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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. ==History== In 1998, telecom services integrator and network solutions provider Global Internetworking Inc. was founded in McLean, Virginia. That same year, European Telecom and Technology was founded in London. 〔 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. Mercator Partners bought both Global Internetworking and European Telecommunications & Technology in 2006, merging the two companies' operations and renaming itself Global Telecom & Technology, Inc. (GTT) 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. 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. In May 2012 GTT acquired nLayer Communications, a privately held global IP backbone, for $18 million. nLayer founder Richard Steenbergen joined GTT as CTO. In April 2013 GTT acquired the Tier 1 IP network Tinet from Inteliquent, for $54.5 million in cash and services. 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 the company name change to GTT Communications, Inc. In February 2014, GTT announced the opening of a new office in Hong Kong’s Central District, bringing its total global presence to 9 offices in 6 countries. In October of 2014, GTT Communications, Inc. announced it has closed the acquisition of UNSi, a communications company providing data services to large enterprise and carrier clients. 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. In July 2015, GTT Communications, Inc. (GTT) and Saudi Telecom Company (STC) jointly announced 100-Gigabit IP Transit connectivity services to the Middle East. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Global Telecom & Technology」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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