186k - Press

Overview The telecoms market continues to expand rapidly and the increase in data / Internet communications is resulting in a shortage of bandwidth. Current networks will struggle to cope with this increase and new entrants will move into the market to meet this demand. 186k is the solution to this bandwidth shortage.



Who is 186k? 186k is a 'new' telecoms company. One whose vision is to provide a seamless and transparent technological solution to meet customer requirements. 186k is committed to delivering total reliability and service resilience via the highest quality infrastructure, backed by unrivalled customer care and support. As more and more businesses rely on the Internet for trading, this makes 186k the provider of choice. The 186k name refers to the speed of light - 186,000 miles per second. 186k's head office is 197, North Street, Leeds, West Yorks, LS7 2AA.



History In May 2000, Lattice Group committed an initial £235m investment over two years for the first stage of 186k's national fibre network and data centre infrastructure, with an additional £97m announced in July 2000. A further £118m was announced in February 2001 to bring the total value of Lattice Group's investment to £450m. In late 2002 with the merger of National Grid and Transco, 186k was released to Hutchison 3G. Once National Grid Transco stepped out of the net sector 186k became available for sale 186k was acquired in October 2004 by Dominic Marrocco, an Internet entrepreneur. Dominic has stated ambitions to develop 186k to be the IP partner of choice. Since Dominic acquired 186k in 2004 he has made many acquisitions to build the customer base and integrate this base into one central platform for delivering resilient IP based services.



186k's strategy 186k is dedicated to providing a converged solution to communication requirements, i.e. voice, data, internet, mobility. Communications are often over complicated by companies who 'specialise' in a certain field. 186k aims to cut through the apparent complexities and myths portrayed within the market place to provide a true solution to a requirement.







186k's products & services 186k offers a range of services including: Managed Bandwidth Managed Customer Services Advanced Solutions Co-location



Target customers 186k will mainly be targeting resellers, ISPs, mobile operators, ASPs and large corporates, which need complex service provision and support, bandwidth capacity and secure co-location services to provide high quality broadband services to end-users, but has flexible solutions to suit all types of businesses.




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