RETN Wins Innovation Disruptor of the Year

London, October 17 - RETN, the leading independent global network services provider is proud to announce that it has been named Innovation Disruptor of the Year, at the prestigious Global Connectivity Awards 2024. A highlight of the Capacity Europe telecoms conference, this award reflects our relentless pursuit of innovation and our dedication to addressing critical challenges in the digital infrastructure space.

Over the past year, RETN has undergone remarkable growth and transformation, while maintaining its unwavering commitment to innovation, customer service, and network expansion.

RETN has continued to significantly expand its network footprint, creating strategic routes across Europe and Asia, while substantially increasing its Points of Presence (PoPs) in key locations. With over 135,000 kilometres of network, RETN offers unparalleled connectivity and performance, positioning itself as the go-to provider for both wholesale, content and enterprise customers.

At the same time, we’ve championed industry innovation, launching our cutting-edge DDoS Mitigation solution in April, increasing scrubbing capacity by 5000%, and utilising AI and machine learning to protect our customers against evolving cyber threats.

Earlier in 2024, we introduced our 12-month free IPv6 initiative to accelerate the transition from IPv4, addressing the urgent need for a scalable internet infrastructure. This initiative successfully increased IPv6 adoption rates among our customers, helping facilitate for the global good of the internet.

This month, we launched our ‘Building the Networks of Tomorrow’ campaign and white paper — a call to action for the industry to prioritise resilience, foster innovation, and ensure that the networks we build today support the demands of tomorrow. We are excited to continue our journey of growth and innovation, setting new benchmarks for excellence in the telecommunications industry.

Tony O'Sullivan, CEO of RETN said: “We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to our dedicated team, customers, and partners for their unwavering support. This recognition inspires us to continue pushing the boundaries of what is possible in connectivity.”

About RETN

RETN is one of the fastest growing independent Eurasian network services providers, with unique resources to connect Europe and Asia. In 2023 RETN was awarded the ‘Best Pan-European Carrier’ title, at the Global Carrier Awards. Offering a wide range of connectivity services, such as IP transit, Ethernet & VPN, Capacity, Remote peering to major IXPs, Colocation and Cloud Connect, RETN’s network runs on leading equipment vendors such as Infinera, Juniper and Ciena.

RETN’s unique solution to connect Europe and Asia is built on its own homogenous DWDM and IP/MPLS Network Platform and widely branched land routes, passing through Western Europe, Eastern Europe and up to the border with China and further onwards into Southeast Asia.

RETN provides telecommunication services throughout its Eurasian network with short lead times, industry leading uptimes, and multiple layers of redundancy.

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