Inmarsat chooses TelecityRedbus for data centre services in Europe

13 July 2006 – Inmarsat, the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications, has selected TelecityRedbus, Europe’s foremost data centre services provider, to provide managed data centre services in Amsterdam. The agreement brings the total TelecityRedbus customer base in the Netherlands to 350.

Inmarsat owns and operates a fleet of ten geostationary satellites, which provide a wide range of voice and data services for end users at sea, on land and in the air. Customers include governments, aid agencies and businesses with operations in remote regions across the globe.

Partner

By hosting infrastructure at the TelecityRedbus facilities, the most connected data centres in the Netherlands, Inmarsat has direct access to all major national and international network service providers. “We were looking for a European partner to host an interconnect meet-me point for our satellite traffic which is received in the Netherlands,” says Nils Solvang, Director of Information Systems at Inmarsat. “The TelecityRedbus data centres in Amsterdam offer the perfect hosting solution for us and our customers – both in terms of the resilient environment they provide and the number of carriers to whom we can connect. The presence of the AMS-IX was also an important factor in our decision to choose TelecityRedbus. In addition, we are very impressed with the high level of security and the availability of round-the-clock engineering support.”

Reliable

Alexandra Schless, Managing Director of TelecityRedbus Netherlands, is enthusiastic about the new agreement. “We are delighted that Inmarsat, the global leader in satellite communications, has become our 350th customer and chosen TelecityRedbus for their data centre needs. With the presence of so many carriers in our data centres we are the perfect home for communications companies who need multiple, secure and reliable connections to the fixed network in Europe. This agreement reaffirms our leading position in the Dutch data centre market and demonstrates the business advantages of partnering with TelecityRedbus.”

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