GTT Communications, Inc.
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| Traded as | : GTT |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | McLean, Virginia, United States |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Richard D. Calder, (CEO) |
| Products | Internet services, Telecommunications, Managed Services, Unified Communications, Voice |
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Number of employees
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800 |
| Website | gtt.net |
| Primary ASN | 3257 |
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| Peering policy | Restrictive |
| Traffic Levels | 10 Tbit/s+ |
GTT Communications, Inc. (GTT), formerly Global Telecom and Technology, is a multinational telecommunications and internet provider company with headquarters in McLean, Virginia. GTT operates a Tier 1 network, and provides IP transit, MPLS transport services, managed services, voice and unified communications to enterprise, government, and carrier customers in over 100 countries.
In 1998, telecom services integrator and network solutions provider Global Internetworking Inc. was founded in McLean, Virginia. That same year, European Telecom and Technology was founded in London.
In April 2005, Mercator Partners Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company created by Reston-based investment bank Mercator Capital, raised $59.5 million in an initial public stock offering, intending to use the money to buy a telecommunications company. Mercator Partners bought both Global Internetworking Inc. and European Telecommunications & Technology in 2006, merging the two companies' operations and renaming itself Global Telecom & Technology, Inc. (GTT).
In December 2009, GTT acquired Denver-based WBS Connect in a stock and cash transaction, shifting its business model from being an exclusively virtual network operator and telecom solutions integrator to a network operator providing IP transit and Ethernet services.
In June 2011 GTT acquired PacketExchange, a privately held UK company and operator of a global backbone providing IP transit and MPLS transport services, for $20 million in cash.
In May 2012 GTT acquired nLayer Communications, a privately held global IP backbone, for $18 million. nLayer founder Richard Steenbergen joined GTT as CTO.
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