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Cable & Wireless North America Launches Virtual ISP Service.


SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States
San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850.
, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 26, 1999--

New Offering Expands Company's Growing Business Inton that allows businesses to market and sell Inice that easily and quickly opens the doors for businesses to become Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP)

Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password.
," said Art Medici Medici, Italian family
Medici (mĕ`dĭchē, Ital. mā`dēchē), Italian family that directed the destinies of Florence from the 15th cent. until 1737.
, senior vice president of Marketing, Cable & Wireless. "With Virtual ISP An ISP that uses the facilities and services (servers, switches, backbone, etc.) of a large ISP, but retains its own branding for marketing and billing purposes. Virtual ISPs are often formed to target a specific group, whether by location, profession, language or other subject of common , our customers leverage our Tier 1, nationwide net have access to a wide range of services includivate label ISP (1) See in-system programmable.

(2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines.
 service while avoiding the costs of creating and maintaining a proprietary network infrastructure and operations.

Businesses receive several benefits through Cable & Wireless Virtual ISP, including:

-- High-performance access from one of the world's largest anagement and customer support

-- Nationwide with new product announcements

The introduction of Virtual ISP service adds a key component to Cable & Wireless' growing portfolio of Internet and data services fo& Wireless is a major global telecommunicationsernet access, fixed and mobile voice, as well as interactive entertainment and information. Cable & Wireless' priority for expansion is the fast growing market of data and IP (Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP.

(networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol.
) services for business customers. Since November 1998, it has announced major investments in advanced networks in the US and Europe, the restructuring of Cable & Wireless Communications in the UK and has acquired full control of Cable & Wireless IDC in Japan to support this strategy. Cable & Wireless now holds a unique position in terms of global coverage and services to business customers.
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