Published monthly with over 5,000 subscribers in 127 countries worldwide, Capacity magazine reports on the critical business issues that wholesale carriers face in this rapidly changing telecoms market.

Through Capacity magazine and its portfolio of business briefings, yearbook, carrier directories and the NEW online news source, Capacity is the essential source of business intelligence for the global carrier industry.

For more information please contact Paul Collinson, Publisher, Capacity magazine at paul.collinson@capacitymedia.com

Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) connects businesses with partners and customers around the world through a global platform of high performance data centers, containing dynamic ecosystems and the broadest choice of networks. Platform Equinix connects more than 4,000 enterprises, cloud, digital content and financial companies including more than 680 network service providers to help them grow their businesses, improve application performance and protect their vital digital assets. Equinix operates in 38 strategic markets across the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific and continually invests in expanding its platform to power customer growth. 

For more information, please visit www.equinix.com

Rostelecom is the leading telecommunications operator in Russia serving over 40 million retail customers. Rostelecom’s 160,000 km network spans throughout the Russian Federation with extensions into Europe, Asia, CIS and Baltic countries. The company has international POPs in London, Stockholm, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, and Hong-Kong. Based on its countrywide network, Rostelecom offers high-capacity terrestrial route “Transit Europe-Asia” (TEA) for traffic transmission from Europe via Russia to China and Japan. This allows Rostelecom to be a strong partner on the wholesale market, providing services to more than 600 fixed and mobile operators, international carriers, ISPs and content providers.

For more information, please visit www.rt.ru

BICS delivers best in class global solutions for Voice, Messaging, Roaming, Connectivity and Mobile Financial Services to hundreds of telecommunication providers around the world. With our passionate and creative teams located in Brussels, Bern, Monaco, Dubai, Singapore and New York, we continuously strive to provide our customers with the highest levels of quality, reliability and interoperability that enable them to maximise End-user value. Our innovative approach is visible through our place at the forefront of the market consolidation and technology advancement. We are a joint venture of Belgacom, Swisscom and MTN, and have rolled out transformative Next Generation Networks (NGN). This together with our continued focus on Value Added Services for Mobile Operators and our growth strategy has enabled us to reach a world-leading position both on the International Voice and Mobile Data markets.

For more information, please visit www.bics.com

GTS Central Europe is a leading provider of integrated telecommunications services in Central and Eastern Europe. GTS owns and operates an extensive fiber optic and data center network throughout the region. In the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland,
Romania and Slovakia, the company combines its regional footprint with deep local networks to deliver a broad range of data, internet and voice services. GTS network extensions embrace: Austria, the Balkans, the Baltic States, Belarus, Germany,
Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and CIS countries. GTS is the only CEE based operator to obtain MEF certification for its Ethernet product. GTS was awarded the “Best Wholesale Offering of Central and Eastern Europe” award by Capacity magazine in
2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010 and ‘Regional Service Provider of the Year – EMEA 2011’ by Metro Ethernet Forum.

For more information, please visit www.gtsce.com

INTERNEXA is a multinational telecommunications transportation and  ICT Solutions Company that operates  the largest terrestrial telecommunications network in Latin America, providing a wide regional coverage with more than  20.000 km of optical fiber network throughout Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, Argentina and Brazil.
INTERNEXA is part of ISA, one of the most important business conglomerates in Colombia and Latin America.
INTERNEXA was awarded  in two Categories at the MEF CALA AWARDS 2011 in  Regional Service Provider of the Year and Best Wholesale Ethernet Service.

For more information, please visit: www.internexa.com

Interoute is the owner and operator of Europe’s largest cloud services platform, which encompasses over 60,000 km of lit fibre, 8 hosting data centres and 32 collocation centres, with connections to 140 additional third-party data centres across Europe. Its full-service Unified ICT platform serves international enterprises, as well as every major European telecommunications incumbent and the major operators of North America, East and South Asia, governments and universities. These organisations find Interoute the ideal partner for computing, connectivity and communications and developing new services. Its Unified ICT strategy has proved attractive to enterprises looking for a scalable, secure and unconstrained platform on which they can build their voice, video, computing and data services, as well as service providers in need of high capacity international data transit and infrastructure. With established operations throughout mainland Europe, North America and Dubai, Interoute also owns and operates dense city networks throughout Europe’s major business centres.

For more information, please visit www.interoute.com

Interxion owns and operates 55,800m2 of colocation space within 28 data centers in 11 countries across Europe. As a leading pan-European provider of co-location and associated managed services, Interxion delivers a full set of services that allow more than 1,100 companies to securely house, connect, monitor and maintain mission-critical IT equipment. Interxion services start with basic co-location (cabinets, cages, private rooms) and range up to fully-outsourced data center solutions for disaster recovery and total operational resilience. With 18 European internet exchanges and 350 carriers and ISPs, Interxion offers high connectivity across Europe. Interxion offers a highly cost-effective, resilient and flexible service for every organization type.

For more information, please visit www.interxion.com

Jazztel is a Spanish Carrier mainly focused in the Retail Market, where we provide Quadruple Play services (50Mbps ADSL, IP TV, fixed an mobile voice) to more than one million costumers. We also hold a strong position in the Reseller and Prepaid Card markets in Spain, with market share over 20%, which provides us with 8 million Euros of retail traffic per month, plus another 7 million Euros from our Wholesale Unit. We are very strong in Spain, North and Western Africa, and of course in South America. Jazztel is present in the Spanish Stock Market and all our financial information is audited and publicly available.

For more information, please visit www.jazztel.com

Operating in 35 countries, Orange is one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators with over 226 million customers. We offer operators, ISPs and carriers not only the historical international network of the Group but also the latest wholesale innovations. Our presence on both the retail and wholesale markets worldwide means we deliver leading edge international wholesale solutions that are fully adapted to the needs of local retail operators. Based on a solid and extensive long distance network infrastructure, we pride ourselves in offering the most innovative solutions for our customers and partners with the highest quality of service. Our dedicated wholesale teams on four continents and our voice platforms and media gateways in Paris, Madrid, Warsaw, New York, Miami and Hong Kong, make it possible for us to offer our customers the peace of mind and quality they require.

For more information, please visit www.orange.com/wholesalesolutions

International Carrier Sales & Solutions (ICSS), an integral part of Deutsche Telekom’s International Businesses unit within the Europe organization, is the global communications enabler of the Deutsche Telekom Group and more than 700 external customers worldwide. As one of the largest carriers in the world, ICSS provides global voice communication, Internet connectivity to millions of eyeballs, and global roaming and messaging on next generation platforms, as well as smart content distribution, media exchange, and virtual carrier solutions. The international customers of ICSS experience seamless service provisioning, including global reach and the highest quality. The variety of solutions provided by ICSS is based on an expanding ultramodern infrastructure: Deutsche Telekom’s international network.

For further information, please visit www.telekom-icss.com

Telecom Italia Sparkle is a leading global telecommunication service provider, offering a complete range of Voice, Data and Internet solutions designed to meet the ever-changing needs of Fixed and Mobile Carriers, ISPs, Content Providers, Multimedia Players and Corporate Customers. With a history of experience and know-how in a multitude of markets, Telecom Italia Sparkle owns and
manages a global and technologically advanced proprietary network which comprises of three major regional systems in Europe, the Mediterranean and Latin America, in order to guarantee the availability of high quality, end-to-end infrastructure in areas of strategic focus. In addition, our bilateral networks connect us with virtually every country worldwide. Through a global portfolio
of services, a state-of-the-art global network, advanced OSS, BSS and customer care capabilities, and through an extensive worldwide commercial presence, we are able to fulfil our mission of providing customers with the best cost and top performing services on the international telecommunications market.

For more information, please visit www.tisparkle.com

Verizon Global Wholesale offers a broad portfolio of value-added, competitively priced services to assist domestic and international telecommunications service providers in reaching their goals. We offer innovative solutions coupled with world class expertise and global reach on a state-of-the-art network. With Verizon Global Wholesale, customers receive wholesale voice, data and Internet services on one of the world’s largest and most reliable backbone networks. With specialized pricing, support options, and a dedicated team of specialists focused on your wholesale requirements, Verizon Global Wholesale provides the relationship you need today for the business you want tomorrow. Contact email: wholesale@verizon.com

For more information, please visit www.verizon.com/wholesale

VTLWaveNet, part of the Viatel Group, specifically focuses on the European wholesale market. VTLWaveNet combines an advanced fibre optic backbone network with metro fibre reach into major business centres accessing carrier houses, data centres and the main Internet exchanges, enabling us to offer our customers leased lines, wavelengths, Ethernet, IP-transit, co-location and dark fibre. Because we own the underlying physical infrastructure and equipped the network with the latest high capacity optical DWDM technology and multi-service platforms, we can deliver these services fast, very cost effectively and at all speeds and interfaces required.

For more information, please visit www.vtlwavenet.com