Colt Group factsheet

Colt Group factsheetWho we areColt is the information delivery platform, delivering integrated network, data centre, voice and IT services. Customers include 17 out of the 25 global media companies and over half of both the global financial services and telecom companies (Forbes 1000 list 2013). In addition, Colt works with over 50 exchange venues and 13 European National Central Banks (NCBs). Colt operates in 28 countries across Europe, Asia and in the U.S. with connections into over 200 cities globally and metropolitan area networks in 47 cities. Colt owns 22 carrier-neutral data centres in Europe and manages a further 7 in the Asia-Pacific region.

Colt recently completed the acquisition of KVH, an integrated managed IT infrastructure and communications services business, with headquarters in Tokyo and operations in Hong Kong, Seoul and Singapore.

Founded1992HeadquartersLondon Offices14 across Europe, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, India and the USRegistered officeLuxembourgListingLondon Stock Exchange (COLT)Employees5,000+Annual revenue€1,578.8M in 2013

Data Centre & Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)Data CentreMANColt connected cityOperational network managed end-to-endNew network route 2014Under ConstructionShared Services Centre (SSC)Global exchange access facilities - Colt offers exchange colocation at 26 venues globallyNetwork connections between cities are logical paths and may not reflect actual routes.

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Global infrastructure spanning 3 continents• Colt’s network directly connects 205 cities, with

a further 47 Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) worldwide.

• Direct fibre connections into more than 22,000 buildings worldwide

• Colt owns and operates 22 carrier-neutral data centres in Europe and manages a further 7 in the Asia-Pacific region

• We provide services to our customers across 86 countries globally

Colt Group factsheetOur key successesMarket recognition• Metro Ethernet Forum Awards

– Colt has won awards for ten consecutive years – Seven awards in 2014, including Wholesale Service Provider of the Year EMEA, Best Service of the Year EMEA and Best Service of the Year APAC

• Gartner – Colt named a leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Cloud-Enabled European Managed Hosting (2014)* – Gartner Critical Capabilities Report (2014): Colt scored 5 out of 5 for Pan-European Network Services **

• Capacity Global Wholesale Telecoms Award – Best Pan-European Wholesale Carrier (2013)

• VMware Partner Awards – VMware Service Provider Partner of the Year, both EMEA and Global (2013) – VMware Service Provider Program of the Year (2012)

• Light Reading Leading Lights – Most Innovative Ethernet Service (2014)

• Network Virtualisation Industry Awards – Operator of the Year (2014)

• Telecom Asia Readers’ Choice & Innovation Award – Carrier Ethernet Project of the Year (2014)

• Futures and Options World (“FOW”) Awards – Data Centre of the Year Award for Asia (2014)

• International Datacentre & Cloud Award – Energy Efficiency and Environmental Sustainability (2013)

• DataCenterDynamics – Improved Data Centre Efficiency EMEA (2013) – Innovation in a Medium Data Centre (2012, 2013)

Colt’s customers include• SWIFT, Nectar, London Stock Exchange Group, London

Metal Exchange, McAfee, EUROVISION, Gallina Blanca Star, trivago, Associated Press

Colt is socially responsible• Environmental ISO 14001 certification in all our

European regions of operation• Colt’s carbon footprint has been published since 2009• Colt’s energy programme saved over 17,000 tonnes of

CO2 equivalent and €4.6m of costs annually • Our staff gets 2 days of volunteering annually• Helped change children’s lives by volunteering over

25,000 hours to date and raising over €400,000

Products & Services Colt has a wide portfolio of Network, Voice, Data Centre and IT services which are delivered with industry leading customer service and security.

Network Services• Bandwidth & Wavelength Services• Ethernet Services• IP VPN & Managed Networking• Internet Access

Voice Services• PSTN Voice access products (Voice Line, Voice Connect)• SIP trunking and UC solutions (VoIP Access, Carrier

VoIP, IP Voice Solutions)• IN Services from Service numbers up to contact

centre solutions (Basic IN, IN VAS)• Wholesale Voice Services (White Label Voice, IN to

Carrier VoIP, Number Hosting)

IT Services• End-User Services - Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

– We specialise in hosting large and complex customer virtual desktop solutions

• Mission Critical Web Hosting – Excellent SLA’s backed up by our European datacentre estate and network

• Enterprise Application Hosting – Optimised Infrastructure for key enterprise application groups, such as ERP Infrastructure Platforms

Data Centre Services• Colocation in carrier-neutral data centres

Integrated Solutions ServicesWe also have strong capabilities to integrate products and services and provide solutions to enterprises across the globe.

Capital Markets• Hosting services including proximity hosting and

exchange colocation at 26 venues globally and Colt colocation

• Network services including ultra-low latency, TARGET2-Securities, managed network and extranet services as well as market access to 53 cross-asset class venues

• Market data feeds from over 50 markets

What we offer

For more information please visit:www.colt.net

* Gartner Magic Quadrant for European Managed Hosting (Gartner reference: G00260243), Tiny Haynes, Gianluca Tramacere, Lydia Leong, Gregor Petri, Douglas Toombs, Bob Gill, 09 July 2014.** Gartner, Critical Capabilities Report for Pan-European Network Services, Neil Rickard and Katja Rudd, 26 March 2014.

All statements attributed to Gartner represent Colt’s interpretation of data, research, opinion, or viewpoints published as part of a syndicated subscription service by Gartner, Inc., and have not been reviewed by Gartner. The opinions expressed in Gartner publications are not representations of fact, and are subject to change without notice.