Voiceglo Chooses CIENA/Laurel Solution to Support Rapidly
Growing GloPhone Voice over IP Service
CIENA/Laurel Multiservice Edge Platforms Key to Innovative
Worldwide Voice Service Delivery
LINTHICUM, Md. & PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 2004--
Laptop Battery CIENA(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:CIEN) and Laurel Networks, Inc.
today announced that global full-service Voice over Internet
Protocol (VoIP) communications company Voiceglo (OTCBB:TGLO), has
deployed a joint CIENA/Laurel multiservice edge solution to support
its rapidly growing GloPhone service. CIENA DN 7100(TM)
multiservice edge switches and Laurel ST200(TM) service edge
routers provide the voice switching, Internet routing and peering,
sophisticated quality of service (QoS), subscriber management and
interface flexibility required to economically and reliably deliver
innovative local, long distance and international GloPhone service
to any Internet-enabled computer worldwide.
Voiceglo, a global communications company, offers Web-based home
and business phone service to anyone anywhere in the world.
Voiceglo customers can use the Internet to make and receive local
and long distance calls, using their existing phone number.
Voiceglo's flagship product, GloPhone, allows users to make calls
directly from their browsers to any telephone in the world.
GloPhone Blue, a free product, offers users the ability to make
unlimited calls to other GloPhone users at no cost.
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Thinkpad "GloPhone delivers crystal-clear calls and value-added features
to a rapidly growing user base over any broadband or dial-up
Internet connection," said Edward Cespedes, president of Voiceglo.
"That rate of service innovation and growth requires an
infrastructure with the highest performance and flexibility. Only
the CIENA/Laurel solution delivered the rich features needed to tie
into softswitches and media gateways, manage our peering
agreements, guarantee voice quality and provide service over
multiple access networks."
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Microsoft CIENA's DN 7000 series multiservice edge switching platform
enables service providers to deliver customized services based on
customer demand and service area density at lower price points than
any product on the market today. On a single platform, the 7000
series delivers native Frame Relay, ATM, Ethernet, Circuit
Emulation Services (CES), and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
functionality. The DN 7000 series allows service providers to
protect and expand their current Layer 2 investments and migrate
their existing and new services to IP/MPLS-based converged
backbones.
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Laptop Computers Laurel's ST-series service edge routers support all types of
high-growth, value-added services including Internet access,
transit and peering, MPLS-based Layer 2 and IP VPNs, advanced
broadband, voice-over-IP and video in a single platform. Both
members of the ST-series service edge router family - the ST50(TM)
and ST200 - maintain wire-speed performance with all services
enabled on every port. In contrast, the architectural limitations
of other edge platforms cause revenue-impacting performance
limitations as service providers attempt to turn on multiple
high-bandwidth services to growing numbers of users.
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Laptop Computer "GloPhone is exactly the type of sophisticated, high-growth
service that the DN 7000 series and ST-series platforms were
designed to support, and their selection is the latest example of
the continuing success of the CIENA/Laurel partnership and product
synergy," said Bob O'Neil, general manager of CIENA's Data
Networking Group. "This combined solution is further validation of
CIENA's approach to evolving data networks through best-in-class
products and partnerships, and CIENA looks forward to continuing to
assist Voiceglo in its service growth."
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Desktop Computer "Innovative providers such as Voiceglo are leading the shift
from best-effort bandwidth delivery to sophisticated value-added
services," said Steve Vogelsang, vice president of marketing and
co-founder, Laurel Networks. "By combining multiservice delivery
capabilities with the performance and scale needed to support
high-growth, the ST-series and DN 7000 series platforms deliver the
features required to support the next generation of advanced
services."
Notebooks ABOUT CIENA
Lenovo CIENA Corporation delivers innovative network solutions to the
world's largest service providers, cable operators and enterprises,
increasing the cost-efficiency of current services while enabling
the creation of new carrier-class data services built upon the
existing network infrastructure. Additional information about CIENA
can be found at www.ciena.com
Hard Drive ABOUT LAUREL NETWORKS
Travelstar Laurel Networks service edge routers combine Internet class
routing, Layer 2 switching and broadband subscriber management with
the sophisticated QoS, high availability and integrated management
needed to deliver advanced services with non-stop performance.
Service providers worldwide have chosen the ST-series platform to
profitably deliver next-generation high-growth business and
consumer services including value-added Internet, VPNs, switched
services, voice-over-IP, video-on-demand and advanced broadband.
For more information, visit www.laurelnetworks.com.
Gateway ABOUT VOICEGLO
Laptop Parts Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Fla, Voiceglo
(www.voiceglo.com) is a global full-service Voice over Internet
Protocol (VoIP) communications company. Since its inception in
2002, Voiceglo has grown to provide telecommunications service to
thousands of customers worldwide. Voiceglo is a subsidiary of
theglobe.com (OTCBB:TGLO), founded by Michael S. Egan (founder of
Alamo-Rent-a-Car and Certified Vacations) and Edward A. Cespedes, a
former investment banker with J.P. Morgan. Voiceglo's strategy is
to provide phone numbers to an unlimited number of consumers and
business customers - whether free or paid - and for these customers
to use their phone number on any Internet-enabled computer anywhere
in the world to make local, long distance and international calls.
Through its proprietary patent-pending technology, Voiceglo
recently launched its award-winning GloPhone product
(www.glophone.com), which provides a way for subscribers to call
each other while online (i.e. peer-to-peer calling) - as well as
call and receive calls via traditional landline or wireless phones
for free via a broadband or dial-up connection.
Software NOTE TO INVESTORS
Hard Drives This press release contains certain forward-looking statements
based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions of CIENA
(the Company) that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking
statements in this release, including but not limited to the
features and benefits of CIENA's products, are based on information
available to the Company as of the date hereof. The Company's
actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied
in such forward-looking statements, due to risks and uncertainties
associated with the Company's business, which include the risk
factors disclosed in the Company's Report on Form 10-Q filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2004. Forward
looking statements include statements regarding the Company's
expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the
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"anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend,"
"may," "should," "will," and "would" or similar words. The Company
assumes no obligation to update the information included in this
press release, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.
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CIENA Corporation
Press Contacts:
Aaron Graham or Nicole Anderson, 877-857-7377
pr@ciena.com
or
Investor Contacts:
Suzanne DuLong or Jessica Towns, 888-243-6223
ir@ciena.com
or
Laurel Networks, Inc.
Press Contacts:
Kimberly Booth, 412-809-4298
kbooth@laurelnetworks.com
or
Voiceglo
Investor Contacts:
Michele M. Merrell, 954-769-5956
mmerrell@voiceglo.com
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