Broadwing MultiConnect Garners the Frost & Sullivan Product Differentiation Innovation Award; With More Than 1,000 Locations Sold, MultiConnect Continues to Gain Traction.Business Editors & High Tech Writers CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2002 The integrated communications leader, Broadwing Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BRW BRW Business Review Weekly (business magazine; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) BRW Business Report Writer BRW Barrow, AK, USA - Barrow (Airport Code) BRW Business Requirement Worksheet ), today announced it has received the Frost & Sullivan 2002 Market Engineering Award for Product Differentiation Product Differentiation A source of competitive advantage that depends on producing some item that is regarded to have unique and valuable characteristics. Innovation for its distance-insensitive, point-to-multipoint private line solution, MultiConnect. "Through its MultiConnect Private Line Solution, Broadwing can offer a flexible, customer-centric solution that incorporates the security and reliability of private line services with the key cost-saving benefits of a wide area network (WAN) such as ATM or Frame Relay A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks (WANs). Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to LAN connections across remote distances, and services are offered by most major carriers. ," said Rod Woodward, industry analyst at Frost & Sullivan. "By combining the best of both leased lines A private communications channel leased from a common carrier. Most digital lines require four wires (two pairs) for full-duplex transmission. (communications, networking) leased line and WAN services, Broadwing has differentiated itself from its competitors by already gaining significant traction in the telecommunications services market with this unique product." "We are honored to receive this award from Frost & Sullivan and believe that it further exemplifies the power of Broadwing's MultiConnect Private Line Solution. Since the beginning of 2002, Broadwing has sold more than 1,000 locations of MultiConnect, demonstrating the increasing demand for this easy-to-use solution," said Jack Chidester, president, Business Enterprises, Broadwing. Broadwing's protocol-agnostic, distance-insensitive private line solution, MultiConnect, is a scalable, highly resilient service for connecting up to twenty-eight remote locations seamlessly, for one flat monthly fee. About Broadwing Broadwing Inc. (NYSE:BRW) is an integrated communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. . Broadwing leads the industry as the world's first intelligent, all-optical, switched network provider and offers businesses nationwide a competitive advantage by providing data, voice and Internet solutions that are flexible, reliable and innovative on its 18,500-mile optical network and its award-winning IP backbone. Local service subsidiary Cincinnati Bell Cincinnati Bell is the dominant telephone company for Cincinnati, Ohio and its nearby suburbs in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. The parent company is named Cincinnati Bell Inc. is one of the nation's most respected and best performing local exchange and wireless providers with a legacy of unparalleled customer service excellence and financial strength. Cincinnati Bell was recently ranked number one in customer satisfaction by J.D. Power and Associates for both local residential telephone service and residential long distance among mainstream users. Cincinnati Bell provides a wide range of telecommunications products and services to residential and business customers in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Broadwing Inc. is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio “Cincinnati” redirects here. For other uses, see Cincinnati (disambiguation). Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. . For more information, visit www.broadwing.com. |
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