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Crosswave Expands Access to Wide-area Ethernet Platform Service
Monday July 7, 10:00 pm ET
TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 7, 2003--Crosswave Communications, Inc. (Crosswave, Nasdaq: CWCI) today announced it will expand its access options, starting July 10, 2003. The Ethernet access service area for the Wide-area Ethernet Platform Service will be broadened, and Powered Ethernet service by PoweredCom, Inc. will also be available.
Crosswave has added several services since the beginning of 2003, including OMP High-speed Ethernet Access, Dedicated Ethernet (KVH), Ethernet Access, and other access options. These combine to give customers a broader range of access options in various service areas, enabling the construction of end-to-end Ethernet networks nationwide.
Crosswave pioneered the Wide-area Ethernet Platform Service in October 1999, and has been employing the latest technology ever since to expand and promote the new wide-area network service. Crosswave will continue to expand access line options as well as new products and mobile access service areas. The Company will continue to offer lower prices to enable customers to flexibly build advanced, reliable, and cost effective networks with a mixture of high-speed and low-speed lines to suit any situation.
About Crosswave
Crosswave Communications Inc. (Crosswave, Nasdaq:CWCI) is a data communications carrier offering customers reliable and versatile broadband networks and network services, enabling them to streamline and innovate their business infrastructure. Founded in 1998 by Internet Initiative Japan (Nasdaq:IIJI - News), Sony Corporation (NYSE: SNE - News) and Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE: TM - News), the Company has made groundbreaking changes in the Japanese telecommunications market by offering a completely data-centric network.
Currently, 90% of the traffic on Crosswave's nationwide network infrastructure is Ethernet-based, provided mainly through its flagship, Wide-area Ethernet Platform Service. Launched in 1999, the Wide-area Ethernet Platform service introduced a brand new type of network service to the market. The Company's fully integrated data centers and other services have redefined the role of carrier services by accommodating entire corporate system requirements. With the quality of its networks and its wide-ranging value-added features, the company has been a pioneer in the development of the data communications market in Japan. The Company offers its services to a diverse base of over 400 customers including many blue-chip companies in Japan.
The statements within this release contain forward-looking statements about our future plans that involve risk and uncertainties. These statements may differ materially from actual future events or results. Readers are referred to the documents filed by Crosswave Communications Inc. with the SEC, specifically the most recent reports on Forms 20-F and 6-K, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements.
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