TANDBERG Selects Verizon Business to Support Advanced Global Collaboration

Oslo (ots/PRNewswire) -

- Managed Private IP Network Supports High Bandwidth and Visual
Communication Among 50 Sites Worldwide

TANDBERG, a leading global provider of telepresence,
high-definition video conferencing, and mobile video products and
services, has selected a Verizon Business Private IP solution for the
company's worldwide corporate communications network. The fully
managed solution will connect 50 of TANDBERG's key sites around the
world, helping the company to collaborate effectively both internally
and with its customers, suppliers and partners.

TANDBERG has almost 1,500 employees worldwide, working from dual
headquarters in New York and Norway, and from global offices across
Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America. TANDBERG
conducts more than 2,500 video-conference meetings daily to drive its
business success and connect its global workforce without the need to
travel. The company's mission is to change the way people
communicate, and, by using its own visual communications technology,
TANDBERG is better able to equip its own employees to support their
customers.

Torbjorn Eeg Larsen, chief information officer for TANDBERG,
said: "We practice what we preach. Our employees rely on our visual
communications tools as a natural way to collaborate. We needed a
network that could support our internal and external communications
needs, and Verizon Private IP has the global reach, scalability,
capacity and security to meet our evolving IP communications needs.
The network enables us to bring together our employees face-to-face,
no matter where they are located, helping us to build and foster
virtual teams and collaborative working practices to drive business
success."

Verizon Business is consolidating TANDBERG's global network
infrastructure to a single IP circuit, supporting high-bandwidth
visual communication, as well as high-capacity data exchange as part
of the company's ongoing software development and innovation
programs. Verizon Business is providing full management services, as
well as stringent service-level agreements to support the efficient
delivery of mission-critical data.

Blair Crump, Verizon Business group president of worldwide sales,
said: "TANDBERG's global success is built on enabling innovation in
collaboration, and the company exemplifies how Internet
protocol-based visual communications can become integral to daily
business success. Verizon Private IP offers a secure, reliable and
high-speed foundation to support our multinational customers'
evolving IP-based communications needs; but just as importantly, we
have the global reach and capabilities to deliver high-quality
support wherever and whenever our global customers need it."

About TANDBERG

TANDBERG is a leading global provider of telepresence,
high-definition video conferencing and mobile video products and
services with dual headquarters in New York and Norway. TANDBERG
designs, develops and markets systems and software for video, voice
and data. The company provides sales, support and value-added
services in more than 90 countries worldwide. TANDBERG is publicly
traded on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker TAA.OL. Please
visit www.tandberg.com for more information.

About Verizon Business

Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), is
a global leader in communications and IT solutions. We combine
professional expertise with the world's most connected IP network to
deliver award-winning communications, IT, information security and
network solutions. We securely connect today's extended enterprises
of widespread and mobile customers, partners, suppliers and employees
- enabling them to increase productivity and efficiency and help
preserve the environment. Many of the world's largest businesses and
governments - including 96 percent of the Fortune 1000 and thousands
of government agencies and educational institutions - rely on our
professional and managed services and network technologies to
accelerate their business. Find out more at www.verizonbusiness.com.

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Contact:
Clare Ward, Verizon Business, +44-0-118-905-3501,
clare.ward@verizonbusiness.com; or Stefanie Scott, +1-512-495-6730,
stefanie.scott@verizon.com, for Verizon Business