Bandwidth.com acquires Bandwidth International Accesses Wholesale Markets in the US and Europe.Business Editors/High Tech Writers CHAPEL HILL, N.C. & SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 2001 Bandwidth.com, the first Internet marketplace See vertical portal and Web hub. for enterprise-class connectivity for businesses, today announced its acquisition of Bandwidth International, a carrier neutral broker of wholesale telecommunications capacity. Bandwidth.com will acquire Bandwidth International's offices and staffs in both North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. and London. David Morken, founder of Bandwidth.com will retain his position as Chairman and President and Henry Kaestner, founder of Bandwidth International is to be named Chief Executive Officer. Andrew Smith Andrew Smith or Andy Smith may refer to:
"The two companies are perfect complements to one another as Bandwidth International has excellent wholesale relationships with carriers, particularly in Europe," said David Morken. Kaestner concurs adding," Bandwidth.com is the logical portal for buyers of bandwidth worldwide and finding the buyers is the key in maintaining those relationships." Since launching in August of 1999, Bandwidth.com has qualified over 6,000 enterprise requests for connectivity totaling more than $500 million in annual revenue for over 45 participating U.S. and international carriers. The new Bandwidth.com team will broker physical and financial deals in all broadband products and services, including channels, dark fiber, colocation facilities and lit fiber. "Our goal is simple," said Morken, "To be the dominant global source for telecommunications capacity both on the retail and wholesale side." Bandwidth.com users can make a detailed request online at http://www.bandwidth.com for enterprise and wholesale telecommunications and fiber needs. About Bandwidth.com Bandwidth.com is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah For ships of the United States Navy of the same name, see . Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake, or its initials, S.L.C. . Bandwidth.com offers end-users a unique level of high bandwidth purchasing power Purchasing Power 1. The value of a currency expressed in terms of the amount of goods or services that one unit of money can buy. Purchasing power is important because, all else being equal, inflation decreases the amount of goods or services you'd be able to purchase. 2. through a special bid process and through agreements with all of the nation's largest communications companies. In addition, bandwidth.com offers a suite of business and consumer solutions that include real-time competitive analysis, circuit availability, and order processing for DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary products and services. For additional information about bandwidth.com and to experience this new service, visit the company web site at http://www.bandwidth.com |
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