Global Crossing Selected by MP3.com for Web Site Hosting - Company Business and Marketing

Cambridge Telcom Report, Oct 18, 1999

Global Crossing's (NASDAQ:GBLX), complex Web hosting division, formerly Frontier GlobalCenter, Tuesday announced that MP3.com), Tuesday announced that MP3.com, the Internet's premiere online digital music destination, will be utilizing Global Crossing's world-class complex web hosting architecture to host its site www.mp3.com.

"It is very exciting for Global Crossing to work with MP3.com - a pioneer in the distribution of music online," said Matt Parnell, vice president of product management for Global Crossing's complex Web hosting division. "We specialize in providing the highest quality of service for companies whose businesses depend upon their Internet presence. Global Crossing realizes that MP3.com operates a Web destination where downtime is unacceptable."

The complex hosting architecture is comprised of three centers of excellence:

-- The Global Crossing Network - 88,100 global route mile, fiber optic, redundant ring architecture designed to deliver unrivaled speed, scalability and reliability. The Global Crossing Network currently connects over 170 international metropolitan areas and includes a Cisco powered IP network operating at OC-48 (2.5 Gbps).

-- Facilities - geographically distributed, 24x7x365, on-net data centers, known as "Global Centers," designed to high-security, disaster-resistant specifications to ensure guaranteed uptime.

-- Application Networking Services - highly available, reliable and flexible utility applications and services that enable anytime, anywhere computing.

Global Crossing hosts more than 300 top Internet brands - some of the best known names in the business, including Yahoo!, ZDNet, Red Hat and eToys. Global Crossing facilitates 60 percent of all Internet searches and delivers more than 8.8 billion page views per month, nearly 2 million hits per minute.

Global Crossing is the world's first truly global telecommunications company. The Global Crossing Network and its product offerings will be available on five continents and address 80% of the world's international communications traffic. Global Crossing also possesses the largest fleet of cable laying and maintenance vessels in the world and currently services more than a third of the world's undersea cable kilometers. Global Crossing has been chosen to be listed among the world's leading public corporations on both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100. Global Crossing's operations are headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, with executive offices in Los Angeles. FMI: www.globalcrossing.com.

You can reach the Web hosting division at www.globalcenter.net.