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Global Crossing Deploys IPv6 in Global Network
- End-to-end security, auto-configuration and mobile IP networking enable next generation of Internet services and applications.
- Meets enhanced requirements of government purveyors and systems integrators as they comply with federal mandates.
Florham Park - October 10, 2005 -- Global Crossing (NASDAQ: GLBC) today announced that it has deployed IPv6 natively across its global IP network, placing the company at the forefront of network services providers.
"IPv6 adds tremendous intelligence, flexibility and scalability to ubiquitous communications," said Anthony Christie, Global Crossing's chief marketing officer. "Governments, research and education networks, transportation companies and wireless carriers will benefit from its built-in security and self-authentication features, delivered over our global, MPLS-based backbone."
IPv6 simplifies mobile IP networking with improved routing and security capabilities. By enabling devices to automatically configure their Internet connectivity, IPv6 will support the expected explosion of dynamically connected network devices including PDAs, cell phones, Internet-connected televisions, home security and HVAC systems, and "smart" household appliances.
IPv6 is a standard service component in Global Crossing's global Internet Access Services. The company's global MPLS-based IP VPN infrastructure will be fully IPv6-enabled by the end of 2005, further enhancing the unparalleled combination of global reach and flexibility this service offers.
Ireland's national research network HEAnet leverages Global Crossing's IPv6-enabled global backbone to empower more than 150,000 students, academics and researchers with high-speed Internet access.
"IPv6 is vital to the continued success of the Internet," said Dave Wilson, senior network engineer at HEAnet. "As more new applications come on stream, the constraints of legacy IPv4 are becoming increasingly onerous, and both security and business suffer as a result. By taking the reins off the use of addresses, users and developers are no longer bound by unnecessary paperwork and can concentrate their energy where it's needed."
The U.S. government has mandated that its agencies adopt IPv6 in their core networks by 2008. Global Crossing serves federal enterprises with a suite of interoperable IP solutions running over its global network, and its capabilities enable the deployment of net-centric operations, as advocated by the Department of Defense (DoD).
Global Crossing is a member of the AT&T Government Solutions Enterprise Networx bid and has also partnered with Northrop Grumman to expand the U.S. Air Force's Distributed Mission Operations Network globally. The company also serves the UK government and has other significant contracts including the British Foreign Commonwealth Office, the British Council, and the UK Rail community.
In 2003, the company signed a precedent-setting Network Security Agreement with the Departments of Homeland Security, Defense and Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to support law enforcement and national security objectives.
Global Crossing is the exclusive provider of IPv6 service to the IPv6 Summits held in Reston, VA and has staked a leadership position in advisory organizations including the IPv6 Committee of the American Council for Technology's Industry Advisory Council (ACT/IAC), highlighting its commitment to developing the next set of IP standards.
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 500 major cities, 50 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 more than 40 percent of the Fortune 500, as well as 700 carriers, mobile operators and ISPs.
Please visit www.globalcrossing.com for more information about Global Crossing.
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CONTACT GLOBAL CROSSING:
Press Contacts
Catherine Berthier
+ 1 646 256 8502
PR@globalcrossing.com
Analysts/Investors Contact
Laurinda Pang
+ 1 800 836 0342
glbc@globalcrossing.com
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