VANCOUVER and FRANKFURT -- 360networks, an international provider of broadband network services, announced today that it has acquired dark fiber on metropolitan networks in Munich, Berlin and Zurich. The company purchased the dark fiber from Carrier1 International S.A., a leading European provider of end-to-end Internet, voice, bandwidth, data center and access solutions to large users of communications services.

"These metropolitan networks provide us with a deeper reach into three important business centers and offer our customers in these areas enhanced access to our global network," said Ashwin Chitamun, 360networks' vice-president of Europe. "The networks are complementary to our long-haul routes in Germany and Switzerland, and represent an important advancement for our European network."

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