Global Telecom & Technology, Inc. (“GTT”), (OTCBB:GTLT), a leading global Multi-Network Operator, announced today that ARTEL, Inc., a U.S.-based systems integrator, selected GTT to provide connectivity for its mission-critical clients across the globe.
With over 800 international supplier relationships and access to over 100,000 network Points of Presence worldwide, GTT will provide ARTEL an array of best-fit customer solutions to numerous countries around the world, including Estonia, Finland, Montenegro, Great Britain and Russia. Founded in 1986, ARTEL provides a variety of network management and systems integration solutions to both private and public entities.
“This agreement with ARTEL further emphasizes the value of our Multi-Network Operator strategy within the global market,” said Richard D. Calder, Jr., GTT’s president and CEO. “GTT’s broad set of vendor relationships and global network footprint will help ARTEL better provide services into hard-to-reach locations around the world.”
“We are pleased with GTT’s ability to procure, design, and manage connectivity on a global basis,” said Abdul Rana, ARTEL’s vice president, Strategic Operations. “With more than half of ARTEL’s business conducted overseas, including operations in six of the seven continents since 1986, this new relationship with GTT will serve to expand our existing capabilities and enhance our core strengths supporting our international customers.”
About GTT
As a Multi-Network Operator, GTT combines multiple networks and technologies to design unique network solutions for its customers. Vendor-neutral and technologically objective, GTT integrates components of multiple carrier networks to create the “best network” for our clients in a way that no single carrier can. GTT has taken the Multi-Network Operator strategy to a new level, through a combination of powerful network design tools, a global service footprint, extensive supplier relationships, and an expert team delivering outstanding end-to-end customer service.
Headquartered just outside Washington, D.C. in McLean, Virginia and with offices in London, Paris, and Dusseldorf, GTT has over 150 carrier partnerships with access to more than 800 telecommunications suppliers and over 100,000 network Points of Presence around the world. GTT provides a global service footprint that supports more than 300 businesses in more than 70 countries, worldwide. For more information visit the GTT web site: www.gt-t.net
About ARTEL, Inc.
Founded in 1986, ARTEL is a global leader in information technology providing a full spectrum of telecommunications, network management, solutions integration and information security services to meet the critical business and technology objectives of its clients. Operating in 12 countries around the globe in both commercial and government markets, ARTEL provides information technology solutions that cover the full life-cycle process, beginning with strategic business analysis and planning, and ending in full implementation. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, USA, other ARTEL office locations include Cairo, Egypt and Worms, Germany. Visit ARTEL on the web at www.artelinc.com
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