Ebone Network Shutdown Strands Customers
News As many as 4,500 companies faced the loss of their Internet connections as Ebone, part of the bankrupt KPNQwest network, finally began to shut down on Tuesday. Ebone was the first backbone of Europe," said Graham Kinsey, staff convenor at the Ebone...
[July 3, 2002, 9:34]
KPNQwest Could Be Tainted By Alleged Ebone Fraud
News While bankrupt pan-European service provider KPNQwest's network hangs in the balance, more bad news is emerging from Ebone, the network it purchased earlier this year. Ninety-five disgruntled shareholders have launched legal proceedings against the...
[June 11, 2002, 16:48]
KPNQwest's Ebone Operators Are Ready To Go It Alone
News The operators at KPNQwest's Ebone operations centre in Hoeilaart, Belgium are ready to carry on working independently again if, at the end of June, administrators have not found a buyer for their network.
[June 17, 2002, 16:34]
KPNQwest Could Be Tainted By Alleged Ebone Fraud
Talkback hallo, I had about 7.500 shares of GTS and lose it all.It was al my money fore my old days now. Iworked in the hotel "groenendaal" in hoeilaart were the office was of hermes.we had a lot of clients of the company.I heart that alot ofspecialy things...
[November 10, 2004, 20:02]
KPNQwest Confusion Continues
News Ebone, a part of the bankrupt KPNQwest network, was reported to have been partially turned off on Tuesday morning. Ebone is one part that might be sold, although if it is truly being switched off, its value is likely to fall rapidly as the few...
[July 2, 2002, 13:09]
Bankrupt Network Gets New Ultimatum - From Suppliers
News Having survived deadlines from the liquidators and the employees at the Ebone network centre in Belgium, bankrupt service provider KPNQwest may finally be taken down by its suppliers, according to a source close to the bankruptcy process.
[June 17, 2002, 16:45]
KPNQwest Set For Breakup As AT&T Pulls Out
News Contracts are being sent out for individual parts of the network such as Ebone, a recently purchased and still more or less autonomous part of KPNQwest, making it now very unlikely that the network can be sold in one piece.
[June 28, 2002, 8:48]
Banks And Administrators Fight Over KPNQwest Scraps
News The Ebone part of KPNQwest's network still has money to operate, but some of its customers are drifting away, according to Graham Kinsey, convenor of the network centre workers. A consortium reportedly made a bid for the Ebone portion only on...
[June 24, 2002, 8:25]
European Regulation Fails To Solve Broadband Problem
News And now the company that commissioned the report, backbone firm Ebone, is, along with the European Competitive Telecommunications Association (ECTA), taking this issue to the European Commission. The concerns, Ebone claims, are gathering a good...
[May 3, 2001, 11:30]
Cash Crunch Threatens KPNQwest
News I'm not sure how much credibility yet another ultimatum has," said Ebone staff spokesman Graham Kinsey. Money to pay the Ebone team has apparently already been paid to the Belgian liquidators handling that centre, and may be safe.
[June 18, 2002, 17:42]
KPNQwest Network Nears Closure As Legal Battle Looms
News KPNQwest's purchase of GTS, which included the Ebone European backbone network, was completed in March, only weeks before KPNQwest declared itself bankrupt. I'm an eternal optimist, but a solution is not looking likely," said Graham Kinsey...
[June 24, 2002, 12:36]
KPNQwest Collapse Shakes European Internet
News KPNQwest could be tainted by alleged Ebone fraud Tue 11 Jun: KPNQwest's recent purchase of Ebone involved corruption at GTS, says a lawsuit, as the company's bankruptcy drama continues NEWS ANALYSIS: KPNQwest collapse hands future back to big players
[June 11, 2002, 16:08]
Staff Threaten KPNQwest Shutdown
News The dissent appearts to come from staff on the Ebone European backbone, which was bought by KPNQwest earlier this year. Reportedly, 350 Ebone staff have been working without pay for the last week: the last straw for them was a reported move by the...
[June 14, 2002, 13:55]
News Schmooze: Record Companies Smack Net Users
News One of the few pieces of solid information about the ongoing KPNQwest nightmare popped up on Wednesday: Ebone, one of the network's acquisitions, has now begun the process of shutting down. Graham Kinsey, staff convenor at Ebone's Belgium network...
[July 5, 2002, 11:35]
KPNQwest Could Face Enron-style Investigation
News January's good figures were enough to convince banks to finance the purchase of bankrupt service provider Ebone. The management may not have believed in that business plan at all, suggests Siebrand, only taking over Ebone to get a credit facility...
[June 10, 2002, 17:10]
Leased Lines To Drive Information Society
News The price we pay for leased lines means there isn't a cost-orientated product out there," explained Iain Osborne, head of telco procurement at Ebone, the broadband division of networking firm GTS. ADSL may have grabbed the headlines of late, but...
[April 25, 2001, 7:14]
KPNQwest Collapse Threatens Europe's Net
News At the end of 2001, it had completed the purchase of Ebone, one of Europe's longest-established IP networks, and was looking for further expansion. Updated:KPNQwest filed for bankruptcy on Friday after failing to raise funds to keep its European...
[May 31, 2002, 12:53]
KPNQwest Struggles Back After Shutdown - But For How Long?
News One major part of the network, the Ebone backbone, had been shut down already, and has since been sold off for a rumoured 25 million euros to European service provider Interoute. Based in London, Interoute is owned by the Sandoz Family Foundation...
[July 25, 2002, 10:46]
