Inteorute Bulgaria SOF003

Profile

Interoute is the only next generation network covering the majority of the European Union, from London to Warsaw, from Stockholm to Sicily, with transatlantic capacity linked to North America's major telecoms hub. The Company is key to Europe's Digital Supply Chain, serving more than 12,000 customers and supporting ?1 billion of eCommerce transactions daily through its data centres alone.

Completed only in mid-2002, Interoute was expanded through the acquisition of GTS/Ebone's metropolitan fibre assets that same year, media services assets in 2003, an Eastern European fibre network in 2004, PSINet Europe/Via's managed hosting services in 2005, a managed services company in Bulgaria in 2006, 51o's London Metro business and a Swedish hosting company in 2007. The network footprint covers over 57,000 kilometres with backbone/long-haul connectivity to 90 cities and metropolitan area networks (MANs) in 21 of those cities. The building assets comprise over 100,000m2 of space ranging from carrier specification up to world class Data Centre grade. With over 240 points of presence (PoPs), Interoute has both the extensive reach and the depth to meet customer requirements at minimal cost.

The combined assets represent a total investment in excess of ?2.7 billion. Restructured and re-launched in 2003, Interoute has virtually zero external debt, two internationally recognized shareholders, and has among the lowest running-costs per kilometre of any pan-European network.

Given its recent construction, Interoute's infrastructure uniquely supports the rapid deployment of new software-based products and services with high bandwidth demands, such as VOIP, digital media and expansion of secure private networks (VPNs). Its architecture and systems have successfully met mission critical tests such as the 2004 Summer Olympics, for which Interoute provided the European network for real-time TV broadcasts of the Games. Following the Olympics, the Greek operator OTE now uses Interoute as its network across Europe.

Interoute provides unparalleled endto-end connectivity to every other major European incumbent, to major mobile operators such as Vodafone, 3 and Orange, and to leading American and Asian players such as ATT, VSNL and NTT. Interoute also provides voice and data services directly to large enterprise customers. Interoute's revenues have dramatically
outperformed the market (79% CAGR), with the fastest growth in its corporate products such as VPNs and VOIP.