* Global Crossing simplifies product line
Last week, Global Crossing announced that it is streamlining its managed IP VPN services. The financially troubled international service provider is offering customers one IP VPN Service that supports classes of service using Global Crossing’s Multi-protocol Label Switching network.
Global Crossing filed for bankruptcy in January 2002. Singapore Telecommunications will likely gain control of Global Crossing, but the deal requires further regulatory and court approvals.
In the meantime, the carrier has been busy simplifying its product line and network support. Global Crossing’s IP VPN Service offers users three classes of service including basic, enhanced and premium. Basic can be used for traffic such as e-mail and file transfers, enhanced for business application traffic and premium for real-time applications and voice traffic.
Global Crossing has coupled its class of service features with its two original VPN services called SmartRoute IP VPN and ExpressRoute IP VPN, which it first introduced two years ago.
SmartRoute is an IPSec based VPN that secures traffic at the edges of a customers network. ExpressRoute is a network based MPLS VPN service. Both features are now available through the carrier’s integrated IP VPN Service.
Global Crossing IP VPN Service is available in 300 cities in 52 countries.
The carrier has also simplified its network infrastructure by reducing its data centers from 15 to two. Global Crossing says the reduction has allowed it to reduce costs and streamline the management of its MPLS network.
