Broadwing Signs Deal With Nikken; Broadwing Provides Full Communications Solution to Network Marketing Company.Business Editors AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 23, 2000 Broadwing Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of 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 signed a two year, multi-million contract with Nikken -- the giant health and wellness products marketer -- to provide long distance, 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. and dial-up Internet services. Based in Irvine, California Irvine is an incorporated city in Orange County, California, United States. It is a planned city, mainly developed by the Irvine Company since the 1960s. Formally incorporated on December 28 1971, the 69.7 square mile (180.5 km²) city has a population of 202,079 (as of 2007). , Nikken, a $1.5 billion global network marketing company, depends on an extended "family" of distributors to get its products to market. A critical element in the company's success is its telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. infrastructure. In search of a provider that could meet all of its network needs, Nikken came to Broadwing requesting a "taste test" of the services that it could provide. Broadwing installed a DS-1 circuit from Nikken's home location in Irvine to a remote site in Draper, Utah Draper is a city in Salt Lake County and Utah County, Utah, United States, located about 20 miles south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Between 1990 and 2000 Draper was Utah's fastest-growing city over 5,000 people (as of 2000). . Broadwing not only provisioned the circuit well ahead of schedule, but did so in only 23 calendar days, less than one-third the industry average. This flawless installation opened the door for the full agreement. "When Nikken saw first-hand Broadwing's robust network capabilities combined with the industry's only installation guarantee, they realized that Broadwing was the provider best-suited for them," said Rick Pontin, president and COO of Broadwing Communications. "Broadwing is offering Nikken a total network solution with the reliability and flexibility to meet their complex communication needs." Along with long distance and frame relay service for Nikken's inter-office communications, Broadwing is providing dial-up IP services that enable Nikken to supply valuable product information to its remote distributors. "Broadwing's state-of-the-art network offers Nikken the high-speed communications services we need to provide updated information to our distributors," said Kendall Cho, executive vice president of Nikken. Nikken, which sells health and wellness products through its distributors, is one of the fastest growing network marketing companies in the world. The company's products promote the application of cutting edge technologies to help people enjoy freedom from discomfort, more restful rest·ful adj. 1. Affording, marked by, or suggesting rest; tranquil. See Synonyms at comfortable. 2. Being at rest; quiet. rest sleep, enhanced athletic performance, more complete nutrition, and healthier looking skin. About Broadwing Broadwing Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of Broadwing Inc (NYSE:BRW). Broadwing combines unparalleled customer service with the industry's most advanced and flexible 18,000 mile next-generation fiber optic network and award-winning IP backbone, to create data and Internet solutions that are innovative, reliable, and provide businesses a competitive advantage. Broadwing will be the first provider with a fully-deployed optical network and sets the standard for customer accountability with the industry's only Installation Guarantee. 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. and Austin, Texas with 6,000 employees in 52 sales and service offices across the country, Broadwing can be found on the Web at www.broadwing.com. |
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