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AboveNet Communications, Inc.
 NEWS FROM THE STANDARD
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Apr 16 2001 12:00 PM PDT

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 PROFILE
AboveNet Communications offers a "Net above the Net." Its parent company, Metromedia Fiber Network, operates an optical broadband IP (Internet protocol) network allowing AboveNet to provide facilities-based Internet connectivity and colocation services to content providers, ISPs, and application service providers. Its one-hop network enables customers to connect to the Internet in a single jump and conduct e-commerce and deliver data more quickly. The company's Asynchronous Allocation of Packets (ASAP) technology automatically re-routes traffic to less congested lines. AboveNet has 19 fault-tolerant Internet Service Exchange (ISX) facilities. Subsidiary PAIX provides a packet-switching center for ISPs.

 DEALS
Deal: MFN/AboveNet Collaborates With China Motion Telecom
Date Announced: 03.29.01
Value of transaction (US $Mil): 0
Description: AboveNet Communications and China Motion Telecom have inked an alliance that will give better Internet connectivity to the Chinese market.

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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: June
1999 Sales (mil.): 14.00
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 311.8%
Employees: 71
Revenue per employee: $197,183.10

 KEY PEOPLE
• Sherman Tuan
    CEO

 CONTACT INFO
50 W. San Fernando,
San Jose, CA 95113
US
Phone: 408-367-6666
Fax: 408-367-6688
Online: Web Site

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