Cable & Wireless to Carry Yahoo! Europe Internet Traffic.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 2000 Cable & Wireless (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CWP CWP Coal workers' pneumoconiosis, see there ), the global telecommunications group, today announced a deal with Internet communications, commerce and media company Yahoo! Europe to provide the Internet connectivity to underpin its service across Europe. This agreement reflects Cable & Wireless' leadership position for fast and reliable delivery of 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. (IP) traffic worldwide. Yahoo! will use Cable & Wireless' global IP infrastructure to carry its European Internet traffic Internet traffic is the flow of data around the Internet. It includes web traffic, which is the amount of that data that is related to the World Wide Web, along with the traffic from other major uses of the Internet, such as electronic mail and peer-to-peer networks. and manage access to content as Internet usage continues to surge across Europe. Yahoo!'s comprehensive Internet services are already delivered to more than 166 million people on a global basis each month. Yahoo! chose Cable & Wireless for its global IP capability, for the quality of its IP network and for its industry-leading service level agreements. As one of the top five 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. (ISPs), the company is investing (pound)2.2 billion on its global infrastructure and already has the largest internet backbone (communications, networking) Internet backbone - High-speed networks that carry Internet traffic. These communications networks are provided by companies such as AT&T, GTE, IBM, MCI, Netcom, Sprint, UUNET and consist of high-speed links in the T1, T3, OC1 and OC3 ranges. based on a single architecture, known as AS3561, with hubs in the US, Europe, Japan and Australia. Its IP backbone consistently achieves amongst the lowest round trip delays, lowest packet loss and highest reliability ratings according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. MIQ MIQ Machine Intelligence Quotient MIQ Make It Quick MIQ Millard Airport, Omaha, Nebraska (airport code) MIQ Member of the Institute of Quarrying Ratings (http://ratings.miq.net/). This is backed up by an enhanced service Enhanced service is service offered over commercial carrier transmission facilities used in interstate communications, that employs computer processing applications that act on the format, content, code, protocol, or similar aspects of the subscriber's transmitted information; level agreement that offers customers amongst the best round trip delay guarantees in the industry. "The recent deal shows confidence in the technical expertise of Cable & Wireless support and service to cater for a demanding and disparate customer base," said Fabiola Arredondo, managing director of Yahoo! Europe. "We are delighted to be working with a market leader like Cable & Wireless in continuing to deliver our Yahoo! services efficiently to users through their trusted global infrastructure." The Yahoo! Europe network consists of the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Denmark and Sweden. Within Europe, Cable & Wireless is spending (pound)900 million creating a leading edge data and IP network through a combination of network upgrades and the integration of 13 Internet service providers (ISPs) acquired across Europe. The company works with around 2000 ISPs across the world including 500 in Europe. "This is a landmark agreement for us which demonstrates our commitment to working with the leading internet players to provide the very highest quality network value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. services," said Nick Jeffery, president of Cable & Wireless Partner Services. "It proves our capability and we are confident that it will lead to further success in this market." The company recently announced that it is embarking upon the industry's largest global voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) program. Cable & Wireless intends to enter into a (pound)950 million ten-year agreement with Nortel Networks (Nortel Networks Limited, Brampton, Ontario, www.nortelnetworks.com) A world leader in telecommunications products, which includes switching, wireless and broadband systems for service providers and carriers, telephones and systems for residential and business users, computer telephony , a global internet and communications leader, to manage the legacy switched assets in Europe and US, build a VoIP switching platform and migrate existing customers on to the new platform. The contract is due to be signed at the end of this year. The program will bring together voice, data and IP (Internet protocol) applications on to a single network, making possible an entirely new range of fully integrated end-to-end applications for Cable & Wireless' business customers. About Cable & Wireless Cable & Wireless is a major global telecommunications business with revenue of over (pound)9 billion (US$14 billion) in the year to 31 March 2000 and customers in 70 countries. Its operations around the world offer a full range of telecommunications services. Cable & Wireless' focus for future growth is on IP (Internet protocol) and data services and solutions for business customers. It is developing advanced IP networks and value-added services in the US, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region in support of this strategy. With the capability of its global IP infrastructure and its strength in key markets, Cable & Wireless holds a unique position in terms of global coverage and services to business customers. Cable & Wireless and the Globe Device are registered trademarks of Cable and Wireless plc. |
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