CI-Net snaps up business ISP as part of proactive acquisition programme

Published May 7th, 2009

UK Internet Service Provider (ISP) and managed wide area networking reseller, CI-Net, has completed the acquisition of business ISP, Interdart, as part of an ongoing acquisition drive.

The addition of Interdart’s customer base will give Oxford-based, CI-Net, which provides business ISP and hosting services and is a specialist managed wide area networking (WAN) reseller, a combined total of 2500 active customers.

The company is engaged in active discussions with a number of other acquisition prospects.

“Despite the downturn, we believe there are still opportunities out there. The Interdart deal is part of a proactive growth strategy in which we’re seeking targeted acquisitions to increase market share and enhance our ability to provide value and quality to customers,” explained Matthew Hare, CEO of CI-Net’s parent company, Community Internet Group Limited.

“Future acquisition targets will come from the UK business ISP sector, where we see potential for growth and we’re already talking to a number of companies in the area. We’re looking to acquisitions as an immediate route to increasing our customer base and adding to our infrastructure, allowing us to achieve significant economies of scale. Customers will be better served by our ability to deliver improved value and quality Internet services, backed by increased capacity and a more resilient, wider infrastructure with more interconnects. And of course the bigger customer base will get the chance to tap into our WAN and security solutions.”

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About CI-Net

Over 2,000 UK organisations rely on CI-Net’s secure, resilient, managed wide area networks (WANs). These organisations choose CI-Net to manage their WAN because of the flexibility and comprehensive services we offer, the unrivalled quality and resilience of our network and our unparalleled reputation for innovation and customer support. Working closely with customers to understand specific requirements, CI-Net builds and supports solutions crafted from an extensive portfolio of connectivity solutions, security and optimisation products plus web and professional services to support a huge variety of on-line and e-business activities. CI-Net enables businesses of all sizes to communicate better with their customers, suppliers, partners, home workers, branch offices, temporary sites and mobile workers – no matter what the circumstances.

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