FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Telegration Becomes Global Channel Partner with Global Crossing
Telegration Expands Offerings to Include Global Crossing’s High-End Internet and Private-Line Data Products
Troy, MI –March 31, 2006 – Telegration, a leading provider and reseller of telecommunications services for businesses, announced today that it has become a Global Channel Partner with Global Crossing, a leading telecommunications company that provides telecommunications solutions over the world's first integrated global IP-based network. By providing Global Crossing Managed Solutions, including both Managed Network Solutions (MNS) and Managed Security Solutions (MSS), Telegration and Global Crossing become total solutions partners to their business customers throughout North America.
“The Global Channel Partnership with Global Crossing gives Telegration new exposure to the high-end, dedicated IP market at a great cost advantage,” said Denis Raue, president and CEO of Telegration. “In addition, we can now offer our larger business customers the advantage of Global Crossings’ exemplary reputation for delivering high-end Internet, private-line and data products; including MPLS & IP VPN products.”
As a Global Channel Partner, Telegration will market Global Crossing’s complete range of business communications and data services, which include voice services, data transport services, access services, managed network services, and IP VPN, VoIP, IP video, and dedicated Internet access. Telegration customers can also take advantage of Global Crossing’s uCommand Web-based portal for customized reporting and management capabilities for network performance, trouble management, provisioning, billing and account data.
Global Crossing's wholly owned, converged global IP network features a 99.999 percent uptime guarantee and end-to-end Quality-of-Service guarantee that ensure the reliability and security of mission-critical communications. Global Crossing was awarded the prestigious 2005 Growth Strategy Leadership Award by Frost & Sullivan, which recognized the company’s innovation in global, converged IP solutions and Global Crossing’s focused business strategy.
“Global Crossing is pleased to welcome Telegration as a Global Channel Partner,” said Jim D’Arcangelo, Vice President Strategic Marketing & Agent Sales. “We're confident that Telegration’s experienced and highly knowledgeable team of agents will leverage our state-if-the-art services to their customers’ best advantage.”
About Global Crossing
Global Crossing (NASDAQ: GLBC) provides telecommunications solutions over the world's first integrated global IP-based network. Its core network connects more than 300 major cities and 30 countries worldwide, and delivers services to more than 600 cities, 60 countries and 6 continents around the globe. The company's global sales and support model matches the network footprint and, like the network, delivers a consistent customer experience worldwide.
Global Crossing IP services are global in scale, linking the world's enterprises, governments and carriers with customers, employees and partners worldwide in a secure environment that is ideally suited for IP-based business applications, allowing e-commerce to thrive. The company offers a full range of managed data and voice products including Global Crossing IP VPN Service, Global Crossing Managed Services and Global Crossing VoIP services, to 36 percent of the Fortune 500, as well as 700 carriers, mobile operators and ISPs. Please visit www.globalcrossing.com for more information about Global Crossing.
About Telegration
Telegration reduces costs and improves efficiencies for over 27,000 businesses including Fortune 500 corporations, cities, government agencies, and other organizations while providing maximum flexibility, service guarantees and exceptional customer service. As one of the largest SBC® 5-Star Authorized Distributors and an Authorized AT&T® Solution Provider, Telegration offers a complete range of local, long distance, and Internet services from the industry's leading providers including XO Communications, Broadwing, Global Crossing, MCI, Sprint, TDS Metrocom and others. Telegration also provides its own private-branded long distance services for voice, video and data applications using the Verizon and Sprint networks.
Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Troy, Michigan, Telegration is one of the fastest growing providers in the Great Lakes region with branch offices in Chicago, Cleveland, Toledo, and Grand Rapids.
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