Global One Wins Contract to Provide Henkel Managed Data Network Services in Europe and North AmericaBy Rawlson King, theWHIR.comMarch 26, 2001 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Award-winning global carrier, Global One (globalone.com), recently signed a five-year contract to provide German conglomerate Henkel (henkel.com) with corporate data network services in Europe and North America.Under the contract, Global One will design and build a managed data network for Henkel, the worldwide specialist in brands. The network will interconnect via Global Frame Relay services Henkel headquarters in Dusseldorf with more than 400 corporate sites throughout Europe and North America. The new contract builds on the success of the contract signed in 2000 for similar services in ten Latin American countries.As a fully managed solution, Global One will be responsible for managing Henkel’s routers, as well as the network from end-to-end. The service provides Layer 2 privacy for Henkel mission-critical communications via dedicated virtual private circuits (PVCs).”We have been pleased with the excellent services Global One has provided us in the past, and look forward to continued close collaboration in Europe and North America,” said Ulrich Kelm, director of corporate network support for Henkel. “The new solution from Global One meets all of our requirements interms of cost effectiveness and quality of service and coverage.” “We are delighted that Henkel, one of Germany’s top multinationals, has chosen Global One as a key supplier of its international telecommunications services,” stated Andrew McFadzen, Managing Director of Global One in Germany. “Henkel’s choice of Global One for these expanded services shows that our direct sales operation and advanced network infrastructure throughout Germany have established us as a leading global solutions provider in this key market.”Global One has been aggressively building out its network infrastructure and sales and field operations in Germany since early 2000 when it became a member of the France Telecom Group. It is in the process of increasing its staff by more than 75 per cent and has opened new direct sales offices in Hamburg, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf and Munich. Additional offices are also planned to be opened this year in Berlin and Nuremberg.Global One Germany has had a Customer Service and Global Network Management Center in Frankfurt since early 1996 and is now leveraging the broadband capacity provided by France Telecom’s fiber optic European backbone network. Six German POPs on that advanced network were added during 2000 in Dusseldorf, Stuttgart, Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, and Hanover. When fully rolled out by the end of 2001, the network will span 20,000 kilometers in 16 European countries. The network and sales force expansion in Germany is paying dividends in terms of important customer wins, such as Henkel KgaA, in a fiercely competitive market.Large national and international businesses, such as Henkel, have increasingly come to rely on Global Frame Relay as a cost-effective alternative to private lines, combining high bandwidth capacity and an ability to handle effectively burst-on-demand transmissions. Global Frame Relay provides customers with premier-quality service, Permanent Virtual Circuits with a wide range of Committed Information Rates, and port access speeds from 56/64 Kbps to 45 Mbps, depending on location.
