Global Crossing

International voice and data service provider

Headquarters:

Hamilton, Bermuda

Service Area:

700 cities in 70 countries, world wide

History:

Founded in 1997.  Installed undersea fiber optic cable from U.S. to Japan, California to Latin America and U.S. to U.K. & German, 1997.  Filed for bankruptcy in 2002.  Emerged from restructuring in 2003.

Primary Competition:

AT&T, Verizon, CenturyLink & Orange

Strengths:

• Able to service customers with international reach
• Tier One Internet Provider
• First and only global provider with IPv6 natively deployed in both private and public backbone networks

Restrictions:

• Not competitive in small to midsize sector

Product Offerings:

• Dedicated Internet Access
• Ethernet Services
• Converged Services
• MPLS
• Frame Relay
• Private Line
• ATM
• Wavelength
• IP VPN
• VoIP
• SIP
• Toll Free
• Long Distance