May 7, 2013, Pittsburgh, PA: United Network Services, Inc. (UNSi),  a provider of data network and carrier services, announced today that it has agreed to acquire Airband Communications of Dallas, Texas and merge Airband into UNSi.  Airband Communications is one of the nation’s largest fixed wireless voice and data providers for businesses, with a large southwest and southeast MPLS backbone.  The all stock merger is expected to close within thirty days.  Expanding upon UNSi’s existing robust network, the combined company will have a comprehensive national MPLS & Ethernet platform – adding 12 core PoPs for a total of 29 core PoPs across the United States, fixed wireless services in 16 markets, VoIP platform delivered on a national basis, as well as a comprehensive broadband aggregation network.

The combined company will remain as United Network Services Inc. (UNSi) with primary operations located in Dallas, Phoenix and Pittsburgh coupled with regional offices located in several strategic cities.  The merged company is expected to generate revenues in excess of $60 million annually, with over 160 employees.  Francis D. John will remain President & CEO of the company.  Timothy Kinnear will be appointed to Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer and Theodore Baum will continue as Chairman of the Board.  “This is an exciting and powerful combination,” stated Francis D. John, President & CEO of UNSi. “ The new UNSi will be a major strategic player in building voice and data networks for companies and entities that have multiple locations throughout the United States and Internationally.  UNSi will have the ability to affect significant organic growth as well as continue to seek strategic acquisitions that will enhance our product and application offerings,” added Mr. John.   Michael Ruley, current CEO of Airband stated, “We are excited to join forces with UNSi.  As a combined entity, we will have the financial backing, network and human resources required to grow, organically and strategically, and to further enhance our competitive position.”

The converged company will establish UNSi as a premiere quality data and voice carrier enabling them to deliver more complete network solutions. Through this acquisition, UNSi will also gain operational, engineering and sales expertise to better support customers and partners.  New product offerings with competitive pricing and unparalled reach will evolve from this acquisition including MPLS over Fixed Wireless, SIP Trunking and Hosted PBX , all adding to UNSi’s existing services – MPLS, Ethernet, DIA, Broadband, Managed Firewall, Managed Router and Hosted Monitoring solutions.

To review Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) regarding this significant announcement, please visit the following — www.unsi.net/unsi-airband/faq.

ABOUT UNSi
UNSi is a next generation carrier and provider of intelligent internet and managed services providing extensive MPLS and Ethernet solutions.  Leveraging a flexible network with unparalleled reach, UNSi offers custom managed services to layer on top of transport services — offering a total network solution all on one bill, for businesses with multiple locations.  UNSi’s services are backed by 24×7 US-based NOCs, 29 core PoPs, over 100,000 lit buildings, 150+ interconnects, and the largest broadband aggregation database.

UNSi provides intelligent carrier grade solutions with the industry’s most extensive reach to enterprise and carrier customers alike. UNSi sells through direct & indirect channels, as well as directly to tech savvy companies of all sizes and IT Professionals who rely on UNSi to provide reliable and efficient solutions for their network infrastructure.  For more information about UNSi, visit www.unsi.net or call 888.UNSi.999.

ABOUT AIRBAND COMMUNICATIONS
Airband Communications, Inc. is the largest fixed-wireless voice and data provider for businesses in the U.S.  The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of high-speed Internet access, point-to-point data services, VoIP, security and other managed solutions – delivered over one of the industry’s most scalable last-mile networks.  Airband bypasses the local phone and cable companies to provide faster provisioning intervals, immediate scalability and complete redundancy for its customers.  Thousands of businesses nationwide already count on Airband for their broadband service.  For more information, please visit www.airband.com.

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Media Contact:
Paula Como Kauth, Director of Marketing, UNSi
Mobile: 215.932.1046 / pckauth@unsi.net

April 4, 2013, Pittsburgh, PA: United Network Services, Inc. (UNSi), a premiere next generation carrier and provider of “intelligent & flexible” Internet and managed services, has signed a partnership agreement with RapidScale, Inc., an emerging cloud application provider and part of UNSi’s new Ecosystem Program. The new partnership produces an efficient solution in delivering business applications to the cloud via UNSi’s private and secure MPLS network, providing a high-performance solution for businesses that depend on Quality of Service (QoS). CloudMail, CloudDesktop and CloudRecovery are other services that will be available via UNSi.

As cloud applications are becoming the main theme for businesses these days, security and QoS are issues that IT professionals face. UNSi’s CloudMPLS offering with RapidScale solves these cloud performance issues. “Adding RapidScale to our market-defining Ecosystem Program is an advantage to all of our partners and customers,” stated Allan Schwartz, SVP of Strategic Planning and Business Development. “Partnerships such as this one will continue to redefine the industry expectations of “traditional” telecom, and instead come to expect the best product when, where and as it is needed,” added Mr. Schwartz.

CloudMPLS will provide end-users the biggest benefit in the form of QoS, security and ROI since host site bandwidth costs will decrease as Internet access can be pulled from CloudMPLS facilities at a fraction of the cost compared to dedicated bandwidth to an office. “We’re thrilled to partner with UNSi since we see the empowerment of our two companies being able to change the way businesses buy business applications, manage business application performance and support end-users,” stated Randy Jeter, CEO of RapidScale. “The biggest opportunity with our CloudMPLS offering is that both companies are committed to building and deploying the most advanced business application network in the world.”

For more information about UNSi’s services and partnership with RapidScale, contact partnerships@unsi.net or 855.UNSi.999.

ABOUT UNSi
UNSi is a next generation carrier and provider of intelligent internet and managed services providing extensive MPLS and Ethernet solutions. Leveraging a flexible network with unparalleled reach, UNSi offers custom managed services to layer on top of transport services — offering a total network solution all on one bill, for businesses with multiple locations. UNSi’s services are backed by 24×7 US-based NOCs, 18 strategic regional POPs, over 100,000 lit buildings, 150+ NNI’s, and the largest broadband aggregation database. For more information about UNSi, visit www.unsi.net or call 888.UNSi.999.

ABOUT RAPIDSCALE
Headquartered in Southern California, RapidScale is a global leader in cloud computing solutions. RapidScale is focused on pioneering the integration of Cloud Computing and Business Apps as a Service, which enables companies to simplify IT operations, increase operational efficiency and reduce costs without changing the way they do business. RapidScale offers business freedom; your apps go where you are on any device, we are the “Next Generation Computer.” For more information, visit www.rapidscale.net.

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Paula Como Kauth, Director of Marketing, UNSi
Mobile: 215.932.1046 / pckauth@unsi.net

March 11, 2013, Pittsburgh, PA: United Network Services, Inc. (UNSi), a next generation carrier and provider of “intelligent & flexible” Internet and managed services, announced today that it has added SimpleSignal, Inc., a leading cloud-based unified communication and collaboration provider for businesses, as a new partner to their Ecosystem Program. The partnership adds Network-to-Network Interface (NNI) between UNSi’s MPLS Network and SimpleSignal’s Voice platform allowing customers to leverage UNSi’s extensive MPLS footprint ensuring Quality of Service (QoS) for customers.

UNSi’s Ecosystem Program unites the best technology providers, their expertise and quality of service, offering agents and wholesale partners the advantage of one unified network solution. Leveraging UNSi’s next generation network as the central foundation, the program interconnects various types of service providers offering a cohesive bundled service to end-users. The partnership allows customers of both companies to meet the growing demand of cloud-based services by reaching more key areas nationwide via UNSi’s strong MPLS backbone network. This combined solution is ideal for those organizations with multiple locations dispersed nationwide that require high performance and reliable deployment of their cloud-based voice applications such as Hosted PBX, SIP Trunking, Mobile Integration, Voice Apps, Desktop Collaboration.

“We are thrilled to partner with a very reputable cloud-based voice company like SimpleSignal,” stated Allan Schwartz, SVP of Strategic Planning & Business Development for UNSi. “Both of our customer bases will benefit tremendously from this partnership by the growing demand for cloud-based services,” added Mr. Schwartz. “We believe that UNSi is one of the strongest MPLS providers in the industry and are excited to meet our customer demands nationwide by leveraging their expansive reach which opens up many more opportunities for us,” stated Michael Sterl, EVP Sales for SimpleSignal.

To learn more about the UNSi Channel Partner Program & Ecosystem Program, please visit www.unsi.net or stop by UNSi’s Booth # 723 at the COMPTEL Plus Conference & Expo in Las Vegas, March 10 – 12, 2013.

ABOUT UNITED NETWORK SERVICES (UNSi)
UNSi is a national carrier with a next generation network providing extensive MPLS and Ethernet solutions. Leveraging a flexible and intelligent network with unparalleled reach, UNSi offers custom managed services to layer on top of transport services — offering a total network solution all on one bill, for businesses with multiple locations. UNSi’s services are backed by 24×7 US-based NOCs, 17 strategic regional POPs, over 100,000 lit buildings, 90+ NNI’s, and the largest broadband aggregation database. We provide intelligent carrier grade solutions with the industry’s most extensive reach, to enterprise and carrier customers alike. Visit UNSi at www.unsi.net.

ABOUT SIMPLESIGNAL
SimpleSignal is an enterprise hosted PBX and cloud-based Unified Communications service provider, delivering voice, video, and mobile communications to thousands of satisfied business customers globally. The company provides the most innovative and advanced mobile/video PBX capabilities in the industry, and is one of the first companies ever to extend video PBX telephony over iPads, iPhones, and Android mobile devices that can connect with any brand of video conferencing equipment. For more information, visit www.simplesignal.com.

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Paula Como Kauth, Director of Marketing,
UNSi Mobile: 215.932.1046 / pckauth@unsi.net

March 6, 2013, Pittsburgh, PA: The world’s largest service organization recently awarded United Network Services, Inc. (UNSi) a renewed contract valued at over $30 million dollars. The five-year contract with three, 3-year renewal options provides an aggregated broadband solution for over 7,500 branch offices located throughout North America. In addition to the broadband component, the contract calls for an integrated billing and IT vendor management solution.
UNSi has been providing services to this customer service organization since 2004. The renewed contract follows a cost-savings plan for this organization that UNSi previously spearheaded which achieved bandwidth upgrades at over 62% of the branch locations with no additional cost, and with no service interruptions during upgrades. Under the terms of the new contract, UNSi will continue to provide a streamlined broadband and network solution specifically delivering high-speed business-class Broadband/Internet connections to branch sites nationwide, with reach to even the most remote locations. Previously, UNSi custom designed an electronically integrated billing system which provides automated back-office administrative support for this business entity, and consolidated billing – this organization will continue to leverage this efficient, time saving solution. UNSi’s relationships with over 2,000 broadband providers nationwide allows it to manage the myriad service provider relationships, regardless of how geographically dispersed they are. This large service organization receives one bill from UNSi, instead of various bills from hundreds of service providers, and UNSi manages all vendor relations.

“We are proud to receive a renewed contract with this organization to continue to streamline their broadband solutions and to improve their IT vendor management and billing platform,” stated Francis John, President & CEO of UNSi. “Being awarded this contract again, is a true testament to our company’s network expertise and dedicated customer service that we have provided to this business entity since 2004. We have built a strong partnership with them over the years, and are continually working together to provide cost-efficient solutions that match their current business and technology objectives.”

ABOUT UNITED NETWORK SERVICES (UNSi)
UNSi is a national carrier with a next generation network providing extensive MPLS and Ethernet solutions. Leveraging a flexible and intelligent network with unparalleled reach, UNSi offers custom managed services to layer on top of transport services — offering a total network solution all on one bill, for businesses with multiple locations. UNSi’s services are backed by 24×7 US-based NOCs, 17 strategic regional POPs, over 100,000 lit buildings, 90+ NNI’s, and the largest broadband aggregation database. We provide intelligent carrier grade solutions with the industry’s most extensive reach, to enterprise and carrier customers alike. Visit UNSi at www.unsi.net.

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Media Contact:
Paula Como Kauth, Director of Marketing, UNSi
Mobile: 215.932.1046 / pckauth@unsi.net

February 26, 2013, Las Vegas, NV & Lemont Furnace, PA: United Network Services, Inc. (UNSi), a next generation carrier and provider of “intelligent & flexible” Internet and managed services, announced today at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo, that it has signed an agreement with ADVODA Communications as a new master agent, adding to its growing channel partner program. With over 200 specialty sales partners nationwide, as well as direct customers, ADVODA specializes in technology consultation for the global enterprise with complex voice and data networking requirements.

The partnership allows ADVODA to access UNSi’s extensive network reach to deliver complex Internet solutions, MPLS, VPLS, and Ethernet, to their customers with multiple locations dispersed nationwide, which is UNSi’s niche. “Signing-on ADVODA as a master agent reinforces the growth of our channel partner program. We are thrilled to partner with ADVODA, a company whom we hold in the highest regard, both for their unparalleled customer focus and support and their highly reputable master agent program serving high caliber, customers and partners,” stated Stephen John, SVP& Chief Revenue Officer for UNSi who oversees Channel Sales for the company.

ADVODA leverages UNSi’s carrier services including MPLS, based on UNSi’s original ground-breaking MPLS Exchange Platform (MEP), VPLS, Carrier Ethernet, including Ethernet over Copper (EoC) and Ethernet over Fiber (EoF), and Broadband. ADVODA is bundling managed services into offerings including Managed Router, Managed Firewall, Managed LAN and UNSi’s IP Redundancy product Same IP Failover (SIF). SIF recently won Best of Show at IT Expo Austin in recognition of advancing the field of IP Communications. “Given our strong partnership of over four years with UNSi, we are excited to take the relationship to the next level as part of their emerging channel partner program,” stated Hilary Fox, President and COO of ADVODA. “UNSi has a progressive approach to technology. This approach is invaluable to ADVODA in developing total networking solutions for our customers,” added Ms. Fox.

To learn more about the UNSi Channel Partner Program, please visit www.unsi.net or stop by UNSi’s Booth # 8016 at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo, February 26 – March 1st in Las Vegas.

ABOUT ADVODA
ADVODA was founded on the principle of providing a superior customer experience for obtaining and maintaining telecommunications services. ADVODA partners with carriers and service providers to design telecommunication solutions from complex voice and data networks for global enterprises to voice and internet service for a single-location small business. ADVODA also supports a diverse group of independent telecom agents, network consultants and hardware vendors in providing services to their clients. For more information please visit www.ADVODA.com.

ABOUT UNITED NETWORK SERVICES (UNSi)
UNSi is a next generation carrier and provider of intelligent internet and managed services providing extensive MPLS and Ethernet solutions. Leveraging a flexible network with unparalleled reach, UNSi offers custom managed services to layer on top of transport services — offering a total network solution all on one bill, for businesses with multiple locations. UNSi’s services are backed by 24×7 US-based NOCs, 18 strategic regional POPs, over 100,000 lit buildings, 150+ NNI’s, and the largest broadband aggregation database.

UNSi provides intelligent carrier grade solutions with the industry’s most extensive reach to enterprise and carrier customers alike. UNSi sells through direct & indirect channels, as well as directly to tech savvy companies of all sizes and IT Professionals who rely on UNSi to provide reliable and efficient solutions for their network infrastructure. For more information about UNSi, visit www.unsi.net or call 888.UNSi.999.

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Media Contact:
Paula Como Kauth, Director of Marketing, UNSi
Mobile: 215.932.1046 / pckauth@unsi.net

UNSi was founded in 2001 as American Broadband Inc., and quickly established a reputation as a broadband connectivity aggregator with 2,000 providers and servers nationwide. It still has one of the largest broadband footprints in North America. But in 2011, the company decided to change its name to UNSi to signal its growth strategy of adding new types of network offerings to its large-scale broadband implementation capabilities.

Allan Schwartz, UNSI SVP of Strategic Planning and Business Development

To that end, in January 2012 it acquired IPNetZone, which gave it its own MPLS network and exchange platform. “So instead of just managing networks for others, we created a next-gen carrier network,” said Allan Schwartz, senior vice president of strategic planning and business development at the provider. “So we aggregate, we’re a managed services provider and a carrier. It just goes to show that the old paradigms
are completely gone. There’s no right or wrong business model answer – it just comes down to enabling flexibility.”

Now, the provider has more than 2,000 underlying networks and 18 points of presence (PoPs), plus at least 150 network-to-network interfaces (NNIs) that allow it to interconnect to buy and sell Layer 1 and 2 network connections directly with other carriers, globally. The result is the ability to bring a range of connectivity options to the table.

“We can build a private line with an Ethernet over copper (EoC) connection here and connect it to a private line over there,” explained Schwartz. “No one else is doing something that creative. We basically solve a lot of headaches. And for European and Asian customers, they may have a hard time getting to secondary markets like Austin or Knoxville. We can help them with that.”

In terms of coverage, copper, fiber, fixed wireless, 3G/4G and cable coax all are part of the portfolio. “But we can offer the same IP address regardless of which circuit happens to carry the traffic” Schwartz noted. It’s the same IP Address to fail over to as well. So we can mix and match the technologies across locations, manage all the devices and offer them access to one portal to view all of them.”

From a back-office standpoint, the company proactively monitors all on-net endpoints and sends notifi cations when they aren’t performing up to task. Information from managed routers is handled by UNSi’s primary NOC in the United States, with three other secondary NOCs available for redundancy.

Thus, underpinned by the concept of the intelligent network, UNSi’s main goal for the ecosystem is to engender a fl exibility that allows the infrastructure to support smart applications.

“Maybe today you just need a DIA, but tomorrow you’ll require an MPLS connection,” explained Schwartz. “As a company, you may just be looking for price and bandwidth now, but later you’ll have a need to reach, say, a cloud app. Instead of worrying about being locked into a three-year contract or having to forklift the infrastructure, UNSi offers a company the ability to evolve its services as needed.”

UNSi also works with a number of hosted application partners, amongst whom Schwartz says they have seen a large shift. “A few years ago they wanted to sell the whole solution—router, apps, networks,” he explained. But margins on networks are not as good as they are on applications,
so many are turning to long-term networking partners to help with that piece.

“That’s where the whole ecosystem is getting some traffic,” Schwartz said. “All the stakeholders can come together, enabled by a smart, fl exible network.”

“We’re not built for everybody,” Schwartz said. “We are geo-diverse, support complex installations and are there for the entire lifecycle of the relationship.”

This dovetails nicely with what master agents and their teams can help bring to the table. In fact, UNSi has been ramping up its channel strategy in an effort to get closer to its sales opportunities. Partners bring in a consultative piece to the conversation that can help establish what’s required by the end user from a technical standpoint and create an ecosystem based discussion of the company’s specifi c applications needs.
UNSi has signed on a handful of partners so far and expects to announce who they are in the fi rst part of the year.

By Tara Seals

October 11, 2012, Lemont Furnace, PA: United Network Services, Inc. (UNSi), a next generation carrier and provider of “intelligent & flexible” internet and managed services, announced today it was awarded the prestigious Best of Show Award at ITEXPO Austin 2012 for its Same IP Failover Solution (SIF). Over fifty products were evaluated by TMC editors throughout the week at ITEXPO Austin, placing emphasis on key features and benefits, its innovative qualities, ability to work with existing industry standards and products, and the degree to which the product contributes to the future development of communications products and services.

Same IP Failover (SIF) is a very unique back-up solution that enables a business to automatically failover from a primary Internet connection to a back-up Internet connection while maintaining the same inbound IP Addresses without the need for Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). Using SIF, UNSi can deliver a /29 to a client across multiple paths, eliminating the need for BGP or for an end user to procure their own autonomous system number (ASN). SIF can be delivered via various access options – copper, fiber, coax or wireless. “We are thrilled to be recognized as an innovative thought leader by TMCnet for our SIF product,” stated Allan Schwartz, Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning & Business Development. “We knew when we built SIF it was a very unique product that would set us apart from other providers, so to be recognized with this award is an attribution to our forward thinking network engineers that built this product,” added Mr. Schwartz.

“The breadth of products and solutions that were showcased in this year’s ITEXPO Austin Exhibit Hall have raised the bar in terms of innovation and quality within the communications and technology industries,” said Rich Tehrani, TMC CEO and Conference Chairman. “We’re pleased to honor the Best of Show Award winners, and we congratulate them for differentiating themselves in various technology categories amongst a large and highly competitive field.”

ABOUT UNITED NETWORK SERVICES (UNSi)
UNSi is a next generation carrier and provider of intelligent internet and managed services providing extensive MPLS and Ethernet solutions. Leveraging a flexible network with unparalleled reach, UNSi offers custom managed services to layer on top of transport services — offering a total network solution all on one bill, for businesses with multiple locations. UNSi’s services are backed by 24×7 US-based NOCs, 18 strategic regional POPs, over 100,000 lit buildings, 150+ NNI’s, and the largest broadband aggregation database.

UNSi provides intelligent carrier grade solutions with the industry’s most extensive reach to enterprise and carrier customers alike. UNSi sells through direct & indirect channels, as well as directly to tech savvy companies of all sizes and IT Professionals who rely on UNSi to provide reliable and efficient solutions for their network infrastructure. For more information about UNSi, visit www.unsi.net or call 888.UNSi.999.

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Media Contact:
Paula Como Kauth, Director of Marketing, UNSi
Mobile: 215.932.1046 / pckauth@unsi.net

October 3, 2012, Austin, TX: United Network Services, Inc. (UNSi), a next generation carrier and provider of “intelligent & flexible” internet and managed services, announced today at the IT Expo Conference held in Austin, Texas, that it has named Stephen John as Vice President of Sales, responsible for growing and managing the UNSi sales team. Mr. John has a twenty-five year background in the technology, cable and telecommunications industries and will play an important role as UNSi continues to redefine the telecom landscape with its leading MPLS and VPLS exchange platforms.

This appointment represents a second term with UNSi for Mr. John, as he was the original founder and primary driver behind the early entrepreneurial success of the company when it became one of the largest broadband aggregators in the US. Most recently, Mr. John was the President and CEO of Cheetah Technologies which provided management systems to broadband network providers and video service providers. He has previously served in management roles at both Charter Business Networks and Advanced Telecom. “Stephen’s heart has always beaten for the success of UNSi, and it’s great to get his enthusiasm and passion solely back in our court. The depth of his knowledge and maturity within the cable company space will be invaluable over the coming years as the telecom industry continues to consolidate and the lines between Cable and Telecom become less clearly defined,” stated Allan Schwartz, SVP of Strategic Planning & Business Development. “We are thrilled to have him back at the company playing a strategic role in supporting our aggressive growth strategy,” added Mr. Schwartz.

UNSi currently has 18 strategic POPs located nationwide with over 150 NNIs, and agreements with 2,000 networks providers. UNSi is a Corporate Sponsor at the CVx Expo, collocated with IT Expo in Austin, Texas, October 3-5 — Booth # 734.

ABOUT UNITED NETWORK SERVICES (UNSi)
UNSi is a national carrier with a next generation network providing extensive MPLS and Ethernet solutions. Leveraging a flexible and intelligent network with unparalleled reach, UNSi offers custom managed services to layer on top of transport services — offering a total network solution all on one bill, for businesses with multiple locations. UNSi’s services are backed by 24×7 US-based NOCs, 18 strategic regional POPs, over 100,000 lit buildings, 150+ NNI’s, and the largest broadband aggregation database.

UNSi provides intelligent carrier grade solutions with the industry’s most extensive reach, to enterprise and carrier customers alike. UNSi sells through direct & indirect channels, including wholesale, as well as directly to tech savvy companies of all sizes and IT Professionals who rely on UNSi to provide reliable and efficient solutions for their network infrastructure. For more information about UNSi, visit www.unsi.net or call 888.UNSi.999.

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Media Contact:
Paula Como Kauth, Director of Marketing, UNSi
Mobile: 215.932.1046 / pckauth@unsi.net

September 12, 2012, Orlando, FL: United Network Services, Inc. (UNSi), a leading next generation carrier and provider of the “intelligent access” MPLS Exchange Platform (MEP), has announced today at the Channel Partners 2012 Fall Conference, that it has completed a series of major network upgrades in the Midwest of the United States. The UNSi Dallas and Denver Points-of-Presence (POP’s) have been expanded into full Border Gateway Interconnects (BGI’s) providing a full suite of MPLS, VPLS, DIA and Carrier Ethernet Services at each facility. In addition, UNSi has expanded their Midwest presence by building out a full BGI at its newest POP in St. Louis, Missouri. These expansions are key enablers in cementing UNSi’s position as a leading provider of MPLS and Ethernet services in the Midwest and Southwest regions.

Expansion of their network comes on the heels of UNSi product announcements like Same IP Failover (SIF), as well as the launch of its Channel Partner Program at the Spring 2012 event. “Our continued investment in our MPLS and Ethernet capabilities is all part of the exciting growth strategy we have implemented and are experiencing at UNSi,” stated Mr. Fran John, President & CEO of UNSi. “2012 has been a formative year for us; as our brand awareness increases, so has our customer base and our network reach. These exciting developments in the Midwest demonstrate our commitment to our customers in these areas and are a key component in being able to deliver our services cost effectively,” added Mr. John. Concurrently, UNSi completed a network upgrade in New York City, expanding its 10gig backbone into 7 of the major carrier hotels.

UNSi currently has 18 strategic POP’s located nationwide with over 150 NNIs, and agreements with almost 2,000 networks providers. UNSi is exhibiting at the Channel Partners Fall Conference at Booth # 620.

ABOUT UNITED NETWORK SERVICES (UNSi)
UNSi is a national carrier with a next generation network providing extensive MPLS and Ethernet solutions. Leveraging a flexible and intelligent network with unparalleled reach, UNSi offers custom managed services to layer on top of transport services — offering a total network solution all on one bill, for businesses with multiple locations. UNSi’s services are backed by 24×7 US-based NOCs, 18 strategic regional POPs, over 100,000 lit buildings, 150+ NNI’s, and the largest broadband aggregation database.

UNSi provides intelligent carrier grade solutions with the industry’s most extensive reach, to enterprise and carrier customers alike. UNSi sells through direct & indirect channels, including wholesale, as well as directly to tech savvy companies of all sizes and IT Professionals who rely on UNSi to provide reliable and efficient solutions for their network infrastructure. For more information about UNSi, visit www.unsi.net or call 888.UNSi.999.

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Media Contact:
Paula Como Kauth, Director of Marketing, UNSi
Mobile: 215.932.1046 / pckauth@unsi.net

July 12, 2012, Lemont Furnace, PA: United Network Services, Inc. (UNSi), a next generation carrier and provider of managed services, has announced today a unique back-up solution called Same IP Failover (SIF) that enables a business to automatically failover from a primary Internet connection to a back-up Internet connection while maintaining the same inbound IP Addresses without the need for Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). SIF is one of the first products to emerge from the acquisition and integration of IPNetZone Communications that UNSi completed this last quarter.

With IT VAR’s and IT Directors in mind, UNSi designed SIF to simplify the management of maintaining inbound access to their facilities during outages of one or more of their Internet access circuits. UNSi’s SIF product is a managed solution that is supported by service level agreements, and typically requires an on-net circuit coupled with an off-net circuit. It provides a single handoff to the client firewall that maintains the same IP space regardless of the path it takes. Using SIF, UNSi can deliver a /29 to a client across multiple paths, eliminating the need for BGP or for an end user to procure their own autonomous system number (ASN). SIF can be delivered via various different access options – copper, fiber, coax or wireless.
The on-net service for SIF can include DIA, MPLS/DIA, or VPLS/DIA. An example of a typical scenario would be an Ethernet over Copper (EoC) circuit coupled with a cable modem and managed router bringing it all together. Allan Schwartz, Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning & Business Development at UNSi noted, “We took our SIF offering even further by allowing the end user to bring their own off-net or Broadband circuit, truly enabling the solution to be highly flexible and customizable to meet each customer’s unique needs.” SIF is provisioned across UNSi’s unique network of 17 nationwide POPs, and over 2,000 underlying vendors, making it commercially available in over 95% markets nationwide.

UNSi is currently offering a special introductory summer promotion for SIF bundled with Ethernet over Copper. Please contact a UNSi representative for special pricing or call 855.UNSi.999 or email partnerships@unsi.net.

ABOUT UNITED NETWORK SERVICES (UNSi)
UNSi is a national carrier with a next generation network providing extensive MPLS and Ethernet solutions. Leveraging a flexible and intelligent network with unparalleled reach, UNSi offers custom managed services to layer on top of transport services — offering a total network solution all on one bill, for businesses with multiple locations. UNSi’s services are backed by 24×7 US-based NOCs, 17 strategic regional POPs, over 100,000 lit buildings, 90+ NNI’s, and the largest broadband aggregation database. We provide intelligent carrier grade solutions with the industry’s most extensive reach, to enterprise and carrier customers alike.
UNSi sells through direct & indirect channels, including wholesale, as well as directly to tech savvy companies of all sizes and IT Professionals who rely on UNSi to provide reliable and efficient solutions for their network infrastructure.

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Media Contact:
Paula Como Kauth
Director of Marketing, UNSi
Mobile: 215.932.1046
pckauth@unsi.net