LambdaNet expands European network to include Vienna / LambdaNet offers co- location services for new Central European hub

Vienna (A)/Hanover (D) (PROTEXT/ots) - The opening of a newVienna location by LambdaNet Communications in May 2002represents a significant extension of the company's backbonenetwork. LambdaNet has now integrated Austria into its pan-European network and made further progress in its ability tooffer high-quality, European-wide broadband telecommunicationsservices. Along with familiar products like transmissioncircuits, wavelengths, high bit-rate IP services and co-locationservices, LambdaNet will focus on promoting and establishing itsInternet-related services in the Austrian marketplace. "As aresult of the European Union's recent opening towards CentralEurope, Austria - and in particular, greater Vienna - hasattained a key status as a hub or central switch in the Europeantelecommunications and IP landscape," explains Dr. Dieter Finke,CEO of LambdaNet Communications. "Our Vienna location gives ourcustomers the option of turning to an experienced partner forsecure data connections with Central Europe," he adds.LambdaNet's infrastructure now consists of a 22,000 km-long fiberand IP network in 10 European countries, connecting virtuallyevery major city in Central Europe. LambdaNet's ColoCenters useSDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) and DWDM (Dense WavelengthDivision Multiplexing) technology, offering customerstransmission bandwidths of 2 MBit/s to 2.5 GBit/s, wavelengthsfrom 2 Gbit/s to 10 Gbit/s, high bit-rate IP services (VPN Layer2, VPN Layer 3) and co-location services. Around 700 m2 ofcentrally located space is available in Vienna for co-locationpurposes, in a highly secure physical and technical environment.Lambda-Net-Co-location is a service that allows LambdaNetcustomers to quickly and easily install and operate their owntelecom equipment in over 54 Lambda- Net-ColoCenters in Europe.Lambda-Net-Co-location offers customers complete solutions,boasting state-of-the-art building services and securitymonitoring. At the company's Hanover-based Network ManagementCenter (NMC), members of the LambdaNet team monitor buildingaccess, air conditioning, power supply and smoke alarms at allco-location facilities. Lambda-Net-Co-location is offered inconjunction with additional LNC products (Lambda-Net-Bandwidth-Link, Lambda-Net- Wavelength-Link, Lambda-Net-Internet-Transit,Lambda-Net-Data-Link und Lambda- Net-VIPNet). It is targeted atcustomers who want to go online in the shortest possible timewith a minimum of investment in infrastructure. Particularlywith regard to the current uncertainties surrounding KPNQuest,LambdaNet offers KPNQuest customers a fast alternative solutionto their network problems. Carriers who are already using ourVienna-based co-location services include Cable & WirelessDeutschland GmbH, Weblease Netbusiness AG, access:SevenCommunications GmbH and Silver Server GmbH. These customers valueLambdaNet's competence and reliability as a co-location partner.LNC's discussions with other carriers indicate a strong level ofdemand for these services, and the company is confident ofsigning additional contracts in the near future. "LambdaNet'sproven partnerships with local telcos, ISPs and ASPs mean thegreatest possible synergy effects for our customers and the bestpossible prerequisites for their business activities. In Vienna,for example, our interconnections with local telcos (EuropeanTelecom, Priority Telecom, Colt Telecom, UTA, Telekom Austria -Jet to Web) give us the necessary cross-regional scope for allour services. Through our international peering connections withISPs and ASPs and our high bit-rate transmission capacities, weare in the process of hooking Austria up with the world'sInternet and data nodes," declares Finke. About LambdaNet Communications LambdaNet Communications is aleading provider of network-based telecommunications services inEurope. Connecting a total of 104 cities in 10 countries andwith a length of 22,000 kilometers, LambdaNet's fiber-opticnetwork is one of the most powerful and extensive in Europe. Thecompany's service spectrum ranges from transmission circuits andwavelengths via IP/MPLS- VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) up tohigh bit-rate Internet services across Europe including co-location services at any of 54 LambdaNet CoLo centers. For moreinformation about the company, please visit www.lambdanet.net.Contact: LambdaNet Communications Katharina Siebert, Günther-Wagner-Allee 13, 30177 Hannover, Germany Phone: +49 (0) 511 8488-1120 Fax: +49 (0) 511 8488-1129 E-mail:katharina.siebert@lambdanet.net

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