Mosaic Communications

Also known as Moscom, or as Mozcom, is the first commercial internet service provider in the Philippines.

Brief History

Established in August 1994 by Dr. Willy N. Gan and Dr. William T. Torres, Mozcom was the result of a successful project undertaken by Computer Networks Systems Corporation (ComNet), Dr. Gan's company.

In 1993, ComNet was contracted by the Department of Science and Technology (DoST) to design and set up a wide-area network (WAN) connecting various local universities and research organizations with each other and to the Internet. Mozcom was the commercial offshoot of this project, becoming the first Internet Service Provider (ISP) to offer different levels of connectivity to corporate and individual users. The Philippines' first leased line connection to the Internet thus became "online" on March 29, 1994.

The Mozcom nationwide pure-IP backbone was the first of its kind, and to this day, provides the infrastructure that runs corporate virtual private networks (VPNs), the campus network of the major educational and research institutions, and provides true dial-up roaming for mobile users from Northern Luzon to Southern Mindanao. The Mozcom Network (MozNet) was the 1st to introduce global roaming to the country through iPass. High-speed wired (copper,fiber) and wireless (microwave,satellite) links from different telephone companies provide true network redundancy.

MozNet is connected to the Internet via multiple DS3's circuits. It has direct peering arrangements with UUNet, Philippine Internet Exchange(PHIX), Globe Internet Exchange (GIX) and Bayantel National Internet Gaming Exchange (NIGX). As an Akamai Accelerated Network Partner, MozNet offers customers high-speed access to popular websites. [1]

External links

* [http://www.mozcom.com Official website]

References

* [1] [http://www.mozcom.com Official website]