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100 Percent Of Global One Network Elements Are Year 2000 Compliant

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Global One, the international joint venture of Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, and Sprint, today announced that it had reached its goal on schedule to be 100 percent Year 2000 compliant by 30 June for all Global One-owned network elements.

These network elements include the Global One backbone transmission network, the Global One voice network, the Global One ATM-based network, and the legacy IP and data networks. The network elements in the Global One-owned network have been thoroughly tested according to accepted international standards and confirmed to be 100 percent Year 2000 compliant.

To underscore the positive results of its own tests, Global One has participated in an in-depth series of Year 2000 voice and data inter- operability tests organized by the Year 2000 International Telecom Forum, whose members include Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, Sprint, Sprint Canada, and Global One. The objectives of those tests -- conducted in laboratories located in France, Germany, the United States and Canada -- were met by all ITF members without a single Year 2000-related failure.

``Now that Global One owned network elements are 100 per cent Y2K tested, the next step is ensuring that Global One is ready for any conceivable situation through contingency and risk management plans, since there are certain contingencies that are outside of our control,'' said Don Parker, Global One Senior Vice President responsible for the Global One Year 2000 Program.

The Global One Year 2000 Program Management Office was established in 1997 and includes a Risk Management Team that is coordinating company-wide efforts to ensure business continuity. Built upon existing plans, enterprise-wide Y2K contingency plans are being finalized and communicated throughout Global One in preparation for contingency exercises to be conducted during 3Q1999.

Global One has implemented a proactive communication program to keep customers informed of progress toward achieving Year 2000 readiness. A multimedia presentation on CD-ROM is available to Global One customers approximately every other month. Additionally, Global One has established an Internet site on its corporate home page to provide detailed information for its customers and other interested parties concerning its Year 2000 program. To access this site, go to www.global-one.net and select Year 2000 from the main menu.

Global One offers a single source for the provision of seamless voice, data and IP services for businesses, carriers and consumers around the world. Set up as a worldwide joint venture of Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom and Sprint, Global One is a fully integrated company in its own right, with over 1,400 network access centers in more than 65 countries. Global One offers the world's most far-reaching ATM-based network and in 1998 had revenues of more than US$ 1.1 billion.

SOURCE: Global One

-- Sista In 'Da Hood (Sista@Da.Bomb), July 09, 1999

Answers

SOURCE: Global One

-- Ray (ray@totacc.com), July 09, 1999.

Well Ray, why don't you contact them, and ask them if they'll let you verify their compliance?

-- Sista in 'Da Hood (Sista@Da.Bomb), July 09, 1999.

Sista, Sista, must be gettin to ya.

How about your next ten posts about remediated companies that have been verified by independent 3rd parties !!

Brotha, Brotha, Ray

-- Ray (ray@totacc.com), July 09, 1999.

Sista,

Gosh thanks so much for this information, and to think I almost sold all my stock in the company. Thanks to you, I now can rest easy!

-- BiGG (supersite@acronet.net), July 09, 1999.

Brutha Ray, I will post 10 articles of companies' compliance that have been verified by a third party. I will do one at a time, and will do so by the next ten days. If this seems too long of a time for you, I apologize, but I do not have much time to spend on the internet. 10 articles by July 20th (I will start tomorrow). BTW, Brutha is more asthetically pleasing than Brotha.

-- Joe Six-Pack (Average@Joe.Blow), July 09, 1999.

Joe

At that rate you will be finished by the year 3000-maybe.

There are millions of companies. It is July 1999. We will be lucky to have 60% "Ready."

-- Mike Lang (webflier@erols.com), July 09, 1999.

Actually this is really smoke and mirrors. What is compliant is the transmission elements between these companies. Most of these are relatively easy to upgrade.

"BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Global One, the international joint venture of Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, and Sprint, today announced that it had reached its goal on schedule to be 100 percent Year 2000 compliant by 30 June for all Global One-owned network elements."

None of the following are compliant. Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, or Sprint.

Notice this is a press release and is intended to misinform the public. These banks are stretching to prove reliability.

Please read this garbage carefully.

-- Mike Lang (webflier@erols.com), July 09, 1999.

DONE IN THE LAB. Give it up, kido!

-- FLAME AWAY (BLehman202@aol.com), July 10, 1999.

Mike, I thought these were telecoms not banks. Maybe you should read these more carefully as well. :-)

-- Joe Six-Pack (Average@Joe.Blow), July 10, 1999.

Brotha Joe Six-Pack, since I am NOT politically correct I prefer Brotha . I sincerely hope that this is not toooo offensive !! Now here is your comment:

"Brutha Ray, I will post 10 articles of companies' compliance that have been verified by a third party. I will do one at a time, and will do so by the next ten days. If this seems too long of a time for you, I apologize, but I do not have much time to spend on the internet. 10 articles by July 20th (I will start tomorrow). BTW, Brutha is more asthetically pleasing than Brotha. "

Brotha Joe Five-Pack, PLEASE do not bother with OLD news. I want ten new independent 3rd party confirmations of companies completely remediated and in place, end to end tested. this will be a start. BTW, how many comapanies do we have in the US?? This should be a no brainer !! There should be 100s of these success stories every day

Ray

-- Ray (ray@totacc.com), July 10, 1999.

Mr. Lehman,

The remediation work has not only been performed in the Lab but also on live systems within their maintenance window (usually 10 PM - 5 AM). Several PSTN CO's and Mobile Switching Centers have been upgraded along with all the associated second and third party vendor equipment. I have participated in a couple of the remediation activities conducted with our customers: AT&T, PacBell, and BellSouth's networks. Regards,

-- william holst (w_holst@hotmail.com), July 10, 1999.

William, are you offering an independent third party verification of complete remediation?

Ray

-- Ray (ray@totacc.com), July 10, 1999.

Mr. Holst;

Thanks for the info! The post SAYS Tests done in Lab. I am not questioning their remediation efforts. I do however, question lab results vrs. LIVE results.

Regards

-- FLAME AWAY (BLehman202@aol.com), July 10, 1999.

Yeah, and the FAA is fully compliant now too. NOT!!

-- Clyde (clydeblalock@hotmail.com), July 10, 1999.