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• Verizon Business owns and operates one of the most expansive IP backbone networks in the world View map
  
• The Verizon Business data network includes more than 446,000 route miles, including terrestrial and undersea cable, spanning six continents and access to another 187,000 route miles from Verizon Telecom
  
• Verizon Business provides voice, data and Internet services on its state-of-the-art fiber-optic network to customers in more than 2,700 cities and 150 countries
  
• The Verizon Business network is large enough to circle the world 18 times
  
• Verizon Business currently operates eight satellite facilities located throughout the United States, Hawaii and Guam
  
• Verizon Business also operates satellite links to more than 200 teleports worldwide in approximately 110 countries for both government and business customers
  

Speeds

• The Verizon Business network includes OC-192 lines that allow data transfer up to 10Gbps, the fastest commercially available today
  
• Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) is deployed on the North American, European and Asian IP backbone networks to improve traffic engineering and management
  

Network Operations Centres

• Verizon Business has five major global Network Operations Centres in the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific
  

Data Centres

• Verizon Business supports more than 200 data centres in 22 countries across five continents
  

Enterprise Mobility

• Verizon Business supports 1.7 million global dial modems in thousands of cities throughout the world
  
• Verizon Business offers a combination of dial, wireless WiFi, and DSL access options in more than 150 countries
  
• Verizon Wireless owns the largest high speed wireless broadband network in the U.S.
  
• Verizon Business supports dial services for national, local, or toll-free calls in more than 150 countries around the world
  

IP Leadership

• Since research firm TeleGeography began tracking Internet backbone connectivity in 2001, the Verizon Business global IP network (formerly MCI) has ranked #1 as the most connected backbone each year (based on Autonomous System connections). (This enables its business customers and ISP's to reach more destinations directly through its global IP backbone than any other carrier.)
  
• Verizon Business has a rich heritage developing the commercial Internet from its inception to the present
  

Global Customer Base

• Verizon Business provides communications services for tens-of-thousands of businesses and government agencies around the globe, including 94 percent of Fortune 500 companies
  
• Verizon Business manages more than 3,500 networks in 142 countries, which includes overseeing 25,000+ non-Verizon Business connections from more than 60 network providers globally
  
• Verizon Business has a history of service and innovation in network management — recently exemplified by numerous awards and its patent-pending IMPACT Rapid Fault Isolation capabilities