Global Capacity Named a Finalist for Two Leading Communication Awards

Industry Recognizes the Innovation of One Marketplace Ethernet 

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Chicago, IL, USA, September 18, 2013 – Global Capacity, the leading network connectivity company, announces that it has been shortlisted in two categories across two coveted awards – Capacity Magazine’s Global Carrier Awards 2013 and Light Reading’s 2013 Leading Lights Awards.

Capacity’s Carrier Awards 2013 celebrate the achievements, innovation, and vision of the global wholesale telecoms community.  Global Capacity was selected as one of five finalists in the ‘Best Service Innovation’ category for its One Marketplace Ethernet services alongside DE-CIX, iBasis, Liquid Telecom, and Telekom Austria Group.  The award focuses on the contribution of companies and technology partners that have excelled in the use, development and deployment of carrier services in the past 12 months.

The 2013 Leading Lights Awards are the next-generation communications industry’s most coveted honor, recognizing the industry’s top telecom companies and executives for their outstanding achievements in services, applications and equipment.  Global Capacity has been selected as one of three finalists alongside Reliance Globalcom Ltd. and TW Telecom Inc. in the ‘Most Innovative Ethernet/Optical Service’ category for its One Hub Interconnect solution.  Light Reading‘s reputation for fiercely independent analysis of products and companies it covers makes this one of the most credible and authoritative awards programs in the industry.

“Global Capacity is honored to be shortlisted for two of the telecom industry’s most distinguished awards,” states Jack Lodge, President of Global Capacity.  “One Marketplace was purpose-built to improve efficiency by streamlining and simplifying the pricing, procurement and delivery of access network services. These nominations are a recognition of Global Capacity’s ability to address the transparency, efficiency and simplicity needed for Ethernet connectivity in today’s complex, fragmented market.”

One Marketplace provides users with real-time design, pricing and ordering of Ethernet services.  The marketplace provides transparency into Ethernet pricing and visibility into available capacity across multiple access networks and technologies.  The platform not only provides visibility into the optimal price, it is a procurement system that enables seamless ordering and tracks provisioning, delivery status, and performance for each circuit purchased through the platform.  Leveraging One Marketplace, Global Capacity customers can source multi-vendor Ethernet access services from over 42 networks through a single External Network to Network Interface (ENNI).  Furthermore, a One Hub Interconnect to One Marketplace offers service providers the ultimate reach and flexibility.   This innovative interconnect enables Global Capacity customers to leverage an Ethernet interconnection while still being able to utilize legacy TDM end links over the same connection without additional equipment.

Learn more about Global Capacity’s Ethernet Services and One Hub Interconnect by visiting www.globalcapacity.com/products-services/ethernet, or email solutions@globalcapacity.com.   

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About Global Capacity
Global Capacity is the marketplace of networks, delivering ubiquitous network connectivity solutions via its industry-leading platform, One Marketplace.  One Marketplace eliminates the complexity and inefficiency of a fragmented network market by combining an aggregated, interconnected physical network with a unique cloud application that automates the design, pricing, ordering, delivery, and maintenance of network solutions.  One Marketplace provides cost-effective, high-performance network solutions that support the exploding bandwidth requirements driven by the cloud, mobility and globalization for wholesale and enterprise customers.  Additional information can be found at www.globalcapacity.com or by following Global Capacity on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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