Internet Access
The Internet has considerably evolved the way that multinationals do business. On one level, it greatly broadens the reach to electronically interact among various business and customer communities. On another level, it allows new business processes to evolve for greater efficiencies and cost savings.
As such, whether driven by e-commerce or e-business initiatives, the Internet can prove to be a complement to other strategic initiatives already running on private intranets. And thus our customer's "value chains" can harmoniously consist of a mix of both private and public networking.
As we provide both access and managed services for both public and private Internets, we can empower our multinational customers with the reach, performance and security they need for their strategic initiatives.
For instance, some multinationals need to manage a growing number of Web-enabled applications for a variety of internal and external user groups, requiring a combination of distinct network services. With our access services, we can uniquely offer Internet services as well as private data services, and can offer the convenience and efficiency of one access line, one contract, one help desk, one invoice and one management environment to ensure consistent quality throughout.
We can offer this through our global IP network, supported in 48 countries with unparalleled services for fully meshed any-to-any connectivity. Our Internet network is an integral part of the open Internet. It does not consist of interconnected networks, but it is wholly owned and managed by us, which is how we can offer reassurance of performance agreements. The large capacity and high quality of our Internet network allow our customers to utilise our IP services for heavy-duty enterprise applications. Additionally, our extensive peering relations with other service providers extend our connectivity to business partners and extend the reach to content on other Internet networks.
For companies that need access from each site directly to the Internet, we offer the Dedicated Internet Access service. Instead of having a local service provider in each country, your company can now use one global service provider with the same quality and user support everywhere and with true international quality guarantees. This service is often used for company internal communications.
The Internet Gateway Service will connect your private intranet network (based on Frame Relay, ATM or Private IP) to the Internet via one managed gateway. Internet Gateway Service extends your network to VPN partners on the Internet or allows your employees access to the Internet.