Undersea broadband joins Terremark's NAP of the Americas

December 22, 2005; 01:48 PM

Miami, FL. December 22, 2005 – New World Network, the principal owner of ARCOS announced that it has signed a multi-year contract to establish a point of presence at Terremark’s NAP of the Americas. 

Terremark Worldwide, Inc. is a leading operator of integrated Tier-1 Internet exchanges and a global provider of managed IT infrastructure solutions for government and private sectors.
 
 “Columbus Communications, new owner of New World Network, continues its strategic investment & expansion program in the region. Establishing our own presence at the NAP of Americas enables us to offer our customers a seamless solution into Florida’s principal Telecom Hub,” said Paul Scott, President and COO of New World Network. Paul Scott added “Terremark’s secured platform and the critical-mass of carriers combined with the managed services that Terremark provides its customers are some of the reasons why we selected Terremark.”
 
 “We are delighted to be able to provide New World Network and Columbus Communications with the ability to provide their customers with a viable solution that is secured and reliable as they carry out their expansion program in the Caribbean and Latin America,” said Manuel D. Medina, Chairman and CEO of Terremark Worldwide Inc.
About Columbus Communications
Columbus Communications Inc. is a Barbados-based corporation that holds controlling interests in a number of telecommunications providers in the Caribbean including New World Network, Cable Bahamas Ltd., Caribbean Crossings Ltd., Merit Communications Ltd., FibraLink Jamaica Ltd. and the Cable Company of Trinidad and Tobago.

About New World Network
New World Network is a wholesale services provider that offers advanced, high-speed bandwidth capacity to telecommunications companies and Internet Service Providers. The company's Americas Region Caribbean Optical-ring System (ARCOS) is the leading undersea broadband fiber-optic cable network connecting the U.S., Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. New World Network is principally owned by Columbus Communications Ltd., based in Bridgeton, Barbados. New World Network's Website is www.nwncable.com. Telephone: 1-786-274-7400.

About Terremark Worldwide, Inc.
Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (AMEX:TWW) is a leading operator of integrated Tier-1 Internet exchanges and a global provider of managed IT infrastructure solutions for government and private sectors. Terremark delivers its portfolio of services from seven locations in the U.S., Europe and Latin America and from four service aggregation and distribution locations, which aggregate network traffic and distribute network-based services in Europe and Asia to meet specific customer needs. Terremark’s flagship facility, the NAP of the Americas, is the model for the carrier-neutral Internet exchanges the company has in Santa Clara, California (NAP of the Americas/West), in Sao Paulo, Brazil (NAP do Brasil and in Madrid, Spain (NAP de las Americas - Madrid). The carrier-neutral NAP of the Americas is a state-of-the-art facility that provides exchange point, collocation and managed services.  Terremark is headquartered at 2601 S. Bayshore Drive, 9th Floor, Miami, Florida USA, (305) 856-3200. More information about Terremark Worldwide can be found at www.terremark.com.