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Telia Carrier
Expands in Hungary
as established an
additional point of connectivity in Bu-
dapest, Hungary, to meet an increasing
demand for wholesale IP transit and
Ethernet services amongst carriers,
content and cloud providers alike.
As a critical center for financial
activity and technological innovation in
Europe, Budapest’s fast-moving busi-
ness environment has given rise to a
dramatic increase in on-demand con-
nectivity. Telia Carrier’s ability to adapt
and turn up high-speed Internet servic-
es rapidly supports the region’s growth
and bolsters its economic vitality.
Home to 18 universities and the
headquarters of the European Institute
of Innovation and Technology (EIT),
Budapest is a hub for technological
innovation and a start-up scene that
rivals Stockholm and Silicon Valley. This
expansion of its top-two ranked IP back-
bone, AS1299, compounds Telia Car-
rier’s presence and allows it to serve
more customers in the second-fastest-
developing urban economy in Europe.
“Telia Carrier has watched the
growth and innovation that has helped
Budapest become a major destination
for business interests in Europe,” said
Simon Barlow, global product man-
ager, Internet Services, Telia Carrier.
“By deepening our presence in Buda-
pest, and in addition to existing PoPs
throughout the region, Telia Carrier’s
AS1299 services carriers, operators
and cloud providers in more facilities
in one of the fastest growing cities and
regions in Central and Eastern Europe.
Telia Carrier’s global fiber backbone
is the first to be 100G-enabled in both
Europe and North America. It is also
the first network to successfully trans-
mit 1Tbps on its U.S. network.
RingCentral Doubles
Its Global UCaaS
Base in 6 Months
has announced that
RingCentral Global Office has been ex-
panded to a total of 30 countries, with
the adoption of its global offering by
nearly 400 enterprises. This more than
doubles the number of Global Office
customers from the first half of 2016.
RingCentral Global Office, a global
unified communications as a service
(UCaaS) solution, is designed to stream-
line communications for multinational en-
terprises by connecting mobile, distribut-
ed workforces across multiple countries
on a single solution. Since the launch of
Global Office across 14 countries in the
first half of 2016, it has now expanded
across countries in North America,
Europe and Asia Pacific, including:
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Hong Kong, India,
Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Malay-
sia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand,
Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain,
International Agents
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