Global Crossing Names Thomas J. Goff Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications.

Business Editors

HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 30, 2000

Global Crossing Ltd. (Nasdaq: GBLX), which is building and offering services over the world's most extensive global IP-based fiber optic network, has named Thomas J. Goff to be Senior Vice President - Corporate Communications, reporting to Leo Hindery, Jr., the company's chief executive officer.

Mr. Goff has spent over 15 years in corporate public relations, most recently serving as Vice President of Media Relations at Global Crossing, a post he has held since January of 1999. Previously, Mr. Goff was four years at Atlantic Richfield Corporation (ARCO) where he was Director of Media and Public Relations, and ten years at Lockheed Corporation as Manager of Advertising, Manager of Internal Communications and Annual Report Editor.

Mr. Goff is an award-winning editor, television producer, and investigative reporter. He was a reporter at Fortune Magazine, senior editor of New York Magazine and articles editor of Esquire. He is, in addition, the founding editor of Corporate Board, the premier review of directorship practices published in the United States.

As an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve, Goff served as a Captain in the Military Police Corps and was on the command staff of the Rainbow Division of the New York National Guard during the violent riots that followed the New York City blackout in the summer of 1977.

Mr. Goff has studied at the Vatican's Gregorian University in Rome, Italy. He has a bachelor's degree in Political Science from California State University at Sacramento, a law degree from the University of California at Davis, and has published in that law school's law review. He is a native of Sacramento, California.

About Global Crossing

Global Crossing Ltd. (Nasdaq: GBLX) is building and offering services over the world's most extensive global IP-based fiber optic network, which will have more than 101,000 route miles, serving five continents, 27 countries and more than 200 major cities. Global Crossing's subsidiary, GlobalCenter Inc., is a leading Internet service company, and its customers own many of the largest and most densely trafficked sites on the Web. Asia Global Crossing, a joint venture among Global Crossing, Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq: MSFT) and Softbank Corp. (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 9984), is building the first pan-Asian broadband IP network to provide broadband and Internet services to the Asia-Pacific region. Global Crossing's operations are headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, with principal offices in Los Angeles, California; London, England; Morristown, New Jersey; Rochester, New York; and Miami, Florida. Visit Global Crossing at www.globalcrossing.com on the Web.

Statements made in this press release that state the Company's or management's intentions, beliefs, expectations, or predictions for the future are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, assumptions and uncertainties that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. These risks, assumptions and uncertainties include: the ability to complete systems within currently estimated time frames and budgets; the ability to compete effectively in a rapidly evolving and price competitive marketplace; changes in the nature of telecommunications regulation in the United States and other countries; changes in business strategy; the successful integration of newly-acquired businesses; the impact of technological change; and other risks referenced from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.