Teleglobe and NORDUnet Double Capacity to Accommodate IP Traffic Growth.HAMILTON, Bermuda -- Teleglobe to Provide NORDUnet With High-Speed Internet See broadband. Connectivity to the Global Advanced Research and Education Community Teleglobe International Holdings Ltd (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 :TLGB), a leading provider of international telecommunications services to 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. and fixed and mobile network operators, today announced that the company has extended its agreement with NORDUnet and doubled capacity to provide high-speed Internet connectivity between NORDUnet and the Icelandic research and education community. The upgrade provides NORDUnet with the capacity required to support the growth in IP traffic. The extended agreement calls for the provision of 310 Mbps direct connection using the eastern part of the CANTAT-3 sea cable between Vestmannaeyjar in Iceland and Blaabjerg in Denmark. In addition, a 155 Mbps IP connection on the western part of CANTAT-3 provides resilience for general IP traffic. These high bandwidth links provide academics, students and researchers in Iceland a state of the art capability to exchange information and collaborate with their colleagues in the Nordic region as well as thousands of universities, government and private research centers worldwide. NORDUnet is the Nordic backbone network A backbone network provides a path for the exchange of information between different LANs or subnetworks.[1] A backbone can tie together diverse networks in the same building, in different buildings in a campus environment, or over wide areas. for national research and education networks National Research and Education Network - (NREN) The realisation of an interconnected gigabit computer network devoted to High Performance Computing and Communications. See also HPPC, IINREN. in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, and provides advanced networking connectivity for its users. Teleglobe owns and operates one of the most extensive global telecommunications networks, and is a leading provider of IP Transit to carriers and ISPs around the world. "We are pleased to be extending our relationship with Teleglobe once again," said General Manager Peter Villemoes of NORDUnet A/S. "For over 7 years, Teleglobe has been providing NORDUnet with advanced networking services that our academic and research communities require for collaboration and exchange of information." "With over one million users in the Nordic countries, NORDUnet is one of the most advanced research and education networks in the world," said Christian Michaud, Vice President of Marketing at Teleglobe. "This agreement is further testament to the quality of our services and builds on our expertise as a reliable backbone for global research and education. We are proud to support NORDUnet to enable advanced communications between Nordic academic communities." Teleglobe has long been an active participant in the deployment of international education and research networks. In 1994, Teleglobe provided the first intercontinental link for what was to become the next generation Internet See Internet2. . Since then Teleglobe has provided international capability to most of the world's advanced research and networks. Teleglobe's global network supports a wide variety of advanced data and IP services including global IP transit, international private leased circuits (IPLs), bandwidth and broadcast services. Teleglobe has ownership in over 100 subsea Subsea is a general term frequently used to refer to equipment, technology, and methods employed to explore, drill, and develop oil and gas fields that exist below the ocean floors. This may be in "shallow" or "deepwater". and terrestrial cable systems and has 40 antennas serving the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. Teleglobe is a global Tier 1 Internet service provider (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. ) and operates the IP backbone AS 6453 which circles the globe. Our MPLS-enabled IP network connects more than 90 countries to the Internet and is also supporting IPv6, the new generation IP protocol. About NORDUnet: NORDUnet A/S operates and develops the Nordic 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. (NORDUnet) for research and education and has been the forerunner in adopting advanced networking standards for the benefit of its users. NORDUnet A/S is a Danish limited company owned by the Nordic ministries of education and research or institutions under their control. The company administration is located in Horsholm, Denmark, In addition to providing advanced internet connectivity NORDUnet is also involved in coordinating and supporting the networking research initiatives. About Teleglobe: Teleglobe International Holdings Ltd is a leading provider of international voice, data, Internet and mobile roaming services with over 50 years of industry expertise in international telecommunications. Teleglobe became a public company trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol TLGB with the acquisition of Voice over IP (VoIP) network leader ITXC (Internet Telephony Exchange Carrier Corporation, Princeton, NJ, www.itxc.com) The largest IP exchange carrier in the world. ITXC was acquired by wholesale telco provider Teleglobe Bermuda Ltd. in 2004 and then by Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. Corp. on June 1, 2004. Teleglobe owns and operates one of the world's most extensive telecommunications networks, reaching over 240 countries and territories with advanced voice, mobile, and data services. Teleglobe is the carrier of choice to more than 1,200 wholesale customers representing the world's leading telecommunications, mobile operators and Internet service providers. With an annual run-rate of over 13 billion minutes, and a significant portion of the world's 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. , Teleglobe's network is consistently ranked among the most robust and reliable, performing at the high end of industry standards. Detailed information about Teleglobe is available on the company's web site at www.teleglobe.com. Forward-looking Statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. Teleglobe has included in this press release forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995, including all statements concerning future or expected events or results. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the companies' forward-looking statements due to numerous known and unknown risks and uncertainties, including, among other things, the risks and uncertainties described in the Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. filed by Teleglobe on March 17, 2005. |
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