Carrier1 Announces Launch of Pan European Freephone Service.Business and Technology Editors ZURICH, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6 , 2000 Carrier1 International S.A. (Neuer Markt: CJN CJN Canadian Jewish News ; NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CONE), the Pan European facilities-based provider of end-to-end Internet, voice, bandwidth, data center, and access solutions, announces today the launch of its Pan European Universal International Freephone Service (UIFN UIFN Universal International Freephone Number (ITU) ). The UIFN service is rolling out across Europe during 2000 with the first phase of UIFN available across Germany, Austria and Switzerland as of today. UIFN complements Carrier1's recently announced Virtual Internet Service Provider 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. (VISP VISP Virtual Internet Service Provider VISP Vitamin Intervention for Stroke Prevention Trial VISP Video Imagery Standards Profile VISP Visual Information Systems Program ) product as well as existing enhanced voice services such as prepaid calling cards in order to provide the simplest possible access to the Carrier1 network - one single 00800 number which works across national boundaries. UIFN is the next addition to the already available portfolio of access methods to Carrier1's European network that includes carrier selection and pre-selection, regular national freephone, and indirect access. For mobile phone users, UIFN offers one common 00800 number to access the Carrier1 network from any European location. UIFN is a building block for those organizations looking to establish PanEuropean Call Centers and develop an eventual "Web-based" PanEuropean Call Center offering. "The massive increase in 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. means there is a vital need for networks with the capacity to handle such volumes. The current ratio of 20% data to 80% voice is steadily but surely being reversed. The combination of Carrier 1's voice and internet infrastructure and the increasingly wide range of access methods that it can offer will be a key factor in Carrier1's portfolio of user-ready-services," says Gene Rizzo, Carrier1's Vice-President of Sales and Marketing. "Universal International Freephone is another of those entry points to the network which will be necessary for any company to take full advantage of the tremendous growth in European telecoms usage." About Carrier1 Carrier1 International S.A. is a Pan European facilities-based provider of end-to-end Internet, voice, bandwidth, data center, and access solutions. Carrier1 provides its clients with carrier-grade transport and network solutions as well as end-user ready 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. Carrier1 customers brand and market these solutions and services to their respective end-users. The Carrier1 Pan European inter-city fiber network connects 11 countries and spans over 9000 route kilometers. Carrier1 is already fully operational in all 11 countries and has secured all the necessary interconnect and operational licenses that allow it to provide network solutions and end-user ready value added services. Carrier1 is also constructing at least 20 intra-city fiber networks and, through its investment in the joint venture HubCo S.A., is building at least 20 full-service data center facilities. Carrier1 headquarters are in Zurich, Switzerland. Carrier1 is listed on the Neuer Markt in Frankfurt under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors "CJN" and on the NASDAQ in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of under the ticker symbol "CONE". For all future inquiries please contact Stephen Kraft, Director Marketing and Communications at (331) 46 39 35 14. |
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