contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . march 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message gtt communications inc. type public traded as nyse gtt industry telecommunications founded 1998 headquarters mclean virginia united states area served worldwide key people richard d. calder ceo products internet services telecommunications managed services unified communications number of employees 550 website gtt.net primary asn 3257 peering policy restrictive traffic levels 10 tbit s gtt communications inc. gtt is a multinational telecommunications and internet provider company with headquarters in mclean virginia . gtt operates a tier 1 network and provides ip transit and mpls transport services to enterprise government and carrier customers in over 100 countries . contents 1 history 1.1 1998 2006 1.2 2006 present 2 services 2.1 internet services 2.2 ethercloud services 2.3 managed services 2.4 voice and unified communications 3 references 4 external links history edit 1998 2006 edit in 1998 telecom services integrator and network solutions provider global internetworking inc. was founded in mclean virginia . 1 that same year european telecom and technology was founded in london . 1 in april 2005 mercator partners acquisition corp. a special purpose acquisition company created by reston based investment bank mercator capital raised 59.5 million in an initial public stock offering intending to use the money to buy a telecommunications company . 2 mercator partners bought both global internetworking inc. and european telecommunications & technology in 2006 merging the two companies operations and renaming itself global telecom & technology inc. gtt . 3 4 2006 present edit gtt acquired denver based wbs connect in december 2009 in a stock and cash transaction shifting its business model from being an exclusively virtual network operator and telecom solutions integrator to a network operator providing ip transit and ethernet services . 5 6 in june 2011 gtt acquired packetexchange a privately held uk company and operator of a global backbone providing ip transit and mpls transport services for 20 million in cash . 7 in may 2012 gtt acquired nlayer communications a privately held global ip backbone for 18 million . nlayer founder richard steenbergen joined gtt as cto . 8 in april 2013 gtt acquired the tier 1 ip network tinet from inteliquent for 54.5 million in cash and services . 9 in june 2013 gtt was listed on the new york stock exchange under the symbol gtt . on january 14 2014 gtt global telecom & technology announced that the company was officially changing its name to gtt communications inc. 10 in february 2014 gtt communications inc. announced the opening of a new office in hong kong s central district bringing its total global presence to 9 offices in 6 countries . 11 in october 2014 gtt communications inc. announced it had closed the acquisition of unsi a communications company providing data services to large enterprise and carrier clients . 12 on february 19 2015 gtt entered into a definitive agreement to acquire megapath s managed services business which provides private wide area networking internet access services managed services and managed security to over 500 large multinational clients . 13 in july 2015 gtt communications inc. gtt and saudi telecom company stc jointly announced 100 gigabit ip transit connectivity services to the middle east . 14 on october 22 2015 gtt acquired one source networks osn a provider of global data internet session initiation protocol sip trunking and managed services to fortune 1000 companies . 15 services edit internet services edit as one of the world s top 5 internet backbones gtt offers ip transit dedicated internet access and broadband internet services that provide high speed reliable internet access for enterprises and carriers . with more than 165 000 routes gtt directly connects to one third of global internet prefixes . gtt also operates a 100 % native dual stack ipv4 and ipv6 network built on carrier class routing and optical infrastructure . 16 ethercloud services edit gtt provides cloud connectivity services to any location in the world . these services include layer 2 ethernet and layer 3 mpls ip vpn architectures for private public and hybrid wide area network solutions . gtt has over 250 point of presence locations around the world that provide diverse redundant and resilient infrastructure and supplements this infrastructure with about 2 000 regional partners around the world for last mile connectivity . 17 managed services edit gtt offers end to end network management with managed services that include managed network services multilayered security services and managed secure access . 13 18 voice and unified communications edit gtt has a number of ip based communication and collaboration services including sip trunking hosted enterprise pbx and cloud based call and contact center and call routing capabilities . gtt provides a single source for all voice and unified communications requirements utilizing its global voice network that spans redundant points of presence across five continents interconnecting with leading regional and global carriers . gtt s architecture includes the latest generation sonus session border controllers which can support up to 636 000 concurrent calls with the ability to scale as needed . the network is interoperable with major platforms including microsoft lync avaya cisco shoretel and siemens . 15 references edit a b gtt company history . gtt communications inc. retrieved 2013 11 05 . o hara terence 16 april 2005 . mercator partners ipo raises 59.5 million . the washington post . retrieved 5 september 2015 . exv99w1 . sec.gov . retrieved 2013 11 05 . mercator partners acquisition corp. completes acquisitions creating global vno leader press release . reston . 16 october 2006 . retrieved 5 september 2015 . wbs connect is now global telecom & technology gtt telecom news now the js & a blog . jaymiescotto.com . 2009 12 16 . retrieved 2013 11 05 . hamilton david 17 december 2009 . global telecom & technology completes acquisition of wbs connect . web host industry review . retrieved 5 september 2015 . enterprise 2011 05 23 . gtt acquires packetexchange for 20 million in cash debt . techcrunch . retrieved 2013 11 05 . network m & a gtt acquires nlayer . telecom ramblings . retrieved 2013 11 05 . network m & a gtt buys inteliquent s data network . telecom ramblings . 2013 04 30 . retrieved 2013 11 05 . gtt communications inc. announces name change . reuters . 2014 01 22 . retrieved 2015 12 15 . gtt expands global presence with new office in hong kong . the world news network . 2014 02 26 . retrieved 2015 07 10 . gtt acquires unsi check url value help . fierce telecom . 2014 10 01 . retrieved 2015 07 10 . a b gtt acquires megapath s managed services business . fierce telecom . 2015 02 20 . retrieved 2015 02 19 . gtt selected by saudi telecom company for its first 100 gigabit ip connectivity service . yahoo finance . 2015 07 08 . retrieved 2015 07 10 . a b gtt buys one source networks achieves a few goals . telecom ramblings . 2015 09 15 . retrieved 2015 09 15 . profile ; gtt communications inc gtt . reuters . retrieved 2016 03 11 . gtt communications inc . credit risk monitor . retrieved 2016 03 11 . managed services . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title global telecom % 26 technology & oldid 744481905 categories telecommunications companies of the united statescompanies listed on nyse mktcompanies based in mclean virginiacontent delivery networktier 1 networkshidden categories pages with url errorsarticles with a promotional tone from march 2016all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged 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