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XO Communications : Ottawa University Selects MPLS IP-VPN Solution From XO Communications to Enhance Network Performance

^{Published on 2009-07-21 05:05:55, Last Modified on 2009-07-21 05:06:04 - Market Wire}
 

HERNDON, VA--(Marketwire - July 21, 2009) - XO Communications (OTCBB: [ XOHO ]) today announced that it has been selected to provide a nationwide MPLS IP-VPN solution for Ottawa University, a leading higher education institution with six campuses located across four states.

Originally founded in Ottawa, Kansas in 1865, Ottawa University has since grown in student population, offerings and geographic locations. Today, Ottawa University serves more than 7,000 students at the institution's residential campus in Ottawa, as well as its adult and professional studies campuses in Phoenix, Milwaukee, Kansas City and Jeffersonville, Indiana. Ottawa University also administers a broad range of online courses. With Ottawa University's broad geographic requirements and varied bandwidth needs, the university needed a highly scalable, managed network solution that enabled their students, faculty and administrators to seamlessly connect and communicate across multiple sites in a secure network environment.

Ottawa University will utilize XO's extensive nationwide Ethernet access footprint and the XO MPLS IP-VPN solution to connect its locations and support a wide range of applications that run across its network including dedicated Internet access, Voice over Internet Protocol, and Unified Communications applications. The XO solution will help Ottawa University achieve improved cost-efficiencies by converging voice and data traffic over a single IP network infrastructure and create a more scalable, application-aware wide area network to support the university's growing network needs due to its projected growth in student enrollment.

"XO Communications has designed a custom solution for Ottawa University that will enhance our network capacity, support the varying bandwidth speeds of our campuses and improve our overall communications efficiencies," said Jack Maxwell, PhD, director of information technology at Ottawa University. "It also enables us to leverage voice over IP and unified communications applications in a flexible and cost-effective way."

"XO's MPLS IP-VPN solution enables businesses to utilize bandwidth in the most efficient manner possible, thereby enabling customers like Ottawa University to maximize their network investment and minimize their operating costs," said David Paul, general manager for XO Communications in Phoenix. "With XO's advanced MPLS-enabled IP network, we're confident that Ottawa University's students, faculty, administrators and others will benefit from the university's new communications system."

XO Communications provides services to more than 100 colleges, universities and educational organizations nationwide. Through its extensive nationwide and metro network assets, XO Communications offers higher education institutions a broad range of high-capacity and managed network solutions that easily scale to meet ever increasing bandwidth requirements.

XO MPLS IP-VPN

[ XO MPLS IP-VPN ] offers businesses and large enterprises a secure, intelligent and managed network to connect offices, customers and partners and converge a wide range of voice, video and data applications over a single IP network infrastructure. XO MPLS IP-VPN provides a wide range of access options to connect locations and flexible Classes of Services to prioritize Internet, intranet, extranet, voice, video and mission-critical business applications -- all over a single, high performance application-aware IP network.

Key benefits of XO MPLS IP-VPN include:

 -- Nationwide Coverage -- Broad coverage with service availability in more than 75 metropolitan markets across the United States -- Flexible and Scalable Network Architecture -- MPLS-based network architecture provides any-to-any connectivity among all sites and automatically sets up pathways to new sites -- Broad Range of Access Options -- Customers can utilize the service with dedicated Internet access at speeds from T-1 through OC-X and Ethernet services. -- Robust Classes of Service -- Optimize data traffic flows to support any type of application with one flat rate for access to all four classes of service. -- Fully Managed -- Reduces total cost of ownership and provides 24x7 monitoring of network facilities and equipment. 

For more information about XO MPLS IP-VPN or other XO services go to [ www.xo.com ], or contact an XO sales representative by calling (866) 963-9696.

About XO Communications

XO Communications, a subsidiary of XO Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: [ XOHO ]), is a leading nationwide provider of advanced communications services and solutions for businesses, enterprises, government, carriers and service providers. Its customers include more than half of the Fortune 500, in addition to leading cable companies, carriers, content providers and mobile network operators. Utilizing its unique combination of high-capacity nationwide and metro networks and broadband wireless capabilities, XO offers customers a broad range of managed voice, data and IP services with proven performance, scalability and value in more than 75 metropolitan markets across the United States. For more information, visit [ www.xo.com ].