Interoute Communications, which owns and operates Europe's largest cloud services platform, has reason to celebrate.
Voice traffic from Interoute’s mobile partners across its cloud infrastructure, IP-based Virtual Voice Network (VVN), was up a whopping 40 percent in the first six months of this year. That breaks the 1 billion minutes-per-month barrier. The increasing demand for mobility in emerging markets is driving the increase, with the number of international mobile calls to Europe way up. Major operators in India, Russia and the Middle East are using Interoute as their European voice network.
“In the last year we have seen a significant increase in the number of international mobile operators wanting to expand their voice networks into Europe, to support local demand for mobile on their networks. These carriers don’t want to take on the cost and time burden or risk associated with building a network from scratch in each new country in Europe, and instead outsource the network, commercial and financial elements to us," said Matthew Finnie, CTO at Interoute. “By taking advantage of our position as the network bridge between Europe, the Middle East, America and into Africa, these operators experience a much faster route to market and are free to concentrate on their core business."
Archway is one mobile operator using Interoute to provide voice connectivity into Europe. The company provides voice and ICT solutions in the Middle East.
“Interoute provides a one-stop-shop for our European voice network," said Thomas Grillmeier, CTO at Archway. “We specialise in the Middle East, using satellite and some leased capacity to reach Interoute’s Virtual Voice Network in Frankfurt. From there Interoute does the rest, using its existing PoPs in major telehouses to meet all major PTTs and carriers in Europe and the US."
Interoute’s VVN stretches from New York to Dubai, and Stockholm to Madrid, and is used by more than 200 carriers as a single European long-haul network solution. The company’s connectivity platform extends across 29 European countries.
