Colt Group is a global information delivery and network services provider operating in 28 countries across Europe, Asia, and the US. It owns 22 carrier-neutral data centres in Europe and manages 7 more in Asia-Pacific. Colt's network directly connects 205 cities worldwide and has metropolitan area networks in 47 cities. It provides integrated network, data centre, voice, and IT services to over 17,000 enterprise customers including many large financial and media firms. Colt has received numerous industry awards for its services and innovation.
2. Colt Group factsheet
Who we are
Colt is the information delivery platform, delivering integrated network, data centre, voice
and IT services. Customers include 17 out of the 25 global media companies and over half
of both the global financial services and telecom companies (Forbes 1000 list 2013). In
addition, Colt works with over 50 exchange venues and 13 European National Central Banks
(NCBs). Colt operates in 28 countries across Europe, Asia and in the U.S. with connections
into over 200 cities globally and metropolitan area networks in 47 cities. Colt owns 22
carrier-neutral data centres in Europe and manages a further 7 in the Asia-Pacific region.
Colt recently completed the acquisition of KVH, an integrated managed IT infrastructure and
communications services business, with headquarters in Tokyo and operations in Hong Kong,
Seoul and Singapore.
Founded
1992
Headquarters
London
Offices
14 across Europe, Japan, Hong Kong,
Singapore, India and the US
Registered office
Luxembourg
Listing
London Stock Exchange (COLT)
Employees
5,000+
Annual revenue
€1,578.8M in 2013
Data Centre & Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)
Data Centre
MAN
Colt connected city
Operational network managed end-to-end
New network route 2014
Under Construction
Shared Services Centre (SSC)
Global exchange access facilities -
Colt offers exchange colocation at 26 venues globally
Network connections between cities are logical paths and may not reflect actual routes.
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Global infrastructure spanning 3 continents
• Colt’s network directly connects 205 cities, with
a further 47 Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs)
worldwide.
• Direct fibre connections into more than 22,000
buildings worldwide
• Colt owns and operates 22 carrier-neutral data
centres in Europe and manages a further 7 in the
Asia-Pacific region
• We provide services to our customers across 86
countries globally
3. Colt Group factsheet
Our key successes
Market recognition
• Metro Ethernet Forum Awards
– Colt has won awards for ten consecutive years
– Seven awards in 2014, including Wholesale Service Provider
of the Year EMEA, Best Service of the Year EMEA and Best
Service of the Year APAC
• Gartner
– Colt named a leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for
Cloud-Enabled European Managed Hosting (2014)*
– Gartner Critical Capabilities Report (2014): Colt scored 5
out of 5 for Pan-European Network Services **
• Capacity Global Wholesale Telecoms Award
– Best Pan-European Wholesale Carrier (2013)
• VMware Partner Awards
– VMware Service Provider Partner of the Year, both EMEA
and Global (2013)
– VMware Service Provider Program of the Year (2012)
• Light Reading Leading Lights
– Most Innovative Ethernet Service (2014)
• Network Virtualisation Industry Awards
– Operator of the Year (2014)
• Telecom Asia Readers’ Choice & Innovation Award
– Carrier Ethernet Project of the Year (2014)
• Futures and Options World (“FOW”) Awards
– Data Centre of the Year Award for Asia (2014)
• International Datacentre & Cloud Award
– Energy Efficiency and Environmental Sustainability (2013)
• DataCenterDynamics
– Improved Data Centre Efficiency EMEA (2013)
– Innovation in a Medium Data Centre (2012, 2013)
Colt’s customers include
• SWIFT, Nectar, London Stock Exchange Group, London
Metal Exchange, McAfee, EUROVISION, Gallina Blanca
Star, trivago, Associated Press
Colt is socially responsible
• Environmental ISO 14001 certification in all our
European regions of operation
• Colt’s carbon footprint has been published since 2009
• Colt’s energy programme saved over 17,000 tonnes of
CO2 equivalent and €4.6m of costs annually
• Our staff gets 2 days of volunteering annually
• Helped change children’s lives by volunteering over
25,000 hours to date and raising over €400,000
Products & Services
Colt has a wide portfolio of Network, Voice, Data Centre
and IT services which are delivered with industry leading
customer service and security.
Network Services
• Bandwidth & Wavelength Services
• Ethernet Services
• IP VPN & Managed Networking
• Internet Access
Voice Services
• PSTN Voice access products (Voice Line, Voice Connect)
• SIP trunking and UC solutions (VoIP Access, Carrier
VoIP, IP Voice Solutions)
• IN Services from Service numbers up to contact
centre solutions (Basic IN, IN VAS)
• Wholesale Voice Services (White Label Voice, IN to
Carrier VoIP, Number Hosting)
IT Services
• End-User Services - Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
– We specialise in hosting large and complex customer
virtual desktop solutions
• Mission Critical Web Hosting
– Excellent SLA’s backed up by our European datacentre
estate and network
• Enterprise Application Hosting
– Optimised Infrastructure for key enterprise application
groups, such as ERP Infrastructure Platforms
Data Centre Services
• Colocation in carrier-neutral data centres
Integrated Solutions Services
We also have strong capabilities to integrate products
and services and provide solutions to enterprises across
the globe.
Capital Markets
• Hosting services including proximity hosting and
exchange colocation at 26 venues globally and
Colt colocation
• Network services including ultra-low latency,
TARGET2-Securities, managed network and extranet
services as well as market access to 53 cross-asset
class venues
• Market data feeds from over 50 markets
What we offer
For more information please visit:
www.colt.net
* Gartner Magic Quadrant for European Managed Hosting (Gartner reference:
G00260243), Tiny Haynes, Gianluca Tramacere, Lydia Leong, Gregor Petri, Douglas
Toombs, Bob Gill, 09 July 2014.
** Gartner, Critical Capabilities Report for Pan-European Network Services, Neil
Rickard and Katja Rudd, 26 March 2014.
All statements attributed to Gartner represent Colt’s interpretation of data, research,
opinion, or viewpoints published as part of a syndicated subscription service by
Gartner, Inc., and have not been reviewed by Gartner. The opinions expressed in
Gartner publications are not representations of fact, and are subject to change
without notice.
