Entanet Connects With Global Crossing Ethersphere Service to Deliver Benefits of ADSL2+ Broadband

Entanet Connects With Global Crossing Ethersphere Service to Deliver Benefits of ADSL2+ Broadband

Customers Benefit From High-Speed Stable Broadband

BASINGSTOKE, England, Aug. 21 -- Global Crossing (NASDAQ:GLBC) , a leading global IP solutions provider, today announced that it is supporting Entanet International Ltd.'s new wholesale Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line 2+ (ADSL2+) broadband service. Using Global Crossing Ethersphere(TM) and other transport services, Global Crossing has provided core network connectivity from Entanet's central network nodes to British Telecom (BT) Wholesale Broadband Connect (WBC) aggregation points in London and around the U.K. Ethersphere provides true utility grade service and is ideal as a transport for private enterprise customer Internet Protocol (IP) networks, or as complete fabric for an ISP's national Ethernet services.

Entanet is a leading communications provider of business-class voice and data connectivity solutions and delivers its services via a partner channel. In 2007, Entanet was selected to be the only non-BT company to participate in the BT 21st Century Network (21CN) WBC trial, with Global Crossing providing connectivity.

Following the success of the pilot in Birmingham and Wolverhampton, the roll-out to the remaining WBC aggregation points, which began earlier this year, is now almost complete.

"In selecting connectivity partners, Global Crossing stood out for a number of reasons in what was a highly competitive bidding process," confirmed Entanet's chief technical officer, Steve Lalonde. "Global Crossing was extremely cost-competitive, has excellent project management skills and the strength of its network has helped us expand our high-speed broadband and stronger converged voice and data offerings to 99 percent of the UK population.

"In addition, we already had a long-standing, successful relationship based on a high-level Service Level Agreement, which gave us complete confidence in Global Crossing's ability to consistently deliver superior quality network support."

"Today's businesses demand more robust and resilient connectivity, as they face increasing communications challenges in linking with a greater number of offices and remote workers, as well as sharing greater volumes of IP data and voice traffic," said Anthony Christie, Global Crossing's managing director, EMEA. "Like us, Entanet has a well-deserved reputation for driving leading-edge technology solutions that directly meet today's customer needs. As a result of this strategic partnership, ISPs and resellers can secure competitive advantage by providing a broader range of faster, more stable and cost-effective connectivity solutions."

Entanet has been proactively involved in the development of 21CN and worked with Global Crossing from an early stage. "In what is a strategically important move for the company, we have made a significant investment in our own network, allowing us to take WBC," said Lalonde. "As part of our 21CN infrastructure development, a key goal was to improve delivery, enabling channel customers to offer more stable and potentially faster ADSL2+ broadband, as well as broader Quality of Service options for those end-users looking to prioritise traffic."

ABOUT ENTANET

Entanet is a leading communications provider of business class voice and data connectivity services, delivered via a channel of Partners. Its voice and data connectivity services meet the needs of diverse customer groups -- reseller Partners looking to market packaged Entanet services; and wholesale Partners looking to take service components in order to sell, deliver and support services entirely under their own brand. The services available to them include wholesale broadband, IP telephony, traditional telecoms such as Wholesale Line Rental and Carrier Pre-Select and bespoke connectivity solutions including leased lines, VPNs, colocation hosting and transit. In 2006 & 2007 Entanet was awarded the accolade of 'Specialist Vendor of the Year -- Products and Services' in the national CRN Channel Awards. It was also awarded Best Internet Telephony and Best Consumer Email at the 2008 ISPA Awards.

First established in 1996, Entanet is now one of the UK's leading communications providers. With a national network and continued ongoing investment, Entanet is fully committed to delivering the highest standards of voice and data service provision throughout the UK.

As part of Entagroup, Entanet provides long-term stability and security to its customers. Founded in 1990, Entagroup is a broad-based IT and communications group with annual sales in excess of £200million. For more information, contact marketing at enta.net

ABOUT GLOBAL CROSSING UK TELECOMMUNICATIONS LTD.

Global Crossing UK Telecommunications Ltd. provides a full range of managed telecommunications services in a secure environment ideally suited for IP-based business applications. The company provides managed voice, data, Internet and e-commerce solutions to a strong and established commercial customer base, including more than 100 UK government departments, as well as systems integrators, rail sector customers and major corporate clients. In addition, Global Crossing UK provides carrier services to national and international communications service providers.

ABOUT GLOBAL CROSSING

Global Crossing (NASDAQ:GLBC) provides telecommunications solutions over the world's first integrated global IP-based network. Its core network connects approximately 390 cities in more than 30 countries worldwide, and delivers services to approximately 690 cities in more than 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 data, voice and security products to approximately 40 percent of the Fortune 500, as well as 700 carriers, mobile operators and ISPs. Its Professional Services and Managed Solutions provide VoIP, security and network consulting and management services to support its Global Crossing IP VPN service and Global Crossing VoIP services. Global Crossing was the first global communications provider with IPv6 natively deployed in both its private and public backbone networks.

Please visit www.globalcrossing.com or \blogs.globalcrossing.com/ for more information about Global Crossing.

Statements in this press release about expected future events and financial results are forward-looking and subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially, including risks referenced from time to time in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Global Crossing undertakes no duty to update information contained in this press release or in other public disclosures at any time.

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