Just days after London, UK-based 3C signed a signed an interconnect agreement with leading Central European carrier PanTel Kft in order to expand its reach in Hungary, the UK company has now signed two more agreements.
3C has signed a deal with communications technology provider Interoute, the owner of a pan-European voice and data network comprising over 35,000kms of fiber. The agreement provides 3C with local breakout across Europe, giving the UK company access to local service providers in virtually all European markets.
The second agreement is with Telstra Europe, and will allow 3C to utilize any Telstra service from its UK product offering. Initially, 3C will be using the local breakout and numbering services. Under the terms of the agreement, 3C Wholesale will route its UK traffic via Telstra and receive traffic from Telstra to a number of international destinations in central Europe and Russia. Telstra is already supplying UK number ranges to 3C, and 3C said this is in conjunction with the introduction of 3C’s Soft Switch, which means all the elements are in place for the launch of 3C’s IP Centrex product in the UK later this quarter.
3C is a holding company for a group of telecommunications and data companies supplying voice and data services to business users in emerging markets. It has operations in Moscow, St Petersburg, Budapest, London, and New York, and trades on the alternative investment market of the London Stock Exchange.
For the six months ended June 30, 2005, it posted a net loss 1.4m pounds ($2.6m) on sales of 3.3m pounds ($6.2m).
