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Communications Launches New MultiTransport Networking
Service Aimed at Solving Today's Data Networking Problems
[1st October 2003]
RESTON, Va., Oct 1, 2003 (BUSINESS WIRE)
-- The MTNS Product Suite Will Launch in Multiple Phases,
Initially Supporting Frame Relay and Ethernet, While
the End-State Product Will Allow Customers to Connect
Networks Seamlessly, Regardless of the Protocol Used.
XO Communications, Inc., a national
broadband telecommunications services provider, announced
today the launch of its MultiTransport Networking Service
(MTNS), designed in the initial phase to enable legacy
Frame Relay-to-Frame Relay and Ethernet-to-Ethernet
wide-area-network connectivity. The MTNS service offering
will be deployed on the XO Multi-Protocol Label Switching
(MPLS)-enabled IP network, unleashing the first phase
of a multi-tiered rollout that will ultimately grow
to support Class-of-Service (CoS) capabilities, as well
as the ability for customers to connect to this unified
core regardless of the transport method chosen.
The XO MPLS-enabled IP backbone is ideally
suited to support current and next-generation private
data networking technologies through its clean slate
design of physically diverse OC-192 circuits and its
unified core infrastructure. This network design also
delivers maximum end-to-end throughput with high levels
of protection and redundancy. XO has been successfully
utilizing certain benefits of its MPLS-enabled IP backbone
for several years. This experience has proven invaluable
in the development and launch of MTNS.
"Our customers are often faced
with the challenge of devising cost effective access
solutions for multiple locations with varying data networking
requirements," said John Curran, Chief Technology
Officer for XO Communications. "The deployment
of MTNS affords our customers the utmost flexibility
by enabling full interoperability between varying protocols,
be it legacy or the latest access methods."
Today's launch of MTNS marks the ongoing
effort to offer XO customers superior networking options
by solving today's private networking problems while
providing an easy and seamless migration path to the
future of data networking. Future releases of MTNS will
support Class-of-Service (CoS) capabilities allowing
customers to set parameters that support the customization
of traffic prioritization. MTNS will also enable the
integration of legacy access methods with more advanced
access methods allowing customers to design a networking
plan that seamlessly allows for full interoperability
- any-to-any networking - of all network access protocols.
Service and Availability
The initial phase of deployment, offering
legacy Frame Relay and Ethernet access, is available
today. For additional details please visit our web site
at http://www.xo.com/products/smallgrowing/data/mtns/index.html
XO will continuously add features and functionality
to MTNS throughout 2004.
About XO Communications
XO is a leading broadband communications
service provider offering a complete set of telecommunications
services, including: local and long distance voice,
Internet access, Virtual Private Networking (VPN), Ethernet,
Wavelength, Web Hosting and Integrated voice and data
services. XO has assembled an unrivaled set of facilities-based
broadband networks and Tier One Internet peering relationships
in the United States. XO currently offers facilities-based
broadband communications services in more than 60 markets
throughout the United States.
The statements contained in this release
that are not historical facts are "forward-looking
statements" (as such term is defined in the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). These statements
include those describing XO's expected future operations
and results of operations, XO's ability to increase
sales results from an expanded sales force, XO's ability
to continue to implement effective cost containment
measures, and XO's estimate of the length of time that
its cash and marketable securities will fund its operations.
Management cautions the reader that these forward-looking
statements are only predictions and are subject to risks
and uncertainties and actual results may differ materially
from those indicated in the forward-looking statements
as a result of a number of factors. These factors include,
but are not limited to, those risks and uncertainties
described from time to time in the reports filed by
XO Communications, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2002 and it's quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
2003 and June 30, 2003.
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SOURCE: XO Communications, Inc.
XO Communications, Inc.
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