Services include IP telephony, IP virtual private networks, and ATM and frame relay-based managed services. Dataquest senior analyst Bhawani Shankar said there would be savings on the network infrastructure, but added that KPNQwest may be able to get more paying minutes out of its pipe.
Users are slightly weary of new technology.
He added that he imagined KPNQwest would mostly aim for the backbone market and target ISPs and other service providers. Central Europe, including Austria, the Czech Republic, and Hungary would complete the network by the end of next year. The EuroRing network would be linked to Qwest's 18,500-mile U.S. fiber network by the end of the first quarter, the company added.