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December 05, 2005

Interoute Dark Fibre Selected for Core of GEANT2

Interoute announced that it has been selected by DANTE (Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe) to supply dark fibre and managed wavelength services. Interoute will provide these services as part of the revolutionary GEANT2 network, which is being built by DANTE on behalf of Europe's National Research and Education Networks (NRENs).

For the first time, the core of this network will be based on dark fibre. The network extends beyond the London-Paris-Amsterdam-Frankfurt commodity golden rectangle and Interoute is providing 25 percent of the 12,000 fibre route kilometers contracted. Interoute will supply dark fibre in Austria, France, Italy, Spain and Switzerland, as well as wavelength services linking Austria and Germany. The GEANT2 network will serve 30 million potential users in 34 countries.

GEANT2 is the largest ever multi-gigabit pan-European data communications network built for the European academic community and has been adapted to the evolving needs of Europe's researchers by providing improved resources for handling the very large amounts of data generated by some advanced scientific research initiatives -- including the new Large Hadron Collider at CERN and radio telescopes located across Europe -- without disrupting the high performance service provided to the community as a whole.

"We are proud to be working with DANTE on the next-generation global network," says Jim Kinsella, CEO of Interoute. "Networking excellence is at the core of our business so we can ensure that the network speed and reliability is always at an optimal level."

Dai Davies, DANTE's general manager, said, "The network design for GEANT2 is focused on maximizing operational and service flexibility. With GEANT2, connections to other world regions will continue to be expanded to become a logical extension of the network's pan-European infrastructure."

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