LONDON, 25 October 2017 – CITIC Telecom International CPC Limited has become one of the first Asian managed service providers to have a network of owned Points of Presence in multiple countries along the “digital silk road”. apple silicone case iphone 8 This follows an announcement in London yesterday that it has completed the acquisition and re-branding of the former Linx Telecommunication B.V, which was headquartered in Amsterdam. The newly expanded CITIC Telecom International CPC has 900 staff, 26 offices around the world, 140 Points of Presence, 30 data centres, 15 Cloud centres and more than 12,000 customer sites. white silicone iphone 7 plus case The increased network includes a significant presence in Amsterdam, Tallinn and Moscow. “The company’s new name is meant to convey a sense of being a single unified company with aligned capabilities. It not only leverages the excellent brand reputation of its parent company domestically and overseas, but also more accurately reflects the company’s enhanced business focus on Europe and the CIS telecommunications arena,” said Mr. Stephen Ho, CEO of CITIC Telecom CPC. iphone 8 case cool design “Furthermore, we are starting a new era with a new network which covers critical locations along the “Digital Silk Road,” providing a shorter path and direct connect to the Greater China region. iphone 7 plus case protective This helps and empowers our enterprise customers and carrier partners to expand their global footprints by leveraging our top-of-the-line infrastructure, solutions and services, local expertise and ramping up our capabilities in new ICT areas.” The ‘Digital Silk Road’, connecting Asia, Europe and Africa, is also known as China’s “One Belt, One Road” economic cooperation initiative, and has significant potential from infrastructure financing. It is backed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to establish a strong focus on attracting new sources of investment into different countries. High growth areas along the Digital Silk Road include Russia, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. iphone 7 plus skinny dip phone cases According to data from Mergermarket*, Chinese enterprises’ M&As in Europe and North America have experienced impressive growth – accounting for USD78.9 billion and USD37.9 billion respectively in the first half of 2016, an YoY increase of over 300%. The top five destination countries (Switzerland, the United States, Germany, Finland and the United Kingdom) attracted more than 77% of M&A value. iphone 7 plus case furry “Accelerating internationalization and digitalization, the markets along the “One Belt, One Road” route offer huge development potential. Information interconnectivity is the basis and a development priority of the initiative,” said Mr Ho. Adding the Linx network means that CITIC Telecom CPC can now support a greater number of enterprises along the Digital Silk Road, tapping into CITIC Telecom CPC Europe’s existing network resources in Central and Eastern Europe. CITIC Telecom CPC’s go-to-market strength has also increased, enabling growth opportunities for Asian enterprises expanding into Europe, as well as European corporations trading in Asia. “Our mission to connect the world to the Digital Silk Road is closer to fulfillment, as we support customers to invest and operate in Central Europe, Eastern Europe and Russia. The acquisition of CITIC Telecom CPC Europe (formerly Linx Telecommunications B. V.) fits very well into this strategy and now we have a particularly powerful proposition for our customers. In Europe, our partners have expressed how beneficial the acquisition is to them, because some of the services that they are enjoying in Asia are now migrating to this new and exciting area, offering a host of new investments,” said Mr. Ho. The new network will also be looking to introduce new services such as NFV and SDWAN as the company moves forward. Mr Ho stressed that behind all this was a commitment to standards and quality and CITIC Telecom CPC had already achieved multiple ISO standards. The network already had 99.99% reliability and was close to achieving 99.999%. “We are obsessed with quality, we are obsessed with our commitment to our customers and to inspiring our people to serve them wherever they are in the world,” he concluded.