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About GTS
GTS is
the parent company of Ebone, one of the leading broadband optical and IP network
service providers in Europe, and GTS Central Europe, one of the leading
providers of voice and data services across that region. Ebone’s fibre optic
network extends more than 25,000 kilometres, reaching virtually every major
European city. Ebone also operates one of Europe’s leading IP networks. GTS
Central Europe has operations in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary
and Romania. On 19 October 2001, GTS announced that it had signed a
definitive share purchase agreement under which KPNQwest ("KPNQwest")
(NASDAQ and ASE: KQIP) has agreed to acquire, under the terms and conditions in
the agreement and subject to normal regulatory approvals, the business of Ebone
and GTS Central Europe.
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