Ethernet Europe Announces Colt as Host Sponsor

Irvine, California (ots/PRNewswire) -

A Record Number of Operators on the Conference
Agenda

Light Reading will host its seventh Ethernet Europe
[http://www.etherneteurope.com ] in Munich, Germany on April 17 and
18 at the Hilton Munich Park Hotel. This year's event is collocated
with the Metro Ethernet Forum's Quarterly Meeting, making the
conference one of the most compelling and productive events for the
European Ethernet community.

The Host Operator Sponsorship has been secured by Colt and will
include a keynote presentation on Ethernet-enabled Cloud Services
from Colt's Head of Ethernet and IP Services, Henry Bohannon. "We are
delighted that Colt has chosen to be the host sponsor for Ethernet
Europe 2012. Colt has distinguished itself as an award-winning
pan-European communications provider with a multi-year track record
of leadership, innovation, and strategic vision in the Ethernet
market," explains Stan Hubbard, the chair of Ethernet Europe 2012 and
a Senior Analyst at Heavy Reading.

"Colt is proud to be associated with Light Reading's Ethernet
Europe 2012, demonstrating our continued dedication to evolving
innovative Ethernet services. A strong Ethernet service offering is
central to Colt's information delivery platform for European
businesses and provides a key component of our integrated network and
computing solutions," states Bohannon.

Colt will be joined by more than a dozen other speakers from many
of Europe's leading telcos including Belgacom, Deutsche Telekom, P&T
Luxembourg and more. "One of the ways we have strived to distinguish
Ethernet Europe from other events is to not only cover the latest
Carrier Ethernet-related technologies and trends but to give our
audience the opportunity to hear perspectives from many senior
service provider experts who are shaping the direction of the
services and network technology markets," explains Hubbard. "We are
pleased to announce that a record number of 16-plus service provider
members of the global Ethernet Executive Council will be
participating directly in this year's event."

Ethernet Europe is sponsored by Platinum Sponsors Overture and
RAD Networks; and Gold Sponsors Accedian Networks, Actelis, ADVA
Optical Networking, AimValley, Canoga Perkins, Ciena, Cyan, Equinix,
Infovista, IXIA, JDSU, MRV, Omnitron Systems, Telco Systems and
Transmode.

Complimentary admission is offered to service providers and
qualified members of the media. For more information, please visit
http://www.etherneteurope.com

About Colt Technology Services

Colt is Europe's leading information delivery platform, enabling
its customers to deliver, share, process and store their vital
business information. An established leader in delivering integrated
computing and network services to major organisations, midsized
businesses and wholesale customers, Colt operates a 21-country,
35,000km network that includes metropolitan area networks in 39 major
European cities with direct fibre connections into 18,000 buildings
and 19 Colt data centres. In 2010, the Colt Data Centre Services
business was launched to deliver innovative high quality modular data
centres which are rapid to deploy and power efficient. Colt is listed
on the London Stock Exchange (COLT). Information about Colt and its
services can be found at http://www.colt.net

About Light Reading

Light Reading combines its research-led online communities and
targeted events portfolio to help those in the global communications
industry make informed decisions. Lightreading.com is the ultimate
source for telecom analysis for more than 300,000 subscribers each
month, leading the media sector in terms of traffic, content, and
reputation. Light Reading produces targeted communications events and
focused one-day conferences each year for cable, mobile and wireline
executives across five continents. As part of the Light Reading
Communications Network (http://www.lrcn.com), Light Reading leverages
the industry's most trusted telecom research brands, Heavy Reading
and Pyramid Research, to contribute to the only integrated business
information platform serving the $4 trillion global communications
industry.

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