Global Crossing Provides IP Transit Services to Brazilian TVA's Broadband Provider Ajato
6 October 2004
São Paulo, Brazil - October 6, 2004 -- Global Crossing (NASDAQ: GLBCE) was selected by TVA, pioneer provider of cable TV, high speed Internet and VoIP services in Brazil, to provide it with IP transit services, last May. Ajato, an internet provider owned by the Brazilian cable operator TVA, has approximately 25,000 subscribers in the country, ranging from residential and cable modem users to small and medium-sized businesses.
"As Brazil's first broadband Internet provider, we are always looking for state-of-the-art technology," said Virgílio Amaral, strategy and technology director for TVA. "Global Crossing has presented us a reliable solution which allows us to continue offering high-quality services to our customers," he added.
By using Global Crossing's IP services, Ajato is powering its services with exceptional speed, security, reliability and congestion-free transmission. Ajato's subscribers will benefit from a truly global IP over MPLS network, which will result in lower latencies, improved throughput, lower packet loss, as well as a better performance and security for critical applications.
"Global Crossing is ready to meet the needs of our customers today and in the future. We continue to increase the company's presence in Brazil and Latin America, by providing the most advanced telecom solutions over our global IP-based seamless network, which reaches more than 500 cities and 50 countries worldwide," said Pablo Mlikota, vice president of enterprise sales for Latin America, Caribbean & the southeastern United States.
As a Global Tier 1 provider, Global Crossing is connected with every major Tier 1 ISP in the world, reaching 100 percent of the Internet. Global Crossing's IP Transit service offers Internet connectivity to all worldwide domains using a meshed network that incorporates true global IP over Multiprotocol Label Switching-traffic engineering (MPLS-te) as a backbone transport technology, providing the ultimate in network resiliency and flexibility. Global Crossing provides customers with always on, direct high-speed connectivity to the Internet at speeds ranging from 56Kbps/64Kbps to OC48/STM16 and Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet on a global basis.
About TVA
TVA was the first pay-TV carrier in Brazil (1991) and is owned by Grupo Abril. TVA has a total of of 290,000 subscribers, both in Cable and MMDS technologies. The company also owns a broadband Internet provider, Ajato, with 25,000 subscribers, and recently became a triple play carrier by launching a VoIP service.
Ajato can be acquired independently of the cable TV service and offers its users a 90 percent band guarantee and no additional cost to access Portal Veja SP - a portal with information about São Paulo, published in Editora Abril's magazines. Ajato offers its users four options of speed: 64, 128, 256 and 512 Kbps, besides other specific services to companies and residential buildings.
About Global Crossing
Global Crossing (NASDAQ: GLBCE) 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.
