Jul 27, 2006 : NEON, IDT Telecom Sign Deal

📅 July 27, 2006 - NEON Communications (neoninc.com), a subsidiary of Web hosting provider Globix (globix.com) announced on Wednesday it has signed a multi-year, long-term managed capacity services agreement with IDT Telecom, a subsidiary of IDT (idt.net).

The service agreement enables NEON to build diverse, highly redundant fiber connectivity into IDT Telecom's switch locations in New Jersey. This connectivity will allow NEON to provide connectivity between IDT Telecom's switches, as well as connections from its switches and other strategic IDT connection points, providing increased carrier diversity, dependability and performance.

"This deal leverages our expertise at delivering services from customer points of presence to central offices and carrier hotels, among other things," says Kurt Van Wagenen, president and COO of Globix. "We have the ability to provide not only metro, but also long-haul connectivity anywhere in our footprint once we connect to IDT Telecom's switches."

Globix provides Internet infrastructure and network services, offering a comprehensive suite of services including network bandwidth, management of Web applications, servers, and databases, security, media streaming and colocation. NEON, a wholly owned subsidiary of Globix since March 2005, provides advanced optical networking to carriers and large enterprise customers in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic.

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