Band-X to Acquire TeleGeography

Bandwidth exchange plans line of information products

By Rich Miller
CarrierHotels News Staff

Sept. 27 -- The B2B bandwidth exchange Band-X Ltd. said today it had acquired Washington, D.C.-based TeleGeography, Inc., the leading publisher of statistics and analysis on international telecommunications.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The two companies said they will combine TeleGeography's independent research and Band-X's market-generated data, to develop an information business producing print, online, and database products covering worldwide trends in telecommunications.
TeleGeography will continue to produce its existing publications and form the heart of a separate Band-X publications group headed by TeleGeography President, Jason Kowal.
"By tapping into TeleGeography's unparalleled global reputation and experience we are advancing our long-term vision of building the world's open telecoms market," said Band-X Chairman Marcus de Ferranti. "This will enable buyers and sellers to make purchasing decisions based on rapidly accessible, and authoritative information and analysis.''
TeleGeography Chairman and founder Gregory C. Staple said that Band-X's trading business opens new information sources and markets for TeleGeography's database products and print publications.
"The explosive growth of the Internet and mobile telephony has led to a huge increase in the number of companies seeking international connections," said Staple. "That makes the data generated by Band-X's trading operations a key source of information about the world's fastest growing communication markets, and TeleGeography will be able to make use of much of that data when creating its reports.''
Band-X launched the first independent virtual market for international wholesale telecom capacity in 1997, becoming the world's first telecom-specific B2B exchange.
TeleGeography, Inc. is the authoritative source for international telecommunications statistics and analysis. The company's flagship report on global telecom traffic flows -- TeleGeography -- has been published annually since 1989.