I get the distinct feeling that some here thought they'd get a 'quick flip'
and have either forgotten or don't know what GBLX is building.
It's meaningful (to me) that, in the article about WCOM from
your link, it states WCOM is beefing up co-location operations & ventures.
From that article:
With the launch of its "generation d" initiative, MCI WorldCom said it will redirect much of its $8 billion to $10 billion annual capital budget into new technologies and services as it bulks up its hosting and co-location operations and ventures into other, uncharted fields.
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Colocation Will Grow to US$ 5.4 Billion Market in Europe by End of 2001 Due to
the Demand From the E-business Economy, According to a New Independent Report From The Phillips Group
LONDON, Apr 13, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Phillips Group, the international
comms consultancy, is today launching its new report, Towards Unified
Communication Exchanges - Colocation and Beyond, which predicts that the
Colocation market in Europe will experience accelerated growth across Europe
over the next 18-24 months, and grow to US$ 5.4 Billion in value, due to the
massive need for colocation facilities from the e-Business economy.
The study shows that demand for colocation space is still outstripping supply
because of the dramatic growth in e-Business. Application Service Providers,
Internet Service Providers, Web-Hosting companies and corporates requiring
dedicated Internet access without the cost of a leased line, now use colocation
facilities, both carrier owned and carrier neutral.
Key players are entering the colocation market from both real estate as well as
telecommunications background and include Global Switch, IP Powerhouse,
Telecity, and Telehouse SpeedPort (owned by Versatel), Global Crossing, Above
Net, Teleglobe and Infonet among many others. Now incumbent operators, global
network providers, competitive local exchange carriers and large ISPs are
beginning to build and operate their own facilities, and a reseller market too
is emerging.
The metropolitan operator COLT, for instance, offers colocation for its own
wholesale and retail customers in the business districts of most major European
cities. The pan-European carrier, GTS has recently announced plans to build
colocation facilities across Europe, and European carriers Iaxis and Carrier 1
have also entered into a joint venture, called HubCo to build colocation
services. Other carriers such as Level3 and KPNQwest are following suit.
Nicola Ainsworth, senior consultant at The Phillips Group and the lead
consultant for the research said: "We are moving away from a colocation model
based on pure facilities, to one providing tenants with high quality networks
facilitating e-Business. This model will eventually migrate beyond data centres
towards Unified Communications Exchanges."
Colocation is the physical location of a carrier's or ISP's switching equipment
either in a facility owned by an independent company or a network-owning
carrier. Increasingly it refers to the location of a server or web server owned
by a web-hosting company, an ASP, an ICP, an ISP or a corporate in a facilities
management centre.
The success of independent colocation providers was primarily due to the
reluctance of incumbent operators to offer colocation for interconnection
purposes. Independent `telehousing' could only be found in the major cities of
London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Paris but companies offering independent
facilities soon announced ambitious rollout plans throughout Europe prompting
other companies to follow suit. The UK has led the colocation market in terms of
growth, venture capital and roll out of facilities.
Carriers began to offer colocation to their own network customers, in some cases
building their own facilities, but many have taken suite space in independent
facilities in order to resell. The report found that carriers are now
implementing their own rollout plans for colocation facilities.
The colocation market in Europe has grown exponentially over the past 12 months
and a new lexicon has evolved to describe these services. The term 'Data Centre'
has become common amongst both independent providers and carriers offering
colocation and illustrates the move towards an internet-centric model.
Pricing for colocation space, both in terms of racks and suites has remained
high. This is in part due to continued high demand and partly due to additional
services such as 1st and 2nd line maintenance being offered and bundled in with
the actual space.
The report examines a number of mission critical issues surrounding the
continued evolution of colocation facilities including build plan and costs,
security, power supply, finance and pricing. The Phillips Group envisions that
beyond colocation and data centres, e-Business will eventually be transacted
across a connected universe of web-provisioned applications facilitated by a new
model of unified communications exchanges.
Towards Unified Communication Exchanges - Colocation and Beyond is available
from The Phillips Group - contact kprior@the-phillips-group.com Price
(pound)1,995.00 (html or adobe pdf version (pound)4,245.00)
The Phillips Group will also be hosting a conference in London this summer - The
Colocation Summit (June 28-30th).
Information on The Phillips Group:
The Phillips Group is an international comms consultancy with offices in London,
Washington DC and New Jersey and offers niche consultancy services that deliver
professional advice and informed decision support for telecommunications
operators, service providers, e-markets, new entrants, next generation service
providers and regulatory bodies. The consultancy group is composed of practices
and research groups in Pricing, e-Business, e-Business Applications and Law, ASP
Markets and Mobile Content.
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