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LONDON, April 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Crossing announced today that it is to provide managed IP VPN services to the UK
Learning and Skills Council (LSC). This three-year contract renewal is worth
approximately $14 million and provides a convergence-ready platform for voice,
data and videoconferencing services to 5,000 users at 54 locations across the
UK.

The LSC is responsible for all post-16 education and training other than
in universities. A network of 47 local councils work alongside the Employment
Service, the Small Business Service, the National Training Organisations,
further education and sixth form colleges, and representatives of community
groups, to meet their training and education needs.

Global Crossing is providing a managed IP VPN service under the Managed
Telecommunications Services (Mts) framework that it operates on behalf of
OGCbuying.solutions. The company has provided the LSC with a managed voice
service through Mts since 2001. This latest contract was awarded following a
competitive tender and extends the range of services provided to include data,
video conferencing, Internet access and a remote access dial and VPN solution
for the council's remote and home-based personnel.

Global Crossing's management role under the contract includes handling the
LSC's incoming calls through Global Crossing's centralized telephone operator
service. This service processes more than one million calls a year on behalf
of government customers from call centers at Crewe and Glasgow.
Malcolm Whyte, the LSC's director of operational services said: "The
continuation of our relationship with Global Crossing will usher in new IP
services and enable us to work more flexibly. We are delighted to announce the
renewal of this contract, which we hope will allow us to make significant cash
savings and efficiency gains."

Global Crossing UK managing director, Phil Metcalf, said: "We are
extremely proud the LSC has entrusted us with the responsibility of creating
an IP environment that will cater to all their communication needs well into
the future. Winning this business amid strong competition underscores our
strength in the provision of managed services to the government sector and
demonstrates that Global Crossing's converged services proposition is hard to
beat."

In the first phase of the project, Global Crossing will implement the IP
VPN and upgrade the existing estate of private branch exchanges (PBXs) to
provide IP telephony. The migration to IP VPN from an existing ATM network
will be conducted in a highly flexible manner to enable the council to add or
cease sites to accommodate its changing office requirements. The council's
data center at Warwick is already connected to Global Crossing's network, and
high capacity links will be provided to the Coventry head office and the eight
largest regional councils.

Under the Mts framework agreement, Global Crossing provides a full range
of managed IP services to some 90 central government departments, local
authorities and executive agencies. In total, Mts supports more than 120,000
users with highly secure managed services.

ABOUT THE LEARNING AND SKILLS COUNCIL
The LSC exists to make England better skilled and more competitive. It is
responsible for planning and funding high-quality vocational education and
training for everyone. The LSC has a single goal: to improve the skills of
England's young people and adults to world-class standards. Its vision is that
by 2010, young people and adults in England have the knowledge and skills
matching the best in the world and are part of a truly competitive workforce.
Established in 2001, the LSC works nationally, regionally and locally from a
network of offices across the country.

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 major cities and 30 countries worldwide, and delivers
services to more than 600 cities, 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 Services 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 for more information about
Global Crossing.

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