ENGINEERING

Market Expansion Allows XO to Reach New Customers and Further Address Needs of Multi-Location Enterprises

XO Communications has announced an expansion of its metro network presence in the Seattle metropolitan market. The initiative demonstrates XO Communications' strategy to expand its presence in existing XO markets in order to serve more enterprise customers with its award-winning IP-based communications and managed network solutions and exceptional customer experience.

By expanding the reach of its 19,000-mile nationwide network and establishing additional points of presence across the Seattle market, XO Communications is now able to serve thousands of new businesses and offer them a more competitive alternative for their local and nationwide communications and networking needs. The expansion increases XO Communications' reach across the northern suburbs of Seattle in Everett, Kirkland and Bothell and adds to the company's already extensive Seattle network presence where its metro fiber network spans 200 route miles.

"At a time when many service providers are closing markets or scaling back operations, XO Communications is further expanding its network reach to serve more businesses," said Mitzi Sachs, general manager of the Seattle market for XO Communications. "We have seen increased demand for our services from multi-locations businesses in areas adjacent to our markets and have opted for a smart growth strategy through network expansion."

XO Communications offers businesses and large enterprises a superior customer experience and solutions built around their unique needs that enable them to:

• Connect all of their locations seamlessly regardless of size or location with a broad range of  cost-effective and scalable high performance networking services;
• Improve communications between offices, customers and partners with next generation IP voice and unified communications solutions that help increase efficiency and productivity;
• Simplify and get better control with managed solutions that allow them to dedicate more    resources on their core business operations;
• Ensure the integrity, performance and security of mission-critical applications, information and networks with business continuity, managed security and private data networking solutions; and
• Optimize business performance with managed network solutions that accelerate the speed of mission critical applications and networks.