Terremark Announces Managed Optical Services for Its Customers

  
    
  
  
    
      Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (AMEX:TWW), a leading operator of integrated 
      Internet exchanges and a global provider of managed IT infrastructure 
      solutions for government and private sectors, today announced Managed 
      Optical Services that will provide Terremark’s 
      carrier customers the ability to significantly lower their costs of 
      interconnection and monitoring of their optical circuits.
    
    
      After extensive testing, Terremark deployed a multi-service optical 
      switching platform that integrates seamlessly into the customers’ 
      networks to deliver a wealth of optical and network services. By 
      consolidating disparate network elements into a single platform, 
      significant costs savings are realized by customers that need to cross 
      connect circuits, multiplex or de-multiplex facilities, terminate 
      optical rings or convert circuits from North American standards to 
      international standards.
    
    
      The services are:
    
    
      1) Multiplexing and De-multiplexing Services: This service 
      facilitates the conversion of circuits and signals for the accurate and 
      efficient transmission of traffic between disparate networks, allowing 
      customers to terminate any interface on the optical switch, regardless 
      of their peering or transit agreements or cross-connect needs, providing 
      great flexibility and scalability in their network design.
    
    
      2) International Gateway Services: Performs the necessary 
      conversions and gateway functionality to convert SONET signals to SDH 
      and vice-versa. This capability eliminates the need for customers to 
      purchase and maintain expensive optical switches while providing 
      flexibility in the type and data rates that customers can terminate and 
      connect with each other.
    
    
      3) Optical Ring Termination Services: Terremark's Ring 
      Termination Services are designed to work with a variety of standard 
      compliant SONET/SDH products delivering a seamless, interconnection, 
      end-to-end protection schemes.
    
    
      4) Advanced Optical Monitoring Service: Full vendor neutral 
      Network Operations Center services including 24x7 monitoring of 
      circuits/elements/networks, Fault identification, Alarm Management, 
      Performance Management, Root Cause Analysis and event audits.
    
    
      5) Professional Optical Services: Complete turnkey network 
      solutions/design/optimization, Project Management, Remote and Smart 
      Hands, Configuration Management and can also provide consultancy to 
      customers.
    
    
      The above services enable customers to enjoy the following benefits:
    
    
      
        Reduced capital expenditures for optical network elements;
      
      
        Lower operating expenses in connection with troubleshooting, 
        configuration and alarm management;
      
      
        Lower interconnection rates; and
      
      
        Flexibility when interconnecting between North American standard 
        facilities and international standards.
      
    
    
      “In the past, carriers could only interconnect 
      with one another using multiple network elements and management systems,” 
      said Marvin Wheeler, Chief Operations Officer for Terremark Worldwide, 
      Inc. “With Terremark’s 
      Managed Optical Services, we have now provided all the required 
      components for them to deploy networks at a significantly lower cost.”
    
    
      “We expect to continue to expand our Managed 
      Services portfolio as our customers’ needs and 
      demand increase,” said Manuel D. Medina, 
      Chairman and CEO of Terremark Worldwide, Inc. “We 
      believe these Managed Optical Services, together with the other services 
      we provide our customers, have positioned Terremark as one of the most 
      advanced operators of Internet Exchanges around the world.”
    
    
      About Terremark:
    
    
      Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (AMEX:TWW) is a leading operator of integrated 
      Internet exchanges and a global provider of managed IT infrastructure 
      solutions for government and private sectors. Terremark delivers its 
      portfolio of services from seven locations in the U.S., Europe and Latin 
      America and from four service aggregation and distribution locations, 
      which aggregate network traffic and distribute network-based services in 
      Europe and Asia to meet specific customer needs. Terremark’s 
      flagship facility, the NAP of the Americas, is the model for the 
      carrier-neutral Internet exchanges the company has in Santa Clara, 
      California (NAP of the Americas/West), in Sao Paulo, Brazil (NAP do 
      Brasil) and in Madrid, Spain (NAP de las Americas - Madrid). The 
      carrier-neutral NAP of the Americas is a state-of-the-art facility that 
      provides exchange point, colocation and managed services. Terremark is 
      headquartered at 2601 S. Bayshore Drive, 9th Floor, Miami, Florida USA, 
      305-856-3200.
    
    
      More information about Terremark Worldwide can be found at www.terremark.com.
    
    
      Statements contained in this press release may constitute 
      "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private 
      Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Terremark’s 
      actual results may differ materially from those set forth in the 
      forward-looking statements due to a number of risks, uncertainties and 
      other factors, as discussed in Terremark’s 
      filings with the SEC. These factors include, without limitation, 
      Terremark’s ability to obtain funding for its 
      business plans, uncertainty in the demand for Terremark’s 
      services or products and Terremark’s ability 
      to manage its growth. Terremark does not assume any obligation to update 
      these forward-looking statements.