a couple of news items this morning
LONDON and WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 1999--
London Data Center to be Operational by Year-end 1999
Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Paris Centers to Be Complete by Mid-2000
Global TeleSystems Group, Inc. (GTS) (Nasdaq:GTSG.O; Frankfurt:GTS;
Easdaq:GTSG), one of the leading providers of borderless broadband
communications services across Europe and beyond, today announced that
it is developing four data and web hosting centers in Europe.
The first of these is expected to be operational in London by
year-end 1999. Additional centers in Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Paris
are scheduled to be operational during the first half of 2000.
According to H. Brian Thompson, chairman and chief executive
officer of GTS: "Data and web hosting centers are a natural extension
of our strategy to meet the end-to-end needs of the web- and
Euro-centric content, service and applications providers who are
leading the Internet and multimedia age in Europe. In addition to
carrying their international traffic on our network, we can host and
distribute their applications, support their E-commerce activities and
provide easy peering arrangements.
"This announcement goes hand in hand with our City Enterprise
Network (CEN) plans. By extending our high capacity fiber network deep
into Europe's cities and then putting our data and web hosting centers
'on-net,' we can offer tremendous flexibility, scalability and speed
to our customers and act as an integrated one-stop shop."
GTS data and web hosting centers will provide server co-location,
dedicated and shared web hosting, transit and electronic commerce
services to customers. The centers will also provide secure space and
robust IP transit for ISPs and content providers. Delivered over
Europe's most robust IP backbone, transit will be at speeds up to 100
gigabits per second.
The GTS network is supplemented by numerous private and public
peering arrangements so content can be delivered seamlessly from GTS
data and web hosting centers to virtually any destination in Europe
without first routing through the United States. North American and
global transit are, nonetheless, also available.
Further, the centers will provide network and Internet
connectivity and the facility to cross-connect with other service
providers.
Commenting on the launch of the data and web hosting centers,
Amit Pau, president of GTS IP Services, said: "These centers add
significant additional value to our IP business. We will efficiently
and securely manage traffic flows and exchange all types of traffic
from web content providers, application service providers, systems
integrators, ISPs and other IP and data intensive organizations."
GTS data and web hosting center services will include secure
server co-location, dedicated and shared web hosting and support
interactive client e-business with end users.
Pau continued: "The combination of these new centers with GTS's
trans-European fiber network will allow GTS to provide small- and
medium-sized enterprises with a more cost-effective range of Internet
applications delivered with the service performance and assurance of a
committed pan-European partner. Larger and more web-centric customers
will benefit from the flexibility afforded by GTS's end-to-end
facility offerings."
LONDON and WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 1999--Global
TeleSystems Group, Inc. (GTS) (Nasdaq:GTSG.O; Frankfurt:GTS;
Easdaq:GTSG), one of the leading providers of borderless broadband
communications services across Europe and beyond, is today celebrating
the World Communications Award for "Best Wholesale Carrier."
The prestigious award recognizes "successful innovation and
service excellence in the rapidly emerging wholesale or 'carrier's
carrier' sectors" with a particular emphasis on "the network
operators, service providers, and carriers undergoing the most radical
change."
The presentation took place at an October 10 awards dinner in
Geneva, Switzerland in conjunction with the International
Telecommunications Union's (ITU's) Telecom 99 exhibition. The event,
billed as the first-ever global stage for recognizing excellence in
telecommunications, was organized by EMAP Media and sponsored by,
among others, the Wall Street Journal Europe, Cisco Systems, Lucent
Technologies and the Internet Society.
Speaking in Geneva, Gerard Caccappolo, president of GTS Carrier
Services, said: "I am proud that we have been recognized by our peers
for not only the quality of our network and our innovative use of
leading-edge technologies, but also for our commitment to providing
guaranteed service quality and to finding the best solution for each
customer's complex needs."
Kevin Power, president of GTS Wholesale Services, added: "While
this has been a successful year for our international wholesale
business, we have even bigger plans for the rest of 1999 and 2000. We
are expanding our sales team across Europe and into the United States
and launching new high quality 'on-net' termination services over our
pan-European backbone and interconnect facilities."
and a news conference on Wednesday:
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13
GENEVA - Telecom 99 and Interactive 99 conference. For
details see Web site itu.int
Access and distribution panel with Sun Microsystems <SUNW.O>
CEO Scott McNeally.
Mobile communications panel with Motorola <MOT.N> chairman
and chief executive Christopher Galvin, Globalstar <GSTRF.O>
president Anthony Navarra, Matsushita Communication Industrial
<6781.T> president Takashi Kawada and Qualcomm <QCOM.O> chairman
and CEO Irwin Jacobs.
News conferences by GTE Bell Atlantic <BEL.N> <GTE.N>, 3Com
<COMS.O>, Global TeleSystems <GTSG.O>, Worldspace, Mannesmann
<MMNGn.DE>, Atos <SEGN.PA>, Inmarsat, Surf Communications
<BOSC.O>, 3M <MMM.N>. |
