BBN Corporation Announces Global Internet Services; BBN Planet Makes Business-Grade Internet Service Available Worldwide.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 1996--BBN Corporation today announced the Internet industry's first globally available business-grade Internet services. The offering includes BBN (BBN Technologies, Cambridge, MA, www.bbn.com) A consulting firm that participated in the development of some of the most extensive networks in the world, including ARPANET, which evolved into the Internet. It was founded in 1948 as a consulting service in acoustics by Dr. Planet Internet Planet Internet is one of the largest internet service providers (ISPs) in the Netherlands. Planet Internet is a brand of the Planet Media Group, which is a subsidiary of KPN. Planet Internet opened office in 1995, offering services such as internet access and content. connectivity service outside the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. over Scitor's worldwide network covering 220 countries. Initially, international Internet services will be available through BBN Planet in about 20 countries including the United Kingdom, Germany, France and the Pacific Rim Pacific Rim, term used to describe the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean and the island countries situated in it. In the post–World War II era, the Pacific Rim has become an increasingly important and interconnected economic region. . Service to the remaining 200 countries outside the United States will be phased in. This first-of-its-kind offering provides customers with one source for consistent, intercontinental Internet service. The service addresses the strategic international Internet connectivity needs of multinational corporations
Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , pharmaceuticals and high technology. BBN customers with global requirements will now have international Internet connectivity available from a single provider. BBN on Friday, entered into an agreement with Scitor to provide network services to BBN Planet outside the United States. The arrangement complements BBN's existing relationship with AT&T Corporation for Internet-related services in the United States. Scitor jointly owns and operates with SITA, the world's largest end-to-end, managed telecommunications network A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. , providing global communication solutions to businesses and organizations in more than 220 countries. It offers on-the-ground support and multilingual customer help desks in more than 160 locations worldwide. Tom Dunigan, corporate network manager for Cabletron Systems Inc., said, "Our international requirements have been difficult to meet until now because we have been unable to work with a single vendor that can offer us a set of reliable services everywhere in the world that we have an office. This offering from BBN creates the first real opportunity we have to address our worldwide Internet needs." Paul R. Gudonis, president and general manager of BBN Planet, said, "This is the first offering of its kind. Until now, multinational companies could not find consistent, high-quality Internet access See how to access the Internet. everywhere they do business. We can now offer multinationals the ability to implement a global Internet strategy through a single source for high-quality, worldwide Internet service." BBN is a leading provider of managed Internet access and value-added services for businesses and organizations. BBN Planet provides companies of all sizes with reliable Internet services, network security, Web site development and hosting, and system integration services to effectively use the Internet for business. BBN Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BBN) posted revenue of $215 million for its fiscal year ended June 30, 1995. CONTACT: BBN Corporation Peter Thonis, 617/873-3512 pthonis@bbn.com or BBN Planet Vaughn Harring, 617/873-4659 harring@bbnplanet.com or Copithorne & Bellows David Morrison, 770/392-8611 david.morrison@cbpr.com |
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