BASKING RIDGE, New Jersey, May 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- New Private IP Nodes and Expanded Access Support Communications
Requirements of Multinational Customers

Verizon Business has further enhanced its global Private IP footprint to
support the evolving data needs of its global customer base. The company
continues to add a significant number of Private IP nodes in key growth
territories around the world, and has also enhanced both DSL and Ethernet
access capabilities.

As a result, more customers than ever can now benefit from a direct and
secure, high-performance link to the Verizon Business global
multiprotocol-label-switching (MPLS) network, the foundation for Verizon
Business' portfolio of next-generation products and services.

"Verizon Business really gets the importance of providing converged
access options globally to Private IP customers," commented Sandra O'Boyle,
research director, Business Telecom Services Europe for Current Analysis. "In
our April 2008 research of global MPLS IP VPN services, Verizon Business
stands out from competitors in terms of its extensive support for Ethernet
access to Private IP, which is now available in 20 European countries."

In the past year, Verizon Business increased its total number of Private
IP ports by over 45 percent and its Ethernet access capabilities by over 
400 percent. New Verizon Private IP nodes have now been established in
Asia-Pacific (China, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea); Eastern Europe
(Bulgaria and Romania); and Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Panama and
Peru). Verizon Private IP is now available to customers in 121 countries and
territories worldwide, with additional node deployments planned this year in
Iceland, Pakistan, India and Russia.

In addition, Verizon Business has doubled the number of countries with
Ethernet access to Private IP. Ethernet third-party interconnections are now
available in Canada; the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland; Australia, China, Hong
Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines,
Singapore, and Thailand; and Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Colombia. Verizon
Business has also implemented an ongoing quality assurance programme for its
third-party Ethernet providers, ensuring a consistent, high-quality
experience.

Verizon Business has also enhanced Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) and
Secure Gateway access capabilities to Verizon Private IP. Flexible DSL access
options, which enable rich, multi-media communication and high-speed access
to corporate LAN resources, are now available in 49 countries worldwide.
Verizon Secure Gateway services, which combine a network-based firewall with
cost-effective encrypted broadband access to the corporate network, have been
expanded into Europe, South Africa, Canada and APAC. These services, an
easily implemented alternative to leased lines, are particularly suited for
customers requiring cost-efficient connections for remote workers and small
branch offices.

Mike Marcellin, Verizon Business vice president of product marketing,
commented: "The rapid expansion of Verizon Business' global Private IP
footprint reflects the company's commitment to supporting its customers,
wherever they are around the world. Private IP is used by many of our global
customers as the secure, scalable foundation on which they can build their
future business-critical communications tools and services. We are enabling
customers to deliver converged voice, data and video applications across
global corporate networks with the speed, performance and reliability they
need. At the end of the day, it's about enabling customers to realise their
business objectives, wherever their business may take them."

Verizon Private IP is a network-based, virtual private network (VPN) that
enables customers to effectively communicate over a secure network. The
service also provides the foundation for automating business processes
between companies, including e-commerce, and shared intranets and extranets.
Based on MPLS technology, Verizon Private IP offers customers scalable and
flexible network connections with integrated performance and
traffic-management capabilities.

About Verizon Business

Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), is a
global IP leader and network-based partner for delivering integrated
communications and information technology (IT) solutions to large-business
and government customers worldwide. Combining unsurpassed reach with managed
services, security, mobility, collaboration and professional services
capabilities, Verizon Business delivers global solutions that power
innovation and enable its customers to do business better. For more
information, visit www.verizonbusiness.com.

Web site: http://www.verizonbusiness.com