LONDON, August 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
The Market Is Now Open for Public Sector Bodies Looking to Buy
PSN and GCN Services
Global Crossing Limited (NASDAQ: GLBC), a leading global IP
solutions provider, today announced that its subsidiary, Global
Crossing (UK) Telecommunications Limited (GCUK) has received full
Public Service Network (PSN) certification from the UK Cabinet
Office for delivery of its Government Conveyance Network (GCN) and
PSN Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network (IP-VPN) services to
the Public Sector.
The services have been named as PSN compliant and are in line
with the standards required for PSN, an initiative that is set to
reduce public sector network costs 500
million pounds Sterling by 2013.
Under the terms of the PSN framework, all suppliers must comply
with a common set of standards drawn up by the Cabinet Office to
ensure streamlined, consistent levels of service across the public
sector. As part of this framework, all central government
departments procuring IT contracts are now required to buy PSN
compliant services, while all existing central government IT
contracts will soon be reviewed to ensure they abide by the strict
new standards put in place. At a local government level,
authorities will have the chance to convert existing networks to
PSN compliant ones for the first time.
Global Crossing's certification for both its GCN and PSN IP-VPN
services recognises that its solutions meet the security
requirements, open technical standards, and commercial
compatibility required for PSN suppliers. The company is now
making its PSN-certified offering, which can deliver secure voice,
IP and multimedia services at different security levels and for
different users using the same connection, available to all
organisations across the public sector.
"We're extremely proud to be able to announce the certification
of one of our leading solutions as part of our ongoing work with
the UK Government," said Jeff
Parris, senior vice president, Public Sector Business
Development, EMEA, at Global Crossing. "Having supplied
services to the UK Government for more than twenty years, we have
worked with the PSN Programme since 2008 and are at the heart of
its roll out across the UK. We recognise the enormous impact
the PSN will have on the government, civil servants and citizens
alike, and are eager to see these benefits realised."
Global Crossing's IP-VPN service will be one of the first to
achieve PSN compliance. It enables the convergence of voice
and data and can connect to any PSN certified application within
the network. Not only does this provide a high level of
flexibility to meet the changing needs of the Public Sector, it
also ensures highly sensitive data remains secure at all times.
Today's announcement follows news last month that Global
Crossing was named as one of only three suppliers in the Government
Procurement Service, Managed Telecommunications Convergence
Framework (MTCF). The MTCF will facilitate the delivery of
managed telephony and data network services and enable the public
sector to benefit from access to a new portfolio of hosted IP
telephony, unified communications and video conferencing services.
All services delivered within the framework will either be
PSN-certified or will provide transition to PSN-certified
services.
ABOUT GLOBAL CROSSING
Global Crossing (NASDAQ: GLBC) is a leading global IP, Ethernet,
data center and video solutions provider with the world's first
integrated global IP-based network. The company offers a full
range of data, voice, collaboration, broadcast and media services
delivered with superior customer service.
Global Crossing provides services to enterprises (including
approximately 40 percent of the Fortune 500); government
departments and agencies; and 700 carriers, mobile operators and
ISPs. It delivers converged IP services to more than 700
cities in more than 70 countries, and has 17 world-class data
centers in major business centers around the globe.
Please visit http://www.globalcrossing.com for more information
about Global Crossing.
CONTACT GLOBAL CROSSING:
Press Contact
Michael Schneider
+1-973-937-0146
Michael.Schneider@globalcrossing.com
Craig Penfold
UK and Europe
+44-33-0060-7261
Craig.Penfold@globalcrossing.com
Analysts/Investors Contact
Mark Gottlieb
+1-800-836-0342
glbc@globalcrossing.com
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