Global Crossing (News - Alert), a global Internet protocol (IP) solution provider, now supports Entanet International’s wholesale asynchronous digital subscriber line 2+ (ADSL2+) broadband service, said an announcement from the company today.

 

Entanet provides business-class voice and data connectivity solutions through a partner channel. Global Crossing’s Ethersphere and other transport services have provided core network connectivity from Entanet's central network nodes to British Telecom (BT (News - Alert)) wholesale broadband connect (WBC) aggregation points in London and around the U.K.

 

Ethersphere is an ideal transport for private enterprise customer IP networks as well as a complete fabric for an Internet service provider’s (ISP's) national Ethernet services, according to Global Crossing.

 

“In selecting connectivity partners, Global Crossing stood out for a number of reasons in what was a highly competitive bidding process,” said Steve Lalonde, chief technical officer of Entanet. “Global Crossing was extremely cost-competitive, has excellent project management skills and the strength of its network has helped us expand our high-speed broadband and stronger converged voice and data offerings to 99 percent of the UK population.”

 

“In addition, we already had a long-standing, successful relationship based on a high-level Service Level Agreement, which gave us complete confidence in Global Crossing's ability to consistently deliver superior quality network support,” added Lalonde.

 

Anthony Christie, Global Crossing's managing director, EMEA, stated, “Today's businesses demand more robust and resilient connectivity, as they face increasing communications challenges in linking with a greater number of offices and remote workers, as well as sharing greater volumes of IP data and voice traffic.”

 

Christie added that the combined services of two companies provide ISPs and resellers a broader range of faster, more stable and cost-effective connectivity solutions.

 

In 2007, Entanet was selected as the only non-BT company to participate in the BT 21st Century Network (21CN) WBC trial, with Global Crossing providing connectivity. It started the project in Birmingham and Wolverhampton and expanded to the remaining WBC aggregation points earlier this year, which is now almost complete, according to Entanet.

 

“In what is a strategically important move for the company, we have made a significant investment in our own network, allowing us to take WBC,” explained Lalonde. “As part of our 21CN infrastructure development, a key goal was to improve delivery, enabling channel customers to offer more stable and potentially faster ADSL2+ broadband, as well as broader quality of service options for those end-users looking to prioritize traffic.”