Richard Cooke

Chief Executive of Esat’s Broadband Business Division

Channel Extension -offers a fully managed, high speed, resilient solution between two or more locations. Esat uses ‘Dense Wave Division Multiplexing’ technology to deliver this service over a resilient fibre optic ring. ESCON, Fibre Channel and FICON are among the protocols supported.

Managed IP - facilitates the development of corporate intranets and extranets, offering virtual private networking, integrated Internet access, and remote dial access.

3. Internet

As Ireland’s first, and largest, corporate Internet Services Provider (ISP), Esat Net provides complete eBusiness solutions to organisations of all sizes, including:

High-speed Internet access

Email; web hosting services, security products, individually tailored eBusiness solutions and consultancy

Resilient, diverse routing bandwidth capacity with four separate carriers (two via Europe and two via the USA)

4. Systems integration

Esat is uniquely positioned to offer totally integrated, managed and secure desktop to desktop solutions. We can design, implement and manage local or wide area networks whether it be in within a centralised office, large campus setting or between geographically dispersed office locations. We will offer a total network care portfolio, offering comprehensive network support and a full information service.

5. Concert

Concert solutions include a complete range of Voice, Data and Internet solutions offering global reach to multinational companies located in Ireland and to growing Irish companies. Through its global partnerships Concert provides connectivity to more than 1,000 cities in over 280 countries, with private line and public international networks in 52 countries and now serves over 40% of the Fortune ‘Global’ 500.

To find out more about Esat, call us on 1 800 924 924 or check out our website at www.esat.ie

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Formus

Formus Broadband intends to be Ireland’s premier provider of flat rate, always on Internet access and data services to the business community. Formus Broadband is a customer centric organization that prides itself on giving customers both the technology and professional assistance required to compete in the new economy.

Formus Broadband is investing in the new iFAST network. This next generation of Internet and data network will enable those businesses connected to iFASTto maximize broadband communications technology and the Internet to the benefit of their businesses.

i

is for Internet, at the heart of the broadband revolution.

F

is for Flat rate - out highly competitive pricing enables businesses to spend as much time online as they wish - no restraint on usage - no unexpectedly high bills - ability to budget accurately going forward.

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is for Always on - iFast is permanently connected to the Internet - there are no failed log on attempts - no call charges - no dialling in to check, send or receive e-mail.

S

is for Scaleable - iFASTgives you unique bandwidth, on demand, so that your business can grow without having to install additional infrastructure or lines. Simply contact Formus Broadband and they will turn up the bandwidth

T

is for Time - the business critical benefits of iFASTInternet access and data services can be installed within weeks - with limited disruption to your existing infrastructure – Formus Broadband simply install an iBOX(the size of an alarm box) on the roof top of your building, and your business has a “plug and play” solution to broadband Internet access and data services.

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Managing Director Formus

“Formus Broadband…showing you the way to a broadband future”

Formus Broadband International Connectivity

Formus Broadband has signed an alliance agreement that will provide it access to 12 fibre- based STM-1 communications links.

The links will form the basis of a Formus Broadband pan-European backbone network. These critical international network connections, managed by Formus Broadband in Ireland, will interconnect Formus Broadband’ local networks throughout Europe and with the global Internet.

Formus Broadband (Europe)

Formus Broadband is building broadband networks to provide its customers with high- speed Internet access, value-added Internet solutions, and local, national and international voice and multimedia services. Focusing on the European market, Formus Broadband intends to use broadband access technologies including broadband wireless access (BWA), point-to-point microwave and digital subscriber line (DSL) for delivery of services. Formus Broadband and its affiliates presently hold, or have been notified they will receive, telecommunications licenses or operating authority in ten European countries. Through an affiliate, Formus Polska, Formus Broadband was the first operating company in Europe to provide commercial broadband multipoint BWA service.

In addition to its operations and licenses in Austria, Germany, Poland, Ireland, Norway, Finland, and Switzerland, Formus Broadband is

also part of the AbraRed consortium, which has a nationwide BWA license in Spain. In the United Kingdom, Formus Broadband recently received a public telecoms operator license. Formus Broadband is operating trial BWA projects in Belgium, France and Hungary.

Formus Broadband is also a shareholder in VeloCom Inc., an international communications company with fixed wireless interests in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay.

To find out more about Formus Broadband please contact us Email: [email protected] Website: www.formus.ie Phone: +353 (0)1 8878200 Formus Broadband AIG House North Wall Quay Dublin 1

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Interxion

With headquarters in Amsterdam, Interxion designs and operates a growing number of carrier-neutral Internet Exchange Centers™ (“IECs”) across Europe. Interxion is in the business of building, managing and constantly improving the European internet infrastructure, providing customers with connectivity solutions that help them run their core businesses more effectively and efficiently.

Interxion’s Internet exchange centers™ (IECs) are at the heart of all internet activities. In these IECs Interxion offers integrated solutions for

connectivity, equipment housing, storage and maintenance needs of internet related companies. These include ISPs, ASPs, content providers, media companies, web hosting companies and other enterprises that intend to engage in outsourced IT, as well as datacenters and that are focussed on e-business. As the only neutral full- scale managed connectivity provider of its size in Europe, Intexion enables its customers to join forces, to compete and to exchange services. All of Interxion’s Internet Exchange Centers™ are connected to the networks of major national and international telecom carriers as well as to various European Internet Exchanges. Each IEC has multiple power sources, fire detection and suppression systems, access to multiple telecommunications networks (including mobile, WLL and satellite operator) and is staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year with Interxion operations personnel.

Interxion provides secure equipment housing services and a number of value-added services designed for the specific needs of advanced networks, including interconnections between customers, equipment installation, operation and maintenance, telecommunications services, bandwidth trading, data storage, newspeed and caching services.

In each IEC a community of interests is established and an environment of creativity and ideas is nurtured. Synergies arising from the range of e-business enablers and solution providers, multi-national corporations, SMEs and start-up businesses, together with the kind of business-tailored connectivity for effective remote

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