Global Crossing will offer Premier members the following set of services: -- Global Crossing's comprehensive IP VPN services provide private data networks for customers to deliver their IP traffic across the globe -- quickly, reliably, securely and cost-effectively -- among internal organizations or among and between business partners. Two service options provide enterprises with the flexibility they need to leverage their preferred access methods and maximize bandwidth efficiencies. -- Global Crossing Private Line service delivers highly reliable, point-to-point digital connectivity at capacities ranging from T1/E1 to OC48/STM16 over Global Crossing's 101,000-mile fiber-optic network linking over 200 cities in 27 countries. -- Direct Dial Services (DDS), a premier outbound voice service, delivers high-quality international and national long-distance voice connections to 240 countries over Global Crossing's secure fiber-optic network. DDS also enables businesses to maximize cost savings by utilizing "any distance" pricing -- users pay the same low price per minute to the same country no matter where they call from. -- Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) provides customers with always-on, direct high-speed connectivity to the Internet at speeds ranging from sub-T1/E1 to OC48/STM 16, as well as FastE and GigE, on a global basis. DIA service can also be accessed via a Frame Relay or ATM network using Frame-to-IP or ATM-to-IP internetworking. -- Global Crossing's Frame Relay and ATM services provide customers with secure high performance Wide Area Networking solutions for all their data needs, with flexible bandwidth and full Frame Relay to ATM Interworking for maximum efficiencies among locations of all sizes. -- Ready-Access(R), the industry leader in automated, reservation-less conferencing, puts the user in control of the audio conference, and allows geographically dispersed participants to meet any time, anywhere. No reservations are needed, although operators are always available for assistance. -- eMeeting, an on-demand, reservation-less, Web-based meeting and productivity service, enhances Ready-Access on-demand audio conferencing with meeting coordination and data collaboration tools. -- Event Call is a 100 percent operator-assisted, full-service conference call, offering users full operator coordination, monitoring and support for large scale conferences, and giving users the highest level of formality and the additional option of several security features. -- Videoconferencing over IP, currently in limited availability, is a smarter, high-quality and cost-effective videoconferencing service that allows participants to see and hear each other in real-time.

"Healthcare is an extremely communications-intensive industry, which Global Crossing has long supported with its product suite running over a global, 200-city IP-based network," said Dave Carey, Global Crossing's executive vice-president of enterprise sales. "With this new agreement in place, top institutions around the country can avail themselves of our secure, resilient offering, and usher in the era of long-distance care, freeing doctors and patients from geographic constraints. The industry relies on the timely delivery of accurate, precise information, and Global Crossing fulfills those demands with our unmatched infrastructure, improving corporate stability, and flexible pricing. We look forward to expanding this relationship over the years."

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