SOHONET AND XTREME SIGN ARCHIVE ACCESS DEAL

SOHONET, a part of neoscorp and a leading UK provider of high-bandwidth, end-to-end communications solutions, have signed a contract with Xtreme Information to create high-speed, cost-effective customer access to their commercials archive.
Xtreme Information, the world's largest archive of TV commercials, enables advertisers and their agencies to access vital strategic marketing intelligence and to monitor and track competitor activity. This information, previously only available on VT, CD ROM and more recently via the internet, will now be available for high-speed downloading via Sohonet's direct digital access services.
Sohonet Managing Director Gareth Wredden said: “Xtreme Information is an established and integral service within the advertising industry. By utilising Sohonet, Xtreme can offer their services in the most appropriate manner for the changing demands of this market.”
By connecting at local level to the Sohonet Metropolitan Area Network (MAN), advertising agencies can access Xtreme Informations' database and rapidly download large files of up to 100 Mbit/s, through one simple link.
Dan Levin, CEO of Xtreme Information, said: “Client requirements are constantly changing and we were keen to offer multi-channel access to our services. Sohonet's broadband capabilities enable us to do this cost-effectively whilst maintaining the highest level of quality and service.”
The UK company neoscorp are the holding company for neosnetworks - formerly Inter Digital Networks (IDN) - Sohonet and MASE. The neoscorp group of companies focuses primarily on the UK market providing end-to end vertically integrated communications solutions to UK enterprises across both public and private sectors.
Having increased revenues four-fold and more than doubled their customer base during 2000, neoscorp's success stems from a strong customer focus and unrivalled understanding and experience of the UK telecoms market.
As owner and operator of neosnet, one of the most advanced optical fibre networks in the UK, neoscorp are able to provide customers with fast network services across a wide geographical spread. (AMcE)