Scoops Capacity Magazine award for second year running
London, UK — 15 November 2007 — Interoute, owner of Europe’s most advanced next-generation voice and data network, has won the award for Pan-European Wholesale Telecoms Provider at the Capacity awards. The ceremony, held in Amsterdam on 12 November, was the second year in succession that Interoute has won the Pan-European Wholesale Telecoms Provider category.
The panel of judges was impressed by the sheer size and scale of Interoute’s next-generation network. It is the largest and most advanced voice and data network in Europe, stretching between 85 cities in 22 countries and including 20 Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) and 8 data centres in key European cities. It has a significant presence in both Western and Eastern Europe, and has grown its reach through acquisitions such as the CECOM network which helped Interoute capitalise on the growing demand for communications services in Central and Eastern Europe and use as a springboard to new markets such as Turkey and Ukraine.
Gareth Williams, Interoute’s CEO said “To win this award once is fantastic, to win it two years in succession is a real endorsement of what we as a company have achieved. We own and manage THE Pan European Next Generation Network and have invested heavily in enhancing this as a platform for our customers whilst expanding our network to serve both the traditional and the emerging markets of Europe” The Capacity magazine award comes just months after Interoute triumphed at the Global Telecoms Business Awards, where it won the award for innovation in the voice/data convergence category, for the company’s unified communications platform, Interoute One.
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Notes to editors About Interoute
Interoute is the owner operator of Europe's most advanced and densely connected voice and data network, encompassing over 54,000 kms of lit fibre. Its full-service next generation network serves more than 12,000 customers across a broad range of sectors from finance to retail and every major European incumbent, as well as the major operators of North America, East and South Asia, governments, universities and research agencies. These organisations find Interoute the ideal partner for hosting content, providing wholesale transit services, corporate access or creating new services. With established operations throughout mainland Europe, North America and Dubai Interoute also owns and operates dense city networks throughout Europe's major business centres. More than €1 billion in e-commerce transactions flows through its data centres each day, making Interoute a key part of Europe’s Digital Supply Chain. www.interoute.com