WorldCom Launches Private Label DSL

CLINTON, Miss. -- WorldCom (Nasdaq: WCOM - News), the leading global business data and Internet communications provider, today announced it has commercially launched Private Label DSL services for U.S. businesses and Internet Service Providers. These services enable WorldCom customers to provide cost effective and reliable broadband access solutions to their customers, remote offices and end users. Speakeasy, a national broadband services company, and ClearPath, a VPN service company for small to mid-size businesses, are among WorldCom's first Private Label DSL customers. Available in 31 major metropolitan markets, through 709 Central Offices, WorldCom's Private Label DSL gives customers bulk access to WorldCom's nationwide, facilities-based DSL network while branding the service as their own. This provides customers with cost-effective broadband access to WorldCom's award-winning global IP network, which spans six continents. "With WorldCom's Private Label DSL solution, companies can quickly and easily expand their broadband service offerings," said Frank Grillo, senior vice president of Business Marketing for WorldCom. "WorldCom's Private Label DSL customers immediately benefit from WorldCom's nationwide DSL footprint, an end-to-end DSL solution and direct connections to the world's most expansive global IP network." WorldCom Inc.