HIBERNIA ATLANTIC INCREASES ITS SALES FORCE

IN RESPONSE TO ITS RECORD BREAKING SALES AND GLOBAL EXPANSION

 

BOSTON, MA & NEW YORK, NY – October 9th, 2006 –Hibernia Atlantic, the only diverse trans-Atlantic transport provider, announces it has added highly-experienced and talented personnel to its sales and marketing teams, in response to its recent success and record-breaking customer acquisitions.

To launch the U.S. metro service operations, Joseph Hilt joins Hibernia as its Vice President of Sales and Marketing.  Mr. Hilt is responsible for all sales and marketing activities in the U.S. east coast corridor, including new metro transport services, sales, advertising, and staff development and management. Mr. Hilt brings over 12 years of leadership and industry experience to Hibernia, recently directing the KeySpan Communications’ sales and marketing efforts. 

To further expand its European market operations, Maggie Parry has joined Hibernia Atlantic to assist the EMEA Carrier Wholesale Sales. Ms. Parry has over 24 years of experience in international telecommunications, most recently as Director of Sales and Marketing for Apollo Submarine Cable System Limited.  Ms. Parry offers Hibernia Atlantic a global perspective, having worked in both the United States and European wholesale and enterprise markets.

Roberto Michelangeli also joins the Hibernia Atlantic team to support the UK sales operations.  Mr. Michelangeli brings over 14 years of experience in Corporate, ISP and reseller markets, recently from Cable & Wireless. Mr. Michelangeli will be instrumental in the continued growth of Hibernia’s secure and diverse network in the UK and European markets.

“We’re very excited to add Joseph, Maggie and Robert to the Hibernia team,” states Eric Gutshall, EVP of Sales and Marketing for Hibernia Atlantic. “Their international expertise in enterprise, wholesale, carrier, reseller and ISP markets will prove to be invaluable as we grow our network, customer base and range of services.”

Hibernia Atlantic’s North American network includes Halifax, Montreal, Boston, Albany and New York.  Hibernia’s Ireland and UK network includes Dublin, Waterford, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Southport, Manchester and London.  Currently, the Hibernia route is the only direct link between Canada and Ireland/EMEA.  For the complete trans-Atlantic network map and service offerings, please visit http://www.hiberniaatlantic.com.

About Hibernia Atlantic:

The Hibernia Atlantic network offers security through diversity.  The low-latency cable circuit provides European and US customers with direct trans-Atlantic connectivity at competitive prices, with unparalleled support and service.  Hibernia Atlantic’s redundant rings between Dublin, Manchester, London, New York, Halifax, Montreal and Boston are the fastest way to communicate across the Atlantic, providing dedicated Ethernet and optical level service up to GigE and 10G wavelengths. With Hibernia’s cutting-edge, network technology, enterprise customers, carriers and wholesale customers will now be able to offer reliable, next-generation bundled services to their end-users at affordable prices.   Hibernia Atlantic is a private company, established in 2001 by Columbia Ventures Corporation (CVC). For more information, please visit www.hiberniaatlantic.com.

For more info, please contact:

Jaymie Scotto

201.839.0177

jaymie@jaymiescotto.com