanensen, vice president of
Sales for Global Crossing EMEA. "Our team brought VK onboard
quickly and seamlessly and I am looking forward to a long and
fruitful relationship between VK and Global Crossing."
Global Crossing IP Transit Service offers international carriers
and ISPs upstream Internet connectivity to all worldwide domains at
speeds up to 10 Gbps. Global Crossing services are delivered
over its worldwide subsea and terrestrial systems at sustained
availability levels of 99.998 percent to meet the capacity demands
of today's data intensive businesses. Global Crossing has
built, owns and operates a global network under a single AS number
(3549) and can leverage its Tier 1 IP network to reach 100 percent
of the Internet.
Global Crossing's Wavelength and Ethernet Wavelength services
enable network providers to provide fully managed IP and SONET
services without having to manage their own dispersed networks, and
to gain access to a market where capacity requirements do not
justify an infrastructure investment.
Global Crossing Wavelength Service is offered at speeds up to 40
Gbps. Wavelengths are part of Global Crossing's complete wide
area network and transport solutions portfolio, which also includes
Private Lines, EtherSphere™, Ethernet Wide Area Network (WAN)
transport and IP Virtual Private Network WAN services.
ABOUT VK
VK is a social networking site that helps people express their
opinions and find an audience. You can communicate with a
broad community of interesting people or keep in touch with friends
and family.
The aim of VK is to remain the fastest, most modern and
aesthetically pleasing means of communicating on the Internet.
ABOUT GLOBAL CROSSING
Global Crossing (NASDAQ: GLBC) is a leading global IP, Ethernet,
data center and video solutions provider with the world's first
integrated global IP-based network. The company offers a full
range of data, voice, collaboration, broadcast and media services
delivered with superior customer service.
Global Crossing provides services to enterprises (including
approximately 40 percent of the Fortune 500); government
departments and agencies; and 700 carriers, mobile operators and
ISPs. It delivers converged IP services to more than 700
cities in more than 70 countries, and has 17 world-class data
centers in major business centers around the globe.
Please visit www.globalcrossing.com for more information about
Global Crossing.
Website Access to Company Information
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www.globalcrossing.com, and you can find additional information
about the company through the Investors pages on that website at
http://investors.globalcrossing.com. Global Crossing utilizes
its website as a channel of distribution of important information
about the company. Global Crossing routinely posts financial
and other important information regarding the company and its
business, financial condition and operations on the Investors web
pages.
Visitors to the Investors web pages can view and print copies of
Global Crossing's SEC filings, including periodic and current
reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, and in respect of GCUK's Forms
20-F and 6-K, as soon as reasonably practicable after those filings
are made with the SEC. Copies of the charters for each of the
standing committees of Global Crossing's Board of Directors, its
Corporate Governance Guidelines, Ethics Policy, press releases and
analysts presentations are all available through the Investors web
pages.
Please note that the information contained on any of Global
Crossing's websites is not incorporated by reference in, or
considered to be a part of, any document unless expressly
incorporated by reference therein.
CONTACT GLOBAL CROSSING:
Press Contacts
Richard Larris
+ 1 973 937 0153
Richard.Larris@globalcrossing.com
Paula Vivo
Latin America
+ 55 11 3957 2424
Paula.Vivo@globalcrossing.com
Nigel Brown
UK and Europe
+44 33 0060 7342
Nigel.Brown@globalcrossing.com
Analysts/Investors Contact
Mark Gottlieb
+ 1 800 836 0342
glbc@globalcrossing.com
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SOURCE Global Crossing