BellSouth Launches Network VPN Services

March 25, 2003 -- (FIND VPN) -- Communications services company BellSouth (BellSouth.com) announced on Monday that it has launched the BellSouth Managed Network VPN Service, designed to provide advanced data networking capabilities to business customers.

BellSouth says its Managed Network VPN Service is a suite of IP-VPN connectivity solutions designed to support remote access, intranet, Internet and extranet business applications. Using a region-wide private IP backbone running MPLS, says BellSouth, the company is shifting the responsibility for network integration onto the provider and away from the customer.

The Network VPN suite of services consists of a range of IP-VPN connectivity services, including network VPN site-site service, network VPN remote user service, AAA hosting and Internet access with Integrated firewall.

"BellSouth's Network VPN service enables us to provide a secure, fast and cost-effective communications solution to our customers," said Ken Paull, Lynk's Executive Vice President. "Security, speed and cost are critical issues to our customers, and therefore, to the continued growth of our business. We also see the opportunity for our customers to leverage this service beyond payment processing to add other valuable data applications."