Cable & Wireless Opens Spain's Largest Internet Solutions Center in Barcelona.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers BARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 23, 2000 Cable & Wireless (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CWP CWP Coal workers' pneumoconiosis, see there ), the global telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. group, today opened its latest Internet Solutions Center in Barcelona, unveiling to Spain the largest dedicated Internet hosting center available to businesses. The move reinforces the company's position as a leading global provider of Internet protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. solutions to business customers. The Barcelona center, with 43,000 square feet (4000 square meters Noun 1. square meter - a centare is 1/100th of an are centare, square metre area unit, square measure - a system of units used to measure areas ) of capacity, provides Spanish businesses with the full range of scalable web hosting services A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to provide their own websites accessible via the World Wide Web. Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server they own for use by their clients as well as providing aimed at meeting the needs of businesses as they develop. The 33 million pound (9000m peseta) investment in the Internet Solutions Center and corporate offices in Barcelona demonstrates Cable & Wireless' continuing commitment to business in this important European business center. Speaking at today's opening ceremony, Mark Heraghty, President, Cable & Wireless, Europe said, "Barcelona is the next building block in demonstrating Cable & Wireless' commitment to delivering the Internet promise to businesses not only in Spain but to Europe and the world. The provision of Tier 1 connectivity to Spanish businesses means we can now ensure business has the opportunity to utilise an ever growing range of products and services to help them keep pace with the evolving global market place." Cable & Wireless is investing US$1.5 billion to provide a next generation high capacity network linking more than 200 European cities by 2002. It operates the world's largest single-hop architecture network and from 2002 the network will stretch to 84 nodes in the main business centers of Europe, the US and Asia Pacific. The center in Barcelona will be connected to this network offering speeds of up to 9.6 Gbit/s to customers. Yahoo! has already selected Cable & Wireless to underpin its European services. Cable & Wireless offers a range of web hosting services including co-location, dedicated and shared hosting and managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality . Cable & Wireless' scaleable solutions can support a business at any stage in its development, enabling companies to concentrate on growing their business without worrying if their systems can grow at the same rate. It also provides secure housing, with security guards and technical support 24 hours a day, 365 days a week, and built-in heat, smoke and fire detectors, alarm systems and biometric access. About Cable & Wireless Cable & Wireless is a major global telecommunications business with revenue of over US$14 billion in the year to 31 March 2000 and customers in 70 countries. Its operations around the world offer a full range of telecommunications services In telecommunication, the term telecommunications service has the following meanings: 1. Any service provided by a telecommunication provider. 2. . Cable & Wireless' focus for future growth is on IP (Internet protocol) and data services and solutions for business customers. It is developing advanced IP networks and value-added services A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. in the US, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region in support of this strategy. With the capability of its global IP infrastructure and its strength in key markets, Cable & Wireless holds a unique position in terms of global coverage and services to business customers. Cable & Wireless and the Globe Device are registered trademarks of Cable and Wireless plc |
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