WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- AboveNet, Inc. (NYSE: ABVT), a leading provider of high-bandwidth connectivity solutions, today announced it is expanding its international network to key European markets with growing demand for dedicated, high performance and high-bandwidth services. Customers will be able to connect seamlessly between the U.S., London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Paris.

The expansion provides high-bandwidth customers with connectivity between and within top business hubs in the U.S and Europe. Customers will benefit from AboveNet’s wide range of next-generation optical, Ethernet and IP-based services and existing infrastructure that includes 2 million fibre miles in 16 metro markets, an intercity network spanning approximately 12,000 route miles and a global Tier 1 IP backbone.

AboveNet’s expansion specifically targets markets with a high concentration of web-centric businesses, financial services organisations and enterprises with a multinational presence. These markets also have a significant number of private and carrier neutral data centres as well as being key Internet hub cities which further increases high-bandwidth transport demand.

“Ovum’s recent research found that European markets are indeed moving towards high-bandwidth Ethernet requirements with more enterprises now investing in this type of infrastructure to conduct business competitively,” said Ian Redpath, Principal Analyst at Ovum. “AboveNet’s focus on high-bandwidth services and strategy of offering their capability in more key markets in a seamless manner will resonate with these target customers.”

AboveNet Inc. (NYSE: ABVT)