Offers Businesses Direct Connections to the World's Most Reliable, Farthest Reaching Internet Backbone Network
TAIPEI, Taiwan – November 28, 2001 – WorldCom (NASDAQ: WCOM), the leading global business data and Internet communications provider, today launched its first Internet Protocol (IP) Hub in Taiwan. The hub will allow Taiwanese businesses to directly connect to WorldCom's global IP network and provide one of the industry's most cost-effective, reliable and secure broadband solutions.
"Data and Internet services are increasingly in demand in Taiwan and WorldCom is optimally positioned to deliver highly reliable and secure international bandwidth to fulfill the demands of local corporations," said Seth Blumenfeld, president, WorldCom International. "As an experienced international communications solutions provider, WorldCom has built its business on meeting customer needs."
According to the Institute for Information Industry (III) in Taiwan, the number of Internet users and Internet penetration rate in Taiwan at the end of Q3, 2001 have reached 7.55 million and 34 percent respectively.
Through the new IP Hub on WorldCom's award winning IP backbone and its innovative Internet solutions, the company will offer a suite of superior quality, high performance Internet Dedicated Services. WorldCom intranet and extranet solutions will enable customers to conduct business internally as well as with external trading partners to increase productivity and profitability.
WorldCom Internet Dedicated Services products are high-speed solutions for businesses that need high performance and dedicated Internet access for mission critical applications. Dedicated services provide connectivity to WorldCom's world-class global network, 24x7 monitoring, diagnosis and notification and industry-leading Service Level Agreements.
With the addition of Taiwan, WorldCom currently provides facilities-based IP services in Japan, Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore and also will soon launch services in Korea. WorldCom also provides IP services to 21 European, five African, eight Latin American, as well as the United States and Canada.
The advanced in-country connectivity of WorldCom's hubs is paving the way for future service offerings, such as IP Virtual Private Networks (IP VPN), which provide companies with the latest technology for building secure private networks to conduct critical business operations reliably over the Internet while using WorldCom facilities.
WorldCom owns and operates a global network connecting thousands of cities throughout North America, South America, Europe, Africa and Asia Pacific. WorldCom's network includes more than 2,500 global Points of Presence (PoPs) and offers dedicated and dial connectivity in approximately 100 countries.
About WorldCom Group
WorldCom (NASDAQ: WCOM) is a preeminent global communications company for the digital generation, operating in more than 65 countries with annualized revenues of more than $20 billion. WorldCom provides the innovative technologies and services that are the foundation for business in the 21st century. For more information, go to http://www.worldcom.com.
For information regarding Asia Pacific, go to http://www.worldcom.com/asiapac.
