MEDIA RELEASE PR36930
Telekom Malaysia Joins Global Crossing Partner Program to Extend Its Reach in Europe and
the Americas
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. and KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Global Crossing (Nasdaq: GLBC), a leading global IP solutions provider, today
announced that Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM), Malaysia's leading integrated information
and communications group, has joined Global Crossing's Global Partner Program (GPP) to
expand availability of its Converged IP and Private Line services to Europe and the
Americas.
At the signing ceremony to signify the collaboration between the two companies
during Capacity Asia 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Global Crossing was represented by Ricky
Chau, vice president, Carrier Services and General Manager, Asia, while Mohamad Rozaimy
Abd Rahman, executive vice president, TM Global represented TM.
Commenting on the collaboration, Rozaimy said, "Participation in the Global Partner
Program has allowed us to extend our capabilities beyond the Asia Pacific region to meet
the needs of our enterprise clients who have customers all around the globe. These new
services will provide our clients with global reach, scalable connectivity, higher
security, and a wide range of IP communications services, all with enhanced control and
operating efficiency."
Global Crossing's Global Partner Program gives regional service providers the
benefits of global reach, service expansion, reduced time-to-market and the ability to
build a network or add service capabilities without significant investment. It enables
providers to offer voice, video and data services to customers who may be out-of-region
and gives providers a way to increase revenue by providing value-added services to
customers in multiple markets.
"We're very pleased to have TM join our Global Partner Program," said Omar Altaji,
Global Crossing's managing director, Worldwide Carrier Services. "As TM's business
clients take advantage of globalization and IP convergence market trends, they can
benefit from TM's support model, strong regional presence and the global seamless
network enabled by Global Crossing's IP infrastructure."
TM joins a select list of top-tier service providers in the Global Partner Program,
offering Global Crossing Fast-Track Services(TM) portfolio to their enterprise end
users. Global Crossing Fast-Track Services combine the business processes, products,
services and system tools necessary for service providers to quickly offer their
enterprise customers end-to-end global data solutions, backed by consistent SLAs. In
addition to Converged IP Services and Private Line, Fast-Track Services include
Ethernet, Collaboration and Managed Services. The portfolio can help service providers
avoid the costly expenditures and long lead times generally associated with service
expansion. It also can help drive incremental revenue for a carrier by helping it
provide additional opportunities to enterprise customers that need out-of-region IP-
based solutions.
Global Crossing Converged IP Services enable high-quality any-to-any connectivity
supporting VoIP, Video and IP VPN applications. The service delivers appropriate levels
of latency, jitter and packet loss to ensure the successful concurrent handling of
multiple types of traffic, especially voice and video. It is backed by comprehensive
service-level agreements (SLAs) covering the overall performance of the service, and
online access to real-time and historical service-performance reports.
Meanwhile, Global Crossing Private Line services provide highly reliable, secure,
point-to-point, digital connectivity, for a wide range of applications used by
enterprise customers, including hosting, resource planning, business continuity, content
distribution and disaster recovery. Global Crossing Private Line services also support
high-bandwidth operations such as large data transfers, medical imaging, record
archiving, database sharing and replication, and remote office access to application
servers. The services' capacities range from T1/E1 up to OC-48/STM-16 (from 1.544
Megabits per second, or Mbps, to 2,488.32 Mbps).
As part of Global Crossing Fast-Track Services, the company also provides launch
support to carriers, including on-boarding and training, sales collateral and integrated
partner team support, along with the tools necessary to effectively deliver a positive
customer experience.
blogs.globalcrossing.com. For more information on TM, visit www.tm.com.my.
About TM
Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM), Malaysia's leading integrated information and
communications group, offers a comprehensive range of communication services and
solutions in broadband, data and fixed-line. As a market leader in the broadband and
fixed-line businesses, TM is driven to deliver value to its stakeholders in a highly
competitive environment. The Group places emphasis on continuing customer service
quality enhancements and innovations.
With its extensive global connectivity, TM is poised to position Malaysia as a
regional Internet hub and digital gateway for South-East Asia. In line with this, TM is
evolving into a Next Generation Network service provider enabling the Group to enhance
its efficiency and productivity while providing enriched products and services.
ABOUT GLOBAL CROSSING
Global Crossing (Nasdaq: GLBC) is a leading global IP solutions provider with the
world's first integrated global IP-based network. The company offers a full range of
secure data, voice, and video products to approximately 40 percent of the Fortune 500,
as well as to 700 carriers, mobile operators and ISPs. It delivers services to more
than 690 cities in more than 60 countries and six continents around the globe.
about Global Crossing.
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 the
company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Global Crossing
undertakes no duty to update information contained in this press release or in other
public disclosures at any time.
CONTACT GLOBAL CROSSING: CONTACT TM:
Press Contacts Press Contacts
Rich Larris Mariam Bevi Batcha
+ 1 973 937 0153 + 603 2240 2666
Richard.Larris@globalcrossing.com Email: mbb@tm.com.my
Paula Vivo Asma Abdul Aziz
Latin America +603 2240 3840
+ 55 11 3957 2424 asma_aa@tm.com.my
Paula.Vivo@globalcrossing.com
Jennifer Campbell
Europe
+44 (0) 125 673 2663
Jennifer.Campbell@globalcrossing.com
Analysts/Investors Contact
Mark Gottlieb
+ 1 800 836 0342
glbc@globalcrossing.com
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SOURCE: Global Crossing
CONTACT: GLOBAL CROSSING:
Press,
Rich Larris,
+1-973-937-0153,
Richard.Larris@globalcrossing.com,
or Paula Vivo,
Latin America,
+55 11 3957 2424,
Paula.Vivo@globalcrossing.com,
or Jennifer Campbell,
Europe,
+44 (0) 125 673 2663,
Jennifer.Campbell@globalcrossing.com,
Analysts/Investors,
Mark Gottlieb,
+1-800-836-0342,
glbc@globalcrossing.com;
TM:
Press Contacts,
Mariam Bevi Batcha,
+603 2240 2666,
mbb@tm.com.my,
or Asma Abdul Aziz,
+603 2240 3840,
asma_aa@tm.com.my
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