IQ Network to Hong Kong sets a new standard for 100Gbps services
(ACN Newswire) – Colt, the global high bandwidth network provider, today
announced its plan to launch high-bandwidth services in Hong Kong by July 2017
– the latest expansion of the Colt IQ Network. The expansion aims to meet
rapidly rising demand for bandwidth, as well as the growing need for on-demand
services and network flexibility – particularly from Hong Kong-based companies
in the financial sector, as well as businesses with high-bandwidth requirements
linked to the Internet of Things (IoT), fintech and Big Data.
The expansion of the network to Hong Kong is
part of the ongoing investment project being undertaken by Colt in Asia, which
includes similar projects in Japan and Singapore. The Hong Kong expansion,
comprising both Fibre-Optic and Ethernet architecture, will provide
connectivity to approximately 80% of Hong Kong’s commercial buildings,
including full commercial coverage in the Hong Kong Island, East Kowloon and
West Kowloon CBDs.
The Colt IQ Network is a 100Gbps network,
optimised with software defined network capabilities, providing best-in-class
services spanning 28 countries and 49 metro area networks, including, Tokyo,
Sydney, Busan, Chicago, New York, London, Frankfurt and Paris. Colt is
committed to further expanding this network, which currently spans 24,500
buildings and 700 data centres around the world. It is targeted at enabling the
most demanding of enterprises, particularly those with an increasingly global
reach, yet require specialist attention for their local presences.
“Many companies are looking to transform
their digital infrastructure in the face of growing demand for bandwidth and
connectivity requirements”, said Colt’s Asia CCO and Regional Executive
Kenji Hioki. “Colt’s high-bandwidth services are designed to meet the
ever-growing demand from enterprises for fast, secure and reliable direct
connectivity to markets around the world. The launch in Hong Kong enables the
region’s businesses to power their competitiveness and growth while
future-proofing their connectivity needs.”
The benchmark for customer experience
Colt continues to place customers at the heart
of its business. As a testament to this approach, the company achieved a NPS
(net promoter score)* of 35 in 2016, positioning Colt as the Best in Class
Telco in the metric’s EU B2B Benchmark. Going forward, Colt intends to
benchmark its customer experience against other industries as well, to stay
ahead of customer demand.
*NPS is the leading customer experience metric
for all industries https://npsbenchmarks.com/
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