2. Edpnet – Internet Access & Services
Quick Facts
Edpnet : Independent Telecom Provider
• Founded in 1996
• Headquarters in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
• Branch offices: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
and Saint-Petersburg, Russia and New York, USA
‘Common Sense’ provider
• The clever alternative for more monopolistic
telecom providers
• High-quality products and services at an
affordable price
• Transcontinental optical network - the ideal
platform for connections between Europe,
Russia and the USA
3. Edpnet – Internet Access & Services
Our offices
Sint-Niklaas Amsterdam Saint-Petersburg New York
Belgium The Netherlands Russia USA
4. Edpnet – Internet Access & Services
Strategy
Broadband Internet Access (retail & business)
•To offer an alternative at a better price combined
with
• A high personalized quality service, thanks to our
competent dynamic workforce and in depth
knowledge of industry
IP transit, connectivity & datacenter services
(wholesale)
• Strong growing and competitive market due to
exploding growth of bandwidth demand and less
active incumbent telecom companies
• To optimize our own existing network
• To create a platform for further growth
5. Edpnet – Internet Access & Services
Markets & Products / Solutions
• Wholesale (Europe, Russia, USA)
• Professional (Europe, Russia, USA)
• Retail (Belgium, The Netherlands, Russia, France, UK)
IP Transit / P2P /
DWDM, Voice • Europe / Russia / USA
Wholesale
Broadband Internet
Access • Belgium / Netherlands /
Retail – B2B Russia
Internet linked
products • Europe / Russia / USA
Retail – B2B
6. Edpnet – Internet Access & Services
Milestones edpnet group
• 1996 - Start-up EDP Systems: Sales of computer
hardware and network equipment (HP products)
and dial-in internet / accounting software / ...
• 1999 - Incorporation edpnet: Independent ISP
(ADSL in Belgium)
• 2001 - Set-up of datacenter in Sint-Niklaas
• 2003 - Complete change of strategy : edpnet
(ISP) will be the main company / no internet
related hardware sales
• 2005 - Set-up of call center in Russia (OOO
Edpnet)
• 2006 - Introduction of Max 6: a market maker
product for over 18 months resulting in a rapid
growth of client base (plus 500 per month)
7. Edpnet – Internet Access & Services
Milestones edpnet group
• 2008 - Introduction of mobile telephone
services in Belgium
• 2009 - Start of VDSL and BROBA (investing in
infrastructure for providing BROBA)
- Start of separate wholesale division in Belgium
and Russia
- Digital TV in Netherlands
- Investments in network (Belgium, The
Netherlands, Germany, UK, France, Sweden,
Russia)
• 2010 - Internet based telephony in Belgium
- Migration for 2/3 of clients from Scarlet to
Belgacom
- 1/3 of client base on own BROBA system
8. Edpnet – Internet Access & Services
OOO Edpnet
Optical Network
• Fully redundant, stretching 3 continents
• Based on the newest DWDM technology
• Fully redundant POPs
• Scalable speeds up to 40 Gbps and more
• Perfect platform to communicate in real-time with
customers and partners around the world
