Entanet Connects With Global Crossing Ethersphere Service to Deliver Benefits of ADSL2+ Broadband

BASINGSTOKE, England, August 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- Customers Benefit From High-Speed Stable Broadband

Global Crossing (Nasdaq: GLBC), a leading global IP solutions provider,
today announced that it is supporting Entanet International Ltd.'s new
wholesale Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line 2+ (ADSL2+) broadband service.
Using Global Crossing Ethersphere(TM) and other transport services, Global
Crossing has provided core network connectivity from Entanet's central
network nodes to British Telecom (BT) Wholesale Broadband Connect (WBC)
aggregation points in London and around the U.K. Ethersphere provides true
utility grade service and is ideal as a transport for private enterprise
customer Internet Protocol (IP) networks, or as complete fabric for an ISP's
national Ethernet services.

Entanet is a leading communications provider of business-class voice and
data connectivity solutions and delivers its services via a partner channel.
In 2007, Entanet was selected to be the only non-BT company to participate in
the BT 21st Century Network (21CN) WBC trial, with Global Crossing providing
connectivity.

Following the success of the pilot in Birmingham and Wolverhampton, the
roll-out to the remaining WBC aggregation points, which began earlier this
year, is now almost complete.

"In selecting connectivity partners, Global Crossing stood out for a
number of reasons in what was a highly competitive bidding process,"
confirmed Entanet's chief technical officer, Steve Lalonde. "Global Crossing
was extremely cost-competitive, has excellent project management skills and
the strength of its network has helped us expand our high-speed broadband and
stronger converged voice and data offerings to 99 percent of the UK
population.

"In addition, we already had a long-standing, successful relationship
based on a high-level Service Level Agreement, which gave us complete
confidence in Global Crossing's ability to consistently deliver superior
quality network support."

"Today's businesses demand more robust and resilient connectivity, as
they face increasing communications challenges in linking with a greater
number of offices and remote workers, as well as sharing greater volumes of
IP data and voice traffic," said Anthony Christie, Global Crossing's managing
director, EMEA. "Like us, Entanet has a well-deserved reputation for driving
leading-edge technology solutions that directly meet today's customer needs.
As a result of this strategic partnership, ISPs and resellers can secure
competitive advantage by providing a broader range of faster, more stable and
cost-effective connectivity solutions."

Entanet has been proactively involved in the development of 21CN and
worked with Global Crossing from an early stage. "In what is a strategically
important move for the company, we have made a significant investment in our
own network, allowing us to take WBC," said Lalonde. "As part of our 21CN
infrastructure development, a key goal was to improve delivery, enabling
channel customers to offer more stable and potentially faster ADSL2+
broadband, as well as broader Quality of Service options for those end-users
looking to prioritise traffic."

ABOUT ENTANET

Entanet is a leading communications provider of business class voice and
data connectivity services, delivered via a channel of Partners. Its voice
and data connectivity services meet the needs of diverse customer groups --
reseller Partners looking to market packaged Entanet services; and wholesale
Partners looking to take service components in order to sell, deliver and
support services entirely under their own brand. The services available to
them include wholesale broadband, IP telephony, traditional telecoms such as
Wholesale Line Rental and Carrier Pre-Select and bespoke connectivity
solutions including leased lines, VPNs, colocation hosting and transit. In
2006 & 2007 Entanet was awarded the accolade of 'Specialist Vendor of the
Year -- Products and Services' in the national CRN Channel Awards. It was
also awarded Best Internet Telephony and Best Consumer Email at the 2008 ISPA
Awards.

First established in 1996, Entanet is now one of the UK's leading
communications providers. With a national network and continued ongoing
investment, Entanet is fully committed to delivering the highest standards of
voice and data service provision throughout the UK.

As part of Entagroup, Entanet provides long-term stability and security
to its customers. Founded in 1990, Entagroup is a broad-based IT and
communications group with annual sales in excess of GBP200million. For more
information, contact marketing@enta.net

ABOUT GLOBAL CROSSING UK TELECOMMUNICATIONS LTD.

Global Crossing UK Telecommunications Ltd. provides a full range of
managed telecommunications services in a secure environment ideally suited
for IP-based business applications. The company provides managed voice, data,
Internet and e-commerce solutions to a strong and established commercial
customer base, including more than 100 UK government departments, as well as
systems integrators, rail sector customers and major corporate clients. In
addition, Global Crossing UK provides carrier services to national and
international communications service providers.

ABOUT GLOBAL CROSSING

Global Crossing (Nasdaq: GLBC) provides telecommunications solutions over
the world's first integrated global IP-based network. Its core network
connects approximately 390 cities in more than 30 countries worldwide, and
delivers services to approximately 690 cities in more than 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 data, voice and security products to approximately 40 percent
of the Fortune 500, as well as 700 carriers, mobile operators and ISPs. Its
Professional Services and Managed Solutions provide VoIP, security and
network consulting and management services to support its Global Crossing IP
VPN service and Global Crossing VoIP services. Global Crossing was the first
global communications provider with IPv6 natively deployed in both its
private and public backbone networks.

Please visit www.globalcrossing.com or \\blogs.globalcrossing.com/ for
more information about Global Crossing.

Statements in this press release about expected future events and
financial results are forward-looking and subject to risks and uncertainties
that could cause the actual results to differ materially, including risks
referenced from time to time in the company's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Global Crossing undertakes no duty to update information
contained in this press release or in other public disclosures at any time.

CONTACT GLOBAL CROSSING:

Press Contact
    Katy Brooks/Jane Rigg
    The Whiteoaks Consultancy
    +44-(0)-1252-727313
    katyb@whiteoaks.co.uk

    Analysts/Investors Contact
    Suzanne Lipton
    +1-800-836-0342
    glbc@globalcrossing.com

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