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Reliance Globalcom and Internap Enter Strategic Alliance to Bring Content Delivery Network (CDN) Services to India

Posted on: Monday, 28 July 2008, 09:00 CDT

Internap Network Services Corporation (NASDAQ:INAP), a global provider of end-to-end Internet business solutions, and Reliance Globalcom, a division of Reliance Communications (NSE:RCOM.NS), one of the world's largest integrated telecommunications services providers, announced today a strategic alliance to deliver a broad set of content delivery network (CDN) services in India.

The contract with Internap will enable Reliance Globalcom to enhance its managed services portfolio with world-class content delivery network services, enabling Indian businesses to add graphics, audio, streaming video and live events to their Web sites and Internet applications. Internap will engineer and build a CDN point of presence (PoP) in Mumbai and operate the network service point as part of its global CDN infrastructure. In addition, Internap will provide the professional services, project management and consulting expertise to deploy and launch enterprise-grade CDN infrastructure and services for Reliance Globalcom. The two companies will work together to sell and support these Reliance Globalcom services 'powered by Internap CDN' in selected regions.

"Reliance Globalcom was created to serve the fast-growing global telecommunications needs of business and government organizations," said Punit Garg, president of Reliance Globalcom. "Our strategic alliance with Internap enables us to bring world-class content and application delivery network services to underserved and emerging markets in India. Internap is unique among network service providers because they offer us an integrated and global portfolio of CDN solutions along with the engineering expertise and professional services to speed our time to market."

"A key element of Internap's growth strategy is to expand our product offerings into high-growth markets outside of the United States," said James P. DeBlasio, president and chief executive officer at Internap. "Our strategic alliance with Reliance Globalcom, a highly successful multinational company, is an important milestone for us that validates the strength and quality of our CDN offerings. We have now dramatically expanded our reach into new and fast-growing markets in India."

Internap's CDN solution, upon which the new Reliance Globalcom services are based, integrates media servers, enhanced storage, network acceleration and route optimization to deliver, manage and monetize media content. The global CDN infrastructure includes Internap's patented MIRO (Managed Internet Routing Optimizer(TM)) and CDN Long Haul technologies. MIRO monitors the performance of Internet backbones and automatically selects the best path to global destinations. CDN Long Haul reduces network latency for global transit of large-scale applications and content. Internap's CDN service is fully-managed and provides rich business intelligence, real-time statistics, digital rights management (DRM) and a performance dashboard through its MediaConsole(R).

About Reliance Globalcom

Reliance Globalcom, a division of Reliance Communications, spearheads the Global Telecom operations of India's largest Integrated Telecom Service Provider. Reliance Globalcom brings together the synergies of Reliance Communications Global Business encompassing Enterprise Services, Capacity Sales, Managed Services and a highly successful bouquet of Retail products & services comprising of Global Voice, Internet Solutions and Value Added Services. The company serves over 1200 enterprises, 200 carriers and 1.5 million retail customers in 50 countries across 5 continents. Reliance Globalcom owns and operates the world's largest private undersea cable system spanning 65,000 kms seamlessly integrated with Reliance Communications' over 1,100,000 kms of domestic optic fibre. For further information, please visit www.relianceglobalcom.com.

About Internap

Internap is a leading Internet solutions company that provides The Ultimate Online Experience(TM) by managing, delivering and distributing applications and content with unsurpassed performance and reliability. With a global platform of data centers, managed Internet services, a content delivery network (CDN) and content monetization services, Internap frees its customers to innovate their business and create new revenue opportunities. More than 3,700 companies across the globe trust Internap to help them achieve their Internet business goals. For more information, visit www.internap.com.

Internap "Safe Harbor" Statement

Certain information included in this press release constitutes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, including, among others, statements regarding the performance of our products, business strategy, projected levels of growth and projected costs, are forward-looking statements. Those statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of Internap and members of our management team, as well as the assumptions on which such statements are based. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by forward-looking statements. Other important factors that may affect Internap's business, products, results of operations and financial condition include, but are not limited to: our ability to sustain profitability; our ability to respond successfully to technological change; the availability of services from Internet network service providers or network service providers providing network access loops and local loops on favorable terms, or at all; failure of third party suppliers to deliver their products and services on favorable terms, or at all; failures in our network operations centers, network access points or computer systems; and our ability to protect our intellectual property.

Our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, recent Current Reports on Form 8-K and other Securities and Exchange Commission filings discuss the foregoing risks, as well as other important risk factors that could contribute to such differences or otherwise affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. We undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement for any reason.

Source: Business Wire

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