Lighthouse
Communications Partners with Global Messaging Solutions
As Its eMail Provider
The Midwest's
premier provider of high-performance Internet solutions and
broadband communications for businesses and organizations
chooses GMSI to host thousands of eMail accounts.
OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS
(March 1st, 2002)-- Global Messaging Solutions, Inc.
(GMSI) today announced that it has signed an agreement with Des
Moines, Iowa based Lighthouse Communications (Lighthouse) to
become a strategic partner and exclusive provider of eMail to
Lighthouse business and consumer accounts. Lighthouse provides
high-performance Internet connectivity, broadband communication
solutions, hosting solutions and secure VPN networks for
businesses and organizations throughout the Midwest.
In order to respond to rapid
customer base expansion as well as the demand for quality eMail
services, Lighthouse will outsource their messaging
infrastructure to GMSI. Through this partnership, Lighthouse is
able to generate new revenue streams and offer a more reliable,
scalable and feature-rich messaging product to their clients
while reducing time to market and capital investment. This
partnership is the first to embrace GMSI’s turnkey Affiliate
Program developed to allow xSP’s and communications companies to
take advantage of the revenue potential in the exploding
outsourced messaging market.
“Outsourcing our messaging
products to GMSI offers Lighthouse an opportunity to strengthen
our relationship with our customers and immediately improve our
bottom line,” stated Allen Sabbag, Chief Executive Officer of
Lighthouse. “Instead of investing more time and money into
building and managing a mission-critical messaging service,
Lighthouse can reduce capital and operating expenditures while
providing a larger suite of messaging services to our rapidly
growing client base. Our relationship with GMSI will allow us to
serve our customers more effectively, provide more robust and
reliable messaging technology and reduce expenses.”
GMSI’s Affiliate Program provides
strategic partners a hosted and integrated suite of messaging
products that can be custom branded, implemented in a variety of
configurations and marketed to customers and business partners.
Almost overnight, GMSI partners can augment their product lines
with a full-menu of compelling messaging products that include
hosted eMail and WebMail, Virus Gateway Protection Services,
eMail Store & Forward (backup eMail service), Wireless eMail,
and VideoMail.
“The development of our Affiliate
Program offers companies like Lighthouse a fully branded,
practically plug-and-play messaging solution that can
immediately create value for partners,” said William J.
Brunkhardt, Chief Executive Officer of GMSI. “Lighthouse is a
quality organization with the highest degree of integrity,
customer service and technical innovation. We are extremely
pleased to showcase our Affiliate Program within their
organization and formalize our business relationship. We look
forward to a long, mutually beneficial relationship with such a
first-class organization.”
About Lighthouse Communications
Lighthouse Communications is the
Midwest's premier provider of high-performance Internet
connectivity, broadband communication solutions, hosting
solutions and secure VPN networks for businesses and
organizations throughout the Midwest. With headquarters in Des
Moines, Iowa, Lighthouse has offices in St. Louis, Kansas City,
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Omaha and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Dedicated to
customer service, integrity and innovation, Lighthouse
solutions are redefining the way companies use the Internet. For
more information, please visit
http://www.lh.net or
call (515) 244-1115.
About Global Messaging
Solutions, Inc.
Global Messaging Solutions, Inc.
is an innovative MSP (Messaging Service Provider) based in
Overland Park, Kansas that provides enterprise-class eMail and
messaging solutions to ISPs, ASPs, CLECs, web portals,
telecommunication carriers, wireless carriers and other
businesses and organizations. For more information, or to
contact GMSI, please visit the company’s website at
http://www.gmsi1.com
or call (913) 338-3000.