SyncCast Picks Global Crossing IP Transit for Quick, Reliable Digital Content Delivery

Global Crossing (Nasdaq: GLBC), a leading global IP solutions provider, today announced that it is supplying IP Transit service to SyncCast, one of the fastest-growing providers of digital media technology content delivery solutions. SyncCast will use Global Crossing's IP network to deliver music, movie, and gaming downloads quickly and reliably to end users.

"As SyncCast's business continues to grow by delivering massive media files, Global Crossing showed that they could support our expansion by rapidly providing IP Transit capable of transporting up to 40 Gigabits of traffic," said Lance Ware, SyncCast's CEO. "Now, SyncCast can quickly deliver the latest movies, music or games to end-users using Global Crossing's fully redundant, MPLS-based IP network."

In only a week's time, Global Crossing turned up four 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) ports to provide SyncCast with a high-bandwidth ramp onto Global Crossing's network via connections at SyncCast's Anaheim and New York City Content Delivery Network (CDN) locations. SyncCast is taking advantage of Global Crossing's network reach and peering agreements to quickly distribute content to a broader audience.

Global Crossing IP Transit provides customers extensive private peering relationships and high-performance, direct high-speed connectivity to the Internet at speeds ranging from T1/E1 to 10GigE. In addition to IP Transit, connection to Global Crossing's IP network is available though a variety of access options, including IP VPN, Ethernet, wavelengths, metro networks and carrier rings.

"SyncCast has quickly become one of the leading content solutions providers by signing deals with the world's top corporations to deliver music, games, videos and more," said John Legere, Global Crossing's CEO. "We're excited about helping their business grow and prosper through the real-time delivery of services to end-users. Industry innovators like SyncCast understand the tremendous advantages of Global Crossing's seamless global network and IP offerings and are utilizing them to further their businesses and deliver new services and features to customers."

Through Global Crossing's comprehensive, end-to-end network management system, SyncCast also can monitor traffic 24 hours a day, seven days a week for unsurpassed reliability, while enjoying always-on, direct high-speed connectivity to the Internet. Like all customers, SyncCast also benefits from Global Crossing's uCommand(R) -- an industry-leading online account management tool, available 24x7, which allows customers to monitor their network, create utilization reports, establish end-user and product accounts, and view monthly billing reports.

As a global, Tier 1 Internet Service Provider (ISP), Global Crossing is connected with every other major Tier 1 ISP in the world. Reduced latency improves the end-user's experience, which translates into greater satisfaction on the part of both consumers and the content providers who are trying to serve them. In addition, Global Crossing has implemented Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) alongside the current standard, IPv4, in a dual-stack configuration. Customers may share bandwidth between both protocol versions on the same port, while enjoying the same Service Level Agreements (SLAs). As a leader in the deployment of IPv6, Global Crossing has significantly augmented worldwide availability of the IPv6 standard.

ABOUT SYNCCAST

SyncCast is a leading provider of digital media technology and content delivery solutions. SyncCast has over a decade of experience throughout the interactive digital media community with extensive experience in application development, system integration, hosting, managed services, connectivity and content distribution solutions. SyncCast is an expert in the development and integration of complex digital rights management solutions, placing specific emphasis in working with the entertainment and broadcast industries for the secure delivery of their digital media assets. For more information please see http://www.synccast.com.

ABOUT GLOBAL CROSSING

Global Crossing (Nasdaq: GLBC) provides telecommunications solutions over the world's first integrated global IP-based network. Its core network connects more than 300 cities in 29 countries worldwide, and delivers services to more than 600 cities in 60 countries and 6 continents around the globe. The company's global sales and support model matches the network footprint and, like the network, delivers a consistent customer experience worldwide.

Global Crossing IP services are global in scale, linking the world's enterprises, governments and carriers with customers, employees and partners worldwide in a secure environment that is ideally suited for IP-based business applications, allowing e-commerce to thrive. The company offers a full range of managed data and voice products including Global Crossing IP VPN Service, Global Crossing Managed Solutions and Global Crossing VoIP services, to 36 percent of the Fortune 500, as well as 700 carriers, mobile operators and ISPs.

Please visit http://www.globalcrossing.com or blogs.globalcrossing.com for more information about Global Crossing.

Statements in this press release about expected future events and financial results are forward-looking and subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially, including risks referenced from time to time in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Global Crossing undertakes no duty to update information contained in this press release or in other public disclosures at any time.

CONTACT GLOBAL CROSSING:

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