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Verizon last week launched an enterprise business unit formed following the company's acquisition of MCI, as well as two service offerings intended to show integration between its wireline and wireless networks.
Verizon Business, as the new unit is called, combines the enterprise and government customer base of MCI with Verizon's former Enterprise Solutions Group. It will focus on providing telecom and Internet services, including optical network products and data services such as frame relay, ATM and private line. Ninety-four percent of Fortune 500 companies are already customers of the unit, Verizon says.
In addition to traditional voice and data services, Verizon Business will offer enterprise customers managed WAN and LAN services,VoIP services and telecom equipment. Building on MCIs "robust suite" of VoIP services,VoIP will be a major area of focus for Verizon Business, says Ed McGuinness, chief marketing officer.
The two services launched last week are Enterprise Mobility solutions...