Colt Technology Services

Colt Technology Services supplies high-bandwidth network connections to businesses and to wholesale customers. It concentrates on the large business centres of Europe, Asia and North America. Its network is built for the cloud and is branded the Colt IQ Network.

What Colt Technology Services does

• Enterprise connectivity: high-capacity links between sites, clouds and data centres.
• Wholesale network services: capacity for other carriers and service providers.
• Cloud and security services: connections into cloud platforms alongside security offerings.
• Voice services: telephony for enterprise customers.
• Software-defined networking: SDN and network function virtualisation, areas where it describes itself as an early adopter.

Who it serves

Customers are data-intensive organisations. The company states that its customers include many of the largest telecoms and media companies, as well as exchange venues and European central banks.

Key facts

• Ownership: privately owned
• Reach: over 200 connected cities in nearly 30 countries
• Network: links more than 800 data centres and over 25,000 buildings on its own network