Comsat Peru Initiates Long Distance and International Services --GlobalWay Services to Expand--.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers LIMA Lima, city, Peru Lima (lē`mə, Span. lē`mä), city (1990 metropolitan area est. pop. 6,400,000), W Peru, capital and largest city of Peru. Its port is Callao. , Peru--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2000 COMSAT Comsat: see Communications Satellite Corporation; communications satellite. (COMSAT General Corporation, Bethesda, MD) Formerly Communications Satellite Corporation, COMSAT was a private company that was created by the U.S. Peru, a wholly-owned subsidiary of COMSAT International (CI), announced that it has received a 20-year license as a public carrier for national and international long distance telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. . It was awarded by the Peruvian Ministry of Transportation, Communications, Housing and Construction. The license enables COMSAT Peru to expand its operations and services to business customers. COMSAT's new GlobalWay(SM) regional networking technology is now available throughout the country and internationally. As a result of this license, COMSAT Peru today expanded its GlobalWay offerings to Arequipa, the country's second largest city and a major center for industry, agriculture, commerce and tourism. "This important license from the Peruvian Government allows COMSAT to offer businesses a complete portfolio of IP-oriented applications and solutions," said James J. Welch Welch , William Henry 1850-1934. American pathologist and bacteriologist who discovered the bacteria that causes gas gangrene. , president and general manager of COMSAT International. "We can now provide COMSAT customers in Peru with reliable Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the connections and networking, e-commerce, remote database access and virtual private networks for both the regional and international markets," Welch added. "Using COMSAT's GlobalWay service platform, businesses can establish direct national, regional and international networks, expanding their market presence throughout the Americas," said Luis Alejos, general manager of COMSAT Peru. "We offer our clients the best mix of 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, tailored network management and reasonable costs, freeing them to focus on their business." Alejos said that GlobalWay is now available in Lima, Peru, and launched today in Arequipa. Services are scheduled to be extended in the future to other Peruvian cities to meet customer needs. COMSAT Peru began offering local connections in 1998, when it obtained a 20-year license to offer public carrier services throughout the Lima metropolitan area. COMSAT Peru (COMSAT Peru, S.A.) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of COMSAT International (CI). COMSAT International, a business unit of COMSAT Corporation, is a leading provider of Internet and digital networking solutions for regional and multinational customers and 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. . Backed by more than 35 years of experience in global telecommunications, CI has operations in Argentina, Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Mexico, Peru, Russia, Turkey, and Venezuela COMSAT Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CQ), headquartered in Bethesda, Md., is a global provider of satellite services and digital networking services, products, and technology. |
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