TeliaSonera supplies GÉANT with 10 Gbit international circuit

TeliaSonera supplies GÉANT with 10 Gbit international circuit The 10Gbit/s international circuit connects the national research and education network in Poland to the pan-European research network GÉANT, and will enable universities to expand their connectivity to the research network. At the same time it will be the first 10 Gb international circuit ever implemented in Poland. The 10 Gbit/s international circuit was implemented by TeliaSonera International Carrier late this autumn as an upgraded link. The deal provides powerful and reliable connectivity for Polish universities who will be able to connect to over 3,500 universities and research and educational institutions throughout more than 30 European countries using the pan-European network GÉANT. "We are very proud to cooperate with DANTE on the GÉANT project", says Eva Lindqvist, President of TeliaSonera International Carrier. "It's the largest and most advanced network of its kind in Europe, currently supplying Internet connectivity to eight million students all over Europe. The latest 10 Gbit/s circuit also reinforces our strong position in Poland where we are the IP connectivity market leaders". "DANTE chose TeliaSonera to supply this 10 Gbit/s circuit based upon their proven ability to efficiently deliver international connectivity for the GÉANT network. We are very pleased to be working in collaboration with them in order to make this previously unattainable transmission speed a reality for the Polish universities," says Matthew Scott, chief financial officer of DANTE. Facts about DANTE and the GÈANT network DANTE, a Cambridge based organisation set up to build and manage advanced network services for the European research and educational community, is the co-ordinating partner of the GÉANT consortium and responsible for the construction of GÉANT. GÉANT, the multi-gigabit, pan- European research network, enables European scientists to compete on an international stage by providing them with a world-class backbone that offers the bandwidth and the Quality of Service required for research and development activities at this level. It represents the basis for the introduction of 'virtual laboratories' and 'virtual institutes' in Europe. DANTE has developed a range of interconnectivity agreements with other national research networks, such as ESNET, Abilene and the Internet2 project in the US, CANARIE in Canada and NII in Japan. More information on DANTE and on GÉANT is available on the DANTE web site at http://www.dante.net/. Facts about TeliaSonera International Carrier TeliaSonera International Carrier provides wholesale international IP, capacity and voice services to selected high volume destinations in Europe and across the Atlantic. Services are based on its fully-owned and controlled European and trans-Atlantic networks. As well as owning one of the largest network footprints in Europe, TSIC also have peering points in the US. TSIC is the leading carrier of IP traffic in the Nordic and Baltic Sea regions, and have extensive reach into Eastern Europe. TSIC is a fully owned by TeliaSonera Group and the Hq is situated in Stockholm, Sweden. For further information journalists may contact: Olof Joos, Segment Manager, TeliaSonera International Carrier, +46-(0)70- 6603839 Dale Robertson, Public Relations Manager, DANTE, +44 (0)1223 302992. Forward-Looking Statements Statements made in the press release relating to future status or circumstances, including future performance and other trend projections are forward-looking statements. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that will occur in the future. There can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements due to many factors, many of which are outside the control of TeliaSonera. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/11/28/20031128BIT00330/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/11/28/20031128BIT00330/wkr0002.pdf