CABLE & WIRELESS LAUNCHES GLOBAL.NET SERVICE IN JAPAN
Cable & Wireless (LSE: CW.Z), the global telecommunications group, today announced at INET Yokohama the launch in Japan of global.net, the company's global dedicated international internet access service for carriers, ISPs and corporate customers. The extension of global.net to Japanese customers has been driven by the successful completion of the first phase of Cable & Wireless' global IP infrastructure build programme, with seven international customer connection points in the US, Europe, the Pacific Rim -including Japan - announced in May this year.
The benefits of global.net to Japanese customers include:
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Global availability: global.net offers worldwide coverage, with connection
available to any of the global nodes deployed in Japan, USA, European
countries and Western Pacific region.
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Multi-optioned access: access speeds up to 622Mbps are available at the
core nodes.*
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Quality guarantee (SLA): global.net performance is backed by a service
level agreement
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Round-the-clock customer support.
Simon Cunningham, president of Cable & Wireless IDC, said: "Cable & Wireless is expanding its network and plans to open 84 IP nodes in the world by 2001. By using global.net, customers will be able to access content located in the United States and other countries with minimal hop counts. This means a faster Internet experience. In addition, Cable & Wireless' global IP network nodes are connected to the backbone with speeds up to OC-192 (9.6Gbps), and that ensures reliability with full redundancy under the integrated designing."
"Our ability to optimize intra- and inter-region traffic-flows leverages our worldwide network of wholly owned subsidiaries and well-established operator partnerships, keeps packet-loss to an absolute minimum, and provides customers with ideal traffic throughput volume."
global.net will be available for service in Japan in August this year. Cable & Wireless IDC is presenting the new service at INET 2000, in Yokohama, from 18 to 21July.
About
global.net
Cable & Wireless global.net is a high-speed backbone Internet Protocol
(IP) service for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and carriers who require
speedy, reliable and cost effective connectivity to a high quality global
IP backbone and the Internet. Global.net delivers access to Cable & Wireless'
network, the largest, single, truly global Internet backbone in the world.
global.net currently offers direct access to the Cable & Wireless Global
IP infrastructure via local, national or international circuits to one
of 16 nodes worldwide across the U.S., Europe and the Pacific Rim. This
will grow 84 nodes by April 2001.
About
Cable & Wireless
Cable & Wireless is a major global telecommunications business with annual
revenue of over £9 billion (US$14 billion) and customers in 70 countries.
Its businesses around the world offer a range of services spanning broadband
data, internet and voice services. Cable & Wireless' priority for expansion
is the fast growing market of IP (Internet Protocol) and data services
for business customers. It is making major investments in developing advanced
networks and services in the US, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region to
build the world's leading global IP infrastructure. With the capacity
of this advanced infrastructure and its presence in key business markets,
Cable & Wireless holds a unique position in terms of global coverage and
services to business customers.
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