Interoute connects Ask.com European research hub in Pisa – 4 December 08

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A successful partnership with Tesene to bring the NGN fibres directly inside the Ask premises in Italy

Rome, 4 December 2008 – Interoute, owner of Europe’s most advanced next-generation network, today announced it has completed the connection of leading search engine Ask.com’s office in Pisa, to its fibre optic backbone. Interoute joined forces with its partner Tesene, a local ISP with an innovative approach to web services, in order to fulfill this exciting project.

Ask.com’s hub in Italy focuses around developing special functionalities to enhance the search engine potential, based on unique ranking methodology, vertical search technologies and application-level features.

Located in the centre of Pisa, one of the Italy’s many architectural jewels, Ask.com needs high quantities of good quality bandwidth at a competitive price. The ideal solution is a direct connection to a fibre optic backbone, but its location makes these needs very challenging.

Interoute was up for the challenge thanks to the experience gained in the last six years (over 4.000 km of fibres have been laid in Italy) – which has allowed connecting other customers in the centre of Pisa too.

Thanks to a solution designed to minimize disruption to Pisa’s citizens, as well delivery times, Interoute has dug and connected Ask.com premises to its backbone. As a result, the customer can now take advantage of high quality telecommunication services that can only be found inside internet exchange points.

Mr Antonio Gulli, Ask.com’s Chief Technology Officer for UK and Europe said of the project: “The value of many new business innovations and services is shaped by the ability to extend the physical limits of the network. Finding a responsive and trusted partner is a primary need to fuel high-performance and ambitious businesses like us. Interoute was the right choice for Ask.com.”

According to Renzo Ravaglia, Country Manager Interoute Italia, “Ask.com is a very prestigious brand that we proudly add to the list of our technologically advanced customers. This project to bring high quality connectivity under very constrained digging condition is a joint success of Interoute and Tesene, and thanks to the collaboration of the Pisa municipality it has now become a reality. Many telecom providers give up when having to dig inside historical town centers to reach their customers but as we’ve proved in the past, Interoute is different.”

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