ancotel GmbH, a Frankfurt-based operator of one of Europe’s largest (if not thee) interconnection and colocation facility announce the acquisition of LIDARC, the Long Island Data and Recovery Center – a long-Island based colocation and interconnection facility located at 1025 Old Country Road (1025 OCR) in Westbury on Long Island in New York. 

The company will mark the occassion with a press conference, to be held on July 1 at 10am EDT at the facility which will feature ancotel’s management team as well as a varied group of elected officials representing New York State, Nassau County and the town of N. Hempstead on Long Island.    Representatives include Jon Kaiman, the North Hempstead Town Supervisor, Ed Eisenstein the Commissioner/Chief Inforamtion Officer for Nassau County and Joseph J. Galante, the Assistant Comptroller for Intergovernmental & Community Affairs on behalf of the State Comptroller, Thomas D. DiNapoli.

Media and interested parties are encouraged to attend the event on July 1 at 1025 OCR in Westbury, which will be followed by facility site tours and a luncheon in the building’s atrium.  The event will also be available via a live video streaming on the web accessible at http://www.jaymiescotto.com/ancotel.php - the feed will be live starting right before 10am EDT – questions from virtual participants will be taken via the online video portal text/message box.  To participate simply join the conference by going to the website noted above.  For more information about the event, ancotel, the facility and its plans – briefings are available by emailing pr@jaymiescotto.com.

The press release in its entirety is below: 

ancotel  Group Founds New Telehouse at 1025 Old Country Road, Long Island, New York

Facility to be developed into a key interconnection hub for connectivity between North America and Europe

Westbury, NY U.S.A. - June 30, 2010 – Frankfurt-based ancotel GmbH, operators of the largest and most important telecommunications and data network hub in Europe, announces today that it has acquired LIDARC (“Long Island Data and Recovery Center”), a Long Island-based colocation and interconnection facility located at 1025 Old Country Road (‘1025 OCR’), Westbury, NY.  This acquisition marks ancotel’s first foray into the United States’ data center and colocation market.  The company will leverage Long Island’s telecommunications infrastructure to provide invaluable communication opportunities throughout the Long Island and New York metro area to become the preferred gateway to Europe’s number one telehouse. 

Long Island serves as a key landing point for submarine cables that connect North America to Europe.  Until recently, network infrastructure has often bypassed Long Island to traverse into and through Manhattan. Jason Schafer, Senior Analyst Datacenters for Tier1 Research comments, “Downtown Manhattan has been facing datacenter, power, and real-estate capacity constraints, which is pushing business outwards from downtown to areas such as northern NJ and Long Island.”  In addition, many companies today require diverse routing around New York City as well as lower latency connectivity for critical communications and financial trading applications between Europe, South America and Asia. 

“ancotel is known as one of the most successful companies for telehousing and interconnection services in the world,” states John Reynolds, Managing Director of ancotel USA and former Managing Director of LIDARC.  “The company is committed to its investment on Long Island.  They have plans to transform this facility into a critical meet-me-point for companies, cable operators, carriers, service providers and international companies. This will create jobs in the area and attract an array of industries, such as health care, financial, media and content providers, to Nassau County.  We believe that this facility will be the spark that lights the flame of economic development on Long Island.”

Geography plays an important role in today’s communications age.  With more companies requiring global direct connectivity for voice, data and video traffic, proximity to service providers and applications are increasingly significant.   Data center facilities have become a key ingredient in the success of global enterprise businesses IT infrastructure.   Until ancotel USA’s telehouse opening, Long Island’s data center and colocation market has been overlooked for other geographic locations.  This is why ancotel is committed to establish 1025 Old Country Road in Westbury, NY as the preferred gateway to Europe’s number one telehouse.

“We have been looking at the U.S. data center market for quite some time now,” comments K.-J. Orth, Managing Director of ancotel GmbH and Chief Marketing Officer of ancotel USA, LLC.  “With this acquisition, our proven expertise will enable this facility, located in the most eastern point in the United States, to offer direct interconnectivity to and between trans-Atlantic, Caribbean and Latin American submarine cable systems as well as leading nationwide and global network operators. As a result, ancotel USA will usher in a new dimension of global network interconnection capabilities.”

ancotel will unveil its plans for its colocation and interconnection facility at 1025 Old Country Road, Westbury, New York on Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 10:00am EDT at a press conference on-site.  To access the press conference virtually, please click here or go to http://www.jaymiescotto.com/ancotel.php.  For more information about ancotel, please visit www.ancotel.com.  For information about the press conference and to attend in person or virtually, please contact pr@jaymiescotto.com.

About ancotel

ancotel GmbH, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, operates the largest and most significant telecommunications and data hub in Europe. The ancotel group provides international carriers and providers with a central and high-performing marketplace for their broadband and communication services. As an independent company, ancotel is a leading provider of services involving carrier-neutral colocation, telehousing and interconnection. Founded in 1999, ancotel now encompasses almost 400 telecommunications and data carriers. Telephone and Internet providers are linked with one another through the physical and virtual ancotel meet me rooms (mmr), and use them to conduct their operations. In addition to its traditional physical cross-connections using fiber-optic, coaxial and twisted-pair copper cables, ancotel also relies on virtual mmr platforms and managed services. ancotel is headquartered in Frankfurt with branches in London, Hong Kong, New York City and an independent telehouse in Westbury, New York. ancotel’s reference customers include 1&1, Arcor, AT&T, BSO Network Solutions, BT, Cable & Wireless, China Telecom, Colt Technology Services GmbH, DE-CIX, Deutsche Telekom, Elion, France Telecom, Global Crossing, GTS Energis, iBasis, HanseNet, Interoute Germany, Kabel Deutschland, KDDI Corporation, KPN, KT Corporation Korea, LANCK Telecom, Linx Telecommunications, NTT Communications, Plusnet GmbH, RETN, Swisscom, Tata Communications, Telekom Austria, Telecom Italia, Telefonica O2, Telekom Austria, TeliaSonera, TEO Litauen, Türk Telekomunikasyon, Verizon and WiTCOM.

Ever visit a rural town where few tourists tread and then, coincidentally, the name of the town seems to appear in your news headlines, over and over again?

It was literally one year today that Hibernia Atlantic, JS&A and members of the local media gathered in Portrush, one of the most northern towns on the tip of Northern Ireland. We were there to welcome Hibernia Atlantic’s next-generation, high capacity TransAtlantic cable that was literally being pulled ashore at Portrush to connect Northern Ireland to North America.

As per the telecom headlines, this new, modern cable network is indeed news worthy – as it adds additional and much needed capacity to support local and global companies. The transAtlantic pipe will connect 13 local towns and connect through to Dublin and Europe as well.

This weekend, Portrush got another spotlight cast upon the town as Graeme McDowell, a 30-year old pro golfer from Portrush, won the 110th US Open in Pebble Beach.

A Northern Islander has never won this golf championship and in fact, McDowell is the first European in 40 years to capture the U.S. Open title.

And as per WorldGolf.com, this recent exposure is calling the town of Portrush “a can’t-miss stop on your next Northern Ireland golf vacation.”

So congrats to Mr. McDowell and all the folks in the lovely town of Portrush. Here’s to a town that continues to make global headlines- and continues to serve as a connection point for North America and Europe.

Hibernia’s secure Global Financial Network (GFN) for high performance, protected connectivity between Frankfurt and Chicago. Deutsche Börse Systems chose Hibernia’s GFN because of its full route diversity throughout the entire transAtlantic, long-haul network, as well as down to the local metro loop level. The new high capacity route will serve Deutsche Börse Group’s large financial client base. The route also avoids highly congested network areas, such as around the New York and London waterways, thereby offering security through physical diversity.

As a leading technology service provider in the financial sector, Deutsche Börse Systems offers a wide range of solutions to optimize the processes and systems of financial service and global capital markets providers. The Deutsche Börse Systems network architecture provides the required low latency, high capacity and failsafe robustness. The new GFN high-bandwidth link Frankfurt–Chicago will be integrated into Deutsche Börse Systems’ backbone network, further improving routing diversity and latency performance.

“With the optimization and diversification of our ultra low latency network between the major financial hubs in Europe and the US, we provide a real benefit to our customers.” states Michael Girg, Director Networks Support of Deutsche Börse Systems. “Partnering with Hibernia for the critical transAtlantic routes gives us the flexibility and diverse connectivity needed to meet the most stringent demands of financial networks.”

Built upon 24,000 kilometers of fiber optic cable, with diversity at every level of the network, the GFN has over 100 Points ofPresence (POPs) throughout North America and Europe. With its unique combination of unprecedented diversity and low latency, Hibernia’s GFN offers some of the most reliable and fastest financial routes in the marketplace.

“Any network outage or lagging latency can translate to the loss of millions on the trading floors,” states Eric Gutshall, EVP of Sales and Marketing of Hibernia Atlantic. “We’ve engineered the GFN specifically to address the demanding performance requirements of the financial sectors, further ensuring our clients maintain their competitive advantages. We are committed to our industry-leading SLAs and to delivering active services very fast.”

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About Hibernia Atlantic’s GFN:

Hibernia Atlantic’s Global Financial Network (GFN) is a financial exchange connectivity division of Hibernia Atlantic, the Trans-Atlantic, high-bandwidth, connectivity provider. Built on over 24,000 kilometers of network, GFN connects the world’s largest exchanges’ datacenters to its direct participants through secure and diverse dedicated, high bandwidth, ultra low-latency Ethernet and optical-level service from 1-GigE, 10-GigE, LanPhy wavelengths and traditional SONET/SDH services. Utilizing the Hibernia Atlantic diverse and secure backbone, GFN offers world-leading broker dealers, hedge funds, market data providers and other financial firms over 100 Points of Presence (PoPs) into key capital market cities in the US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Ireland and mainland Europe. For more information, please visit www.hiberniagfn.com.

About Hibernia Atlantic:

Hibernia Atlantic is the only American-owned, diverse transAtlantic high bandwidth connectivity provider. Hibernia is a subsidiary of Columbia Ventures Corporation (CVC). It is a transAtlantic submarine cable and terrestrial fiber network that offers over 100 redundant network Points of Presence (PoPs) throughout Canada, US, UK and mainland Europe on over 24,000 kilometers of network. Hibernia provides secure and diverse dedicated Ethernet, DTM and optical-level service up to GigE, 10G and LanPhy wavelengths and traditional SONET/SDH services. In addition, Hibernia offers wholesale capacity prices, unparalleled support, flexibility and service. For more information on Hibernia Atlantic’s cutting-edge network or to view their corporate video, please visit

www.hiberniaatlantic.com.

For Hibernia Atlantic business inquiries, please contact Melissa Butler at 908-988-1990 or melissa.butler@hiberniaatlantic.com.

To view Hibernia’s corporate overview video, please click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0xVMLEfFrk&eurl=

For Hibernia Atlantic media inquiries, please contact:

Jaymie Scotto & Associates

+1.866.695.3629

pr@jaymiescotto.com

About Deutsche Börse Systems:
A Deutsche Börse Group company, Deutsche Börse Systems is an IT service provider for developing and operating IT systems. As the leading technology provider in the financial sector, Deutsche Börse Systems offers its customers a high degree of reliability, speed, innovation and cost efficiency. The company is also a service provider for other Deutsche Börse Group segments. Deutsche Börse Systems also offers a wide range of solutions to optimize processes and systems for financial service providers for other international exchanges and partners. Deutsche Börse Systems also maintains a data center in Chicago via the wholly-owned subsidiary Deutsche Börse Systems Inc.

About Deutsche Börse Group:

Deutsche Börse Group is one of the world’s leading exchange organizations and provides investors, financial institutions and companies access to global capital markets. The business covers the entire process chain from securities and derivatives trading, clearing, settlement and custody, through to market data and the development and operation of electronic trading systems. For more information on Deutsche Börse Group please visit: www.deutsche-boerse.com.

Hibernia Atlantic will participate in the upcoming SIFMA Financial Services Technology Expo to be held June 22 – 24, 2010 at the Hilton New York Hotel. With over 8,000 attendees expected this year, this event will feature leading industry experts’ perspectives and visions, as well as showcase the latest technology solutions in the marketplace.

Stop by booth #1857 and see how Hibernia Atlantic’s Global Financial Network (GFN) addresses the high performance, low latency demands for the financial sector.

Global Financial Network Details:

• Built Upon 24,000 Kilometers of Fiber Optic Cable
• Exclusive network constructed on Hibernia’s current diverse footprint in key financial cities
• Diverse, secure and reliable dedicated (POS) connection
• Fast, active service, low-latency, high performance
• Rapid installation

To register for the event click here.

To schedule a meeting with the Hibernia GFN team please email: melissa.butler@hiberniaatlantic.com.

BTI Systems Introduces Ultra Low Latency Transponder with 20 Nanosecond Transit Time

Dual 10G Transponder Sets the Benchmark for Speed when Time Equals Money

OTTAWA, June 14, 2010 // As others tout speeds in milliseconds and microseconds, BTI Systems is raising the bar for 10G networks, setting the benchmark for ultra low latency route performance with 20 nanosecond transit time in network deployments. The ability to transmit information in nanoseconds meets the needs of service providers and enterprises where ultra low latency connectivity is required to maintain a competitive advantage. Businesses including financial firms conducting direct access trades on the Electronic Communications Network, high-frequency trading applications, and cloud networks running delay-sensitive applications are built on speed of transactions.

Available today, the Low Latency Dual 10G Transponder is optimized to ensure rapid system processing and transparent transmission for 10GE, 10G Fibre Channel and wavelength services. Validated through customer network testing, BTI Systems Low Latency 10G Dual Transponder adds a mere 20-30 nanosecond delay in transmission. This value is equivalent to 6 meters of fiber cable, adding virtually no latency into the network. The 10G DTPR-L, along with EDFA amplifiers and FBG Dispersion Compensation Modules provides an optimized, engineered approach to low latency networking for campus, metro and regional applications. This portfolio capability enables network and service providers to address a diverse range of applications for on-demand services for communications, securing business-critical information, and collaborating with partners and content suppliers.

“In today’s competitive financial marketplace, speed matters. Reducing latency by mere microseconds can provide measurable advantages to traders and financial firms,” states Robert McMann, VP of Provisioning and Procurement for Hibernia Atlantic. “Hibernia’s Global Financial Network was specifically designed to deliver low latency, secure connectivity which is critical to the financial marketplace. Rapid transaction response is crucial and the ability of a network to handle equipment latency at nanosecond rates translates into millions of dollars for our customers.”

“Our design philosophy is to create industry-leading platforms providing high operational value that are simple to deploy,” said Robert Keys, chief architect, Optical, BTI Systems. “In part, this means a no-nonsense design tuned for rapid transmission. The 10G transponder solution epitomizes this approach and that translates directly into customer profitability.”

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About BTI Systems:

BTI Systems redefines service delivery with its packet-optical service platforms that help over 200 service provider and enterprise customers converge, transition and connect Ethernet, video and wireless data services in their metropolitan networks. The BTI Systems portfolio consists of the BTI 7000 Series packet optical networking platform, the BTI 700 Series Carrier Ethernet access portfolio, and the proNX Management Suite offering element, network, service management and strategic planning capabilities. BTI Systems has 180 employees at its headquarters in Ottawa and throughout its regional offices in Boston, Belfast and China. For more information, visit www.btisystems.com.

About Hibernia Atlantic’s GFN:

Hibernia Atlantic’s Global Financial Network (GFN) is a financial exchange connectivity division of Hibernia Atlantic, the Trans-Atlantic, high-bandwidth, connectivity provider. Built on over 24,000 kilometers of network, GFN connects the world’s largest exchanges’ datacenters to its direct participants through secure and diverse dedicated, high bandwidth, ultra low-latency Ethernet and optical-level service from 1-GigE, 10-GigE, LanPhy wavelengths and traditional SONET/SDH services. Utilizing the Hibernia Atlantic diverse and secure backbone, GFN offers world-leading broker dealers, hedge funds, market data providers and other financial firms over 100 Points of Presence (PoPs) into key capital market cities in the US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Ireland and mainland Europe. For more information, please visit www.hiberniagfn.com.

About Hibernia Atlantic:

Hibernia Atlantic is the only American-owned, diverse transAtlantic high bandwidth connectivity provider. Hibernia is a subsidiary of Columbia Ventures Corporation (CVC). It is a TransAtlantic submarine cable and terrestrial fiber network that offers over 100 redundant network Points of Presence (PoPs) throughout Canada, US, UK and mainland Europe on over 24,000 kilometers of network. Hibernia provides secure and diverse dedicated Ethernet, DTM and optical-level service up to GigE, 10G and LanPhy wavelengths and traditional SONET/SDH services. In addition, Hibernia offers wholesale capacity prices, unparalleled support, flexibility and service. For more information on Hibernia Atlantic’s cutting-edge network or to view their corporate video, please visit www.hiberniaatlantic.com.

For Hibernia Atlantic business inquiries, please contact Melissa Butler at 908-988-1990 or melissa.butler@hiberniaatlantic.com.

To view Hibernia’s corporate overview video, please click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0xVMLEfFrk&eurl=

For Hibernia Atlantic media inquiries, please contact:

Jaymie Scotto & Associates

+1.866.695.3629

pr@jaymiescotto.com

At today’s New York-New Belfast Conference, held at the Ritz Carlton New York in downtown NYC Bjarni Thorvardarson, the CEO of Hibernia Atlantic, spoke on the “The Compelling Proposition of Belfast” panel, sponsored by Northern Ireland Bureau.  Highlighting the strengths of Northern Ireland Mr. Thorvardarson also discussed the importance of the Project Kelvin infrastructure, an extensive submarine and terrestrial cable deployed by Hibernia Atlantic which directly connects Northern Ireland to North America.

“Hibernia Atlantic has been promoting the fibre optic cable throughout the island of Ireland,” stated Mr. Thorvardarson. “This has resulted in the recent announcement of Tibus, a subsidiary of UTV Media plc, as a partner for marketing and supporting the first ever fibre optic cable capacity to come directly into Northern Ireland directly from the USA. Other announcements have included, RTE selecting Hibernia Media, a subsidiary of Hibernia Atlantic, for high performance, fibre network capacity for international contribution links for its television news services and programmes. Locally, North West Electronics has expanded its wireless network with Hibernia Altantic’s fibre connectivity for Project Kelvin. So there are all sorts of interesting and wonderful things taking place because of Kelvin.”

“I also spoke at the New York – New Belfast Conference this week in New York City, which showcased various aspects of Northern Ireland, and provided businesses the opportunity to learn from best practice,” commented Mr. Thorvardarson. “This was a great opportunity to discuss how important the Kelvin infrastructure is when businesses are making a decision to locate in Northern Ireland.”

For more information please visit: www.hiberniaatlantic.com.

NORTH WEST ELECTRONICS WIRELESS TO EXTEND ITS WIRELESS NETWORK UTILIZING HIBERNIA ATLANTIC’S PROJECT KELVIN BUILD

HIGH CAPACITY EXPANSION MEETS GROWING INTERNET DEMAND THROUGHOUT IRELAND

SUMMIT, NJ & DUBLIN, IRELAND- May 24, 2010 - Hibernia Atlantic, the only diverse transAtlantic high bandwidth connectivity provider, announces today that North West Electronics (NWE), an innovative Internet Service Provider serving the North of Ireland, will expand its wireless network with Hibernia Atlantic’s fiber connectivity for Project Kelvin. As an early adopter in utilizing this high capacity cable, NWE Electronics can now offer wide-scale wireless Internet connectivity across Ireland to meet the growing demands of business customers and end-users.

Specializing in wireless capacity incorporating the very latest WiMAX secure wireless Internet technology, NWE Wireless offers customers affordable Internet connectivity throughout the North of Ireland such as in counties Antrim, Londonderry, Tyrone, Fermanagh in Northern Ireland and County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. With the additional capacity from Hibernia Atlantic, NWE Wireless can now address Internet connectivity needs throughout all of Ireland including Derry, Coleraine, Letterkenny, as well as Dublin. These new locations are connected by Hibernia Atlantic’s newly deployed terrestrial and international link, as financed by the EC INTERREG IVA programme called Project Kelvin.

“Our extensive fixed wireless network serves Ireland communities by providing high quality, secure broadband Internet services to commercial and residential users,” states Scott McClelland of North West Electronics. “By utilizing Hibernia’s new high capacity connectivity, we can now extend our service offering across the Island of Ireland, meeting the demands for quality high speed connectivity.”

“The NWE Wireless expansion is an example of how the Project Kelvin cable system, built to increase business opportunities and to strengthen the economy, offers Ireland a new wealth of capacity,” states Bjarni Thorvardarson, CEO of Hibernia Atlantic. “Committed to providing secure, high performance connectivity, Hibernia looks forward to further network expansion driving business for the island of Ireland.”

Project Kelvin is an extensive submarine and terrestrial cable deployment directly connecting the island of Ireland to North America. The initiative is to provide local and global commerce opportunities between the island of Ireland and the rest of the world, offering local and global businesses access to secure, ultra low latency capacity. Businesses can now increase their communications’ speed, performance and next-generation Internet service offerings while also increasing their network security, by avoiding traditionally congested routes such as around the New York and London waterways.

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For a map of Hibernia’s new high-capacity build throughout Ireland, please visit http://www.hiberniaatlantic.com/images/NIrelandMaps5-09_000.jpg

About Hibernia Atlantic:

Hibernia Atlantic is the only American-owned, diverse transAtlantic high bandwidth connectivity provider. Hibernia is a subsidiary of Columbia Ventures Corporation (CVC). It is a TransAtlantic submarine cable and terrestrial fiber network that offers over 100 redundant network Points of Presence (PoPs) throughout Canada, US, UK and mainland Europe on over 24,000 kilometers of network. Hibernia provides secure and diverse dedicated Ethernet, DTM and optical-level service up to GigE, 10G and LanPhy wavelengths and traditional SONET/SDH services. In addition, Hibernia offers wholesale capacity prices, unparalleled support, flexibility and service. For more information on Hibernia Atlantic’s cutting-edge network or to view their corporate video, please visit

www.hiberniaatlantic.com.

For Hibernia Atlantic business inquiries, please contact Melissa Butler at 908-988-1990 or email melissa.butler@hiberniaatlantic.com.

To view Hibernia’s corporate overview video, please click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0xVMLEfFrk&eurl=

For Hibernia Atlantic media inquiries, please contact:

Jaymie Scotto & Associates

+1.866.695.3629

pr@jaymiescotto.com

About North West Electronics Wireless:

Founded in 1991, North West Electronics Wireless is one of the newest and most innovative internet service providers in the North West of Ireland, providing the very latest secure wireless Internet technology across Ireland including areas traditionally overlooked by existing service providers. For more information on North West Electronics Wireless, please visit www.nwewn.com.

About Project Kelvin:

As a joint €30 million initiative between DETI and DCENR partly funded through the EC INTERREG IVA programme, Project Kelvin is providing the island of Ireland with its first direct 40Gigabit network and the ability to directly and securely connect to Canada, US, UK and mainland Europe.

Hibernia Atlantic Adds Tibus To Its Channel Reseller Program To Further Its Reach in Northern Ireland

This Platinum Level Partnership Extends Hibernia’s Presence

With a Recognized Market Leader

SUMMIT, NJ & DUBLIN, IRELAND- May 25, 2010- Hibernia Atlantic, the only diverse transAtlantic high bandwidth connectivity provider, announces it has selected Tibus, a web and networks services provider as its market partner in Northern Ireland. Hibernia Atlantic’s competitive channel partner program is designed to provide its partners with the latest in connectivity technology and superior support.

Tibus, a subsidiary of UTV Media plc with a wide product portfolio including managed services, hosting, content delivery, digital strategy and web development, reaches a diverse range of customers across many vertical markets throughout Ireland and the United Kingdom. With core services addressing the network needs of both public and private sectors ranging from small to medium enterprise, as well as with multi-national corporations, Tibus also manages the streaming provisions for UTV and a wide range of media clients across the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain.

Providing reliable, next-generation services for media, enterprise and wholesale clients, Hibernia’s product suite includes dedicated Ethernet and optical level service up to GigE, 10G and LanPhy wavelengths across a redundant and secure transAtlantic footprint. Additionally, with the impending completion of the Project Kelvin cable, Hibernia Atlantic will have further network access into key cities throughout Northern Ireland, connecting local businesses with high capacity to global marketplaces in London, mainland Europe and North America.

“Committed to the success of our channel resellers, the Hibernia team welcomes Tibus to our partner program,” states Fergus Innes, Vice President of Sales, EMEA at Hibernia. “Tibus’ wide market reach throughout Northern Ireland and across the United Kingdom complements Hibernia’s robust network connectivity providing ’security through diversity’ across this region.”

Andrew Maybin, Network Services Director at Tibus continues “We’re delighted to be selected by Hibernia as their partner in Northern Ireland. This transatlantic fibre connectivity is unique and hugely important in terms of the province’s competiveness in the global marketplace. We’re looking forward to working with companies wishing to invest in Northern Ireland as a location for their digital business. Making fibre optic capacity available to local businesses at an affordable price is equally as exciting to us. We are proud to partner with Hibernia to bring these services to existing and prospective businesses in Northern Ireland”.

For more information on Hibernia’s partner programs, email partners@hiberniaatlantic.com.

For the complete Hibernia Atlantic global network map and service offerings, please visit www.hiberniaatlantic.com.

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About Tibus:

Since 1996, Tibus has been helping clients throughout Ireland and the UK do better business by embracing the opportunities brought about by the Internet. Tibus’ core services include web design and development; content management systems; web hosting; and broadband for business. Tibus has been recognized with many awards in the areas of creativity, reliability, service excellence and business solutions, reinforcing its reputation as a pioneer in this industry. For more information on Tibus, please visit www.tibus.com.

About Hibernia Atlantic:

Hibernia Atlantic is the only American-owned, diverse transAtlantic high bandwidth

connectivity provider. Hibernia is a subsidiary of Columbia Ventures Corporation (CVC). It

is a TransAtlantic submarine cable and terrestrial fiber network that offers over 100 redundant network Points of Presence (PoPs) throughout Canada, US, UK and

mainland Europe on over 24,000 kilometers of network. Hibernia provides secure and

diverse dedicated Ethernet, DTM and optical-level service up to GigE, 10G and LanPhy

wavelengths and traditional SONET/SDH services. In addition, Hibernia offers wholesale

capacity prices, unparalleled support, flexibility and service. For more information on

Hibernia Atlantic’s cutting-edge network or to view their corporate video, please visit

www.hiberniaatlantic.com.

For Hibernia Atlantic business inquiries, please contact Melissa Butler at 908-988-1990 or melissa.butler@hiberniaatlantic.com.

To view Hibernia’s corporate overview video, please click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu_zxh1XP1E

NEW YORK, NY, USA – May 24, 2010 – UNIFI Communications, a leading US-based international carrier, and Interoute Communications, the owner/operator of Europe’s most advanced fiber network, today announced the signing of an agreement whereby Interoute will provide the landing solution in Italy for Albania’s first competitive undersea fiber optic cable, to be constructed as the first phase of UNIFI’s Balkans-Italy Network (“BIN”) project, which is expected to begin providing service in Albania by 1Q2011. 

Under the agreement, Interoute is responsible for providing the required facilities and support in Italy to allow UNIFI’s undersea cable to land and connect through Italy to major telecommunications Network Access Points (“NAPs”) located in Milan, Italy and Frankfurt, Germany.  Adrian Shatku, President and CEO of UNIFI, explained “We selected Interoute as our landing solution partner because Interoute has a competitive edge in terms of expertise, experience, and Europe’s most advanced network. Thanks to its network connections, Interoute also gives us the flexibility we need for the future, including the ability to connect with other network operators at the Italian cable landing station and throughout Europe.  With this flexibility, UNIFI can market and sell many types of network services, including wholesale Internet transport at up to Gigabit speeds, all types of other bandwidth services, and dark fiber connectivity to Albania from Italy or from other parts of Europe.  Naturally, our network will be built using the state-of-the-art fiber optic and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (‘DWDM’) technologies, providing virtually unlimited bandwidth capability and much needed diversity for Albania and eventually for the entire Balkan region.” 

According to UNIFI’s plans, the first phase of BIN aims to provide seamless optical connectivity into Tirana, the capital city of Albania, which is some 40 km inland from the 240 km Adriatic Sea crossing.  The next immediate steps for UNIFI will involve finalizing the selection of its undersea cable supplier, and meeting with potential partners that may be interested in modifying the cable configuration to include one or more branching units for expedited future connection of additional cable segments to other countries, such as Montenegro, Greece, or perhaps even Middle Eastern countries across the Mediterranean Sea. 

Also as a part of the first phase, UNIFI plans to establish Albania’s first NAP, which will facilitate interconnections among the country’s telecom operators and ISPs, and is expected to become a major telecommunications hub for the Balkan region.  To address region-wide market needs, UNIFI plans for subsequent phases of BIN to include development of additional terrestrial connectivity into the neighboring countries of Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Montenegro.  Such fiber links will stimulate the growth of connectivity into other regional markets, such as Bulgaria and Turkey. 

“As early as next week, UNIFI expects to begin providing more information about the BIN project to potential customers, including pre-construction bandwidth sales incentives for network transport services offerings in Albania,” noted Brian Crawford, Vice President of Business Development for UNIFI. 

Gareth Williams, CEO of Interoute, commented “Interoute is proud to be involved in this significant digital step for Albania and Eastern Europe.  It is a very exciting time for this region with many rapidly growing telecommunications markets.  The extra capacity and resilience provided by this new cable will support new business growth and should encourage investment in Albania and the surrounding countries.” 

About UNIFI Communications

UNIFI COMMUNICATIONS (pronounced “Unify” communications), , headquartered in New York City, USA, is a major international voice carrier and a leading provider of enhanced telecommunication services and solutions.  Service offerings include highly competitive wholesale voice termination services, pre-paid calling services partnerships (co-branding, marketing, and sales of partner services), solutions for enterprise  customers (pure IP phone systems, International SIP trunks, etc.), customized mobile solutions (messaging, roaming, etc.), and network infrastructure development services (satellite, terrestrial, undersea, wireless, etc.).  For more information, visit: www.unificom.com 

About Interoute 

Interoute is the owner/operator of Europe’s most advanced and densely connected voice and data network, encompassing over 55,000 km of lit fiber, 8 Data Centers, 32 purpose-built collocation centers and on-net to another 150 partner Data Centers across the European footprint. Interoute’s full-service next generation network serves international enterprises from a broad range of sectors including aerospace, automotive, finance, pharmaceutical and retail, plus every major European incumbent, as well as the major operators of North America, East and South Asia, governments, universities and research agencies. These organizations find Interoute the ideal partner for hosting content, providing wholesale bandwidth and transit services, corporate connectivity or creating new services. With established operations throughout mainland Europe, in North America and Dubai, Interoute also owns and operates dense city networks throughout Europe’s major business centers. Providing service and support in 15 European languages, Interoute is a key part of Europe’s Digital Supply Chain. The network is future-proofed, endowed with Europe’s largest fiber and duct reserve, and is a leader in the deployment of advanced network technologies, from the ground to the Cloud.  www.interoute.com

Allied Fiber is Constructing a Nationwide, Network-Neutral, Dark Fiber Cable System Linking U.S. Subsea Landing Points, Major Data Centers, Colocation Interconnection Facilities, Rural Networks and Wireless Towers to Meet Increasing Market Demand

Construction Underway to Complete the 1300 Route-Mile Phase 1 Component of the 11,548 Route-Mile, Six-Phase Plan Ringing the United States

NEW YORK, New York (May 24th, 2010) – Allied Fiber announces today that the Company has executed definitive agreements with financial partners and several major railroads and right-of-way owners, including Norfolk Southern Railway, to build a new, network-neutral, high-count dark fiber, colocation and wireless tower integrated system. Construction of the first phase linking New York, NY, Chicago, IL and Ashburn, VA is already underway and will cost approximately US$140 million.

Allied Fiber is addressing the need for increasing national broadband demand by providing much needed access to new dark fiber, colocation facilities and fiber-fed wireless towers on a network-neutral, open-access basis throughout the United States. The user community for these physical-layer services ranges from and includes submarine cable systems, large international and domestic wireline and wireless carriers and network operators to small rural carriers, cooperatives and cable television companies.

According to TeleGeography, trans-Atlantic bandwidth demand has grown at a compounded annual growth rate of 47 percent between 2004 and 2009.  It is expected to continue growing strongly from 2010 to 2015, with total demand for capacity nearly doubling every two years.  Furthermore, In-Stat research indicates that 90,000 Gbps of capacity in the last mile of the backhaul network will be needed by the end of 2013 to support the world’s cellular and WiMAX networks.

“We created this system to address the numerous backhaul and capacity issues that exist in the marketplace today,” states Hunter Newby, CEO of Allied Fiber. “We appreciate all of the insight and support we have received from the industry and look forward to delivering our network-neutral, dark fiber, colocation and wireless tower access services to all that need it.”

Allied Fiber has implemented a new, multi-duct design for intermediate access to the long-haul fiber duct through a parallel short-haul fiber duct all along the route. This enables all points between the major cities, including wireless towers and rural networks, to gain access to the dark fiber. In addition, the Allied Fiber neutral colocation facilities, located approximately every 60 miles along the route, accommodate and encourage a multi-tenant interconnection environment integrated with fiber that does not yet exist in the United States on this scale.

“The name Allied Fiber was chosen to signify a new type of all-access, physical layer network,” continues Rory J. Cutaia, Executive Chairman of Allied Fiber. “This network specifically manages competing systems in a common, carrier-neutral infrastructure offering ownership and management of individual fiber pairs.”

The first phase of the system will provide a combined 648 dark fibers, nineteen 700+ sq ft colocation facilities and 300 tower sites all integrated into one system from one provider, creating a new standard for interconnection. With planned, direct connections to the submarine cable systems linking the Atlantic, Caribbean, Latin American and Pacific cables, Allied Fiber will also provide express routing of traffic through the United States on the latest and most advanced fiber types available. Building new, shortest path, physical duct and fiber routes combined with modern fiber will result in lower latencies as well as higher capacities to be achieved between these points.

Allied Fiber has selected Michels Communications, a division of Michels Corporation, Henkels & McCoy, Inc. and Adesta, LLC to construct and install various portions of the system. The entire Phase One deployment is scheduled to be completed by fourth quarter of 2010.

“All our fiber and colocation construction projects are rapidly progressing, thanks to the teamwork we have with our outstanding contractors and strategic partners who are committed to building a world-class network,” continues Jason Cohen, Allied Fiber President & COO.

The new 432-count, long haul cable coupled with the 216-count, short-haul cable will be a composite of Single-Mode (SMF) and Non-Zero Dispersion Shifted (NZDSF) fibers. By having a high-fiber count and being network-neutral, Allied Fiber is able to offer dark fiber and at lower unit costs.

The Company is currently accepting customer agreements for fiber and colocation in the system, evidencing the strong demand for Allied Fiber’s all-access integrated interconnection facility network.

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Conference Call

Allied Fiber will host a live video conference call for recipients to answer questions on this announcement at 8:00AM Eastern Time on Wednesday, May 26^th. 

To participate in the video-conference, please email Ilissa Miller at ilissa@jaymiescotto.com.  Directions for the conference call, either by video or just audio, will be sent to you directly.

About Allied Fiber
Allied Fiber was created to address America’s need to eliminate obstacles for broadband access, wireless backhaul and lower latency through new, next generation long haul dark fiber and an open access philosophy. The Allied Fiber team is comprised of experts in the fields of communications, network construction and finance.  They are dedicated to building and providing access to an abundant supply of dark fiber in areas where it is most needed. The first phase of new duct and fiber construction will be between New York, NY, Ashburn, VA and Chicago, IL. For more information, please visit www.alliedfiber.com.