MCI Canada is extending its data centre for new customers of its hosting, colocation and session initiation protocol trunking services. Expansion is still underway, at its data centre located in Toronto. The company also launched VoIP trunking service, which uses the session initiation protocol for call control and routing, allowing enterprises to create a single, pure IP connection to carrier services.

AInternap Network Services Corporation (AMEX:IIP), a leading provider of performance-based routing solutions over the Internet, has announced that it has extended its IP footprint via a new data center in the greater Los Angeles area operated by 365 Main, Inc. The additional 7,500 square feet of colocation helps Internap meet the needs of an increasing number of large bandwidth customers within the market. The move also allows the Atlanta-based company to offer more customers its bundled colocation and Performance IPTM services.

Digital Realty has signed a lease agreement that significantly expands its presence in 600 West 7th Street, Digital Realty Trust's downtown Los Angeles Internet Gateway and Turn-Key Data Centre Facility. Cyberverse is increasing its presence in the building by adding 3,500 square feet of fully redundant data centre space from existing stock of turn-key space on the fourth floor of the building.

UBS AG opened its India Service Centre (ISC) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh state in the Financial District at Nanakramguda on the city outskirts. The unit will form a global hub to provide UBS with knowledge services including research and analytics, business process offshoring transaction and data processing, and IT infrastructure support. UBS plans to take headcount to 500 by the year-end and invest Swiss Franc 50 million over the next year on its development. It plans to raise its BPO seats from 450 to 1500 by the first half of 2007. UBS has more than US$2 trillion in client assets.

Reuters, the global information company, is to establish a permanent data management centre in the Gdansk area of Poland. The city in northern Poland has been chosen because of the broad range of language skills available locally, and good infrastructure and access. The Gdansk centre represents a significant investment to expand Reuters data collection and improve the company's business continuity planning. The new centre will run in tandem with the current UK site in Tiverton, Devon.

Internap Network Services Corporation (AMEX:IIP), a leading provider of performance-based routing solutions over the Internet, today announced plans to expand market coverage by creating a Private Network Access Point (P-NAP) in Toronto, Canada. The expansion is part of the Atlanta-based company's growth strategy and marks its entrance into the Canadian market. Internap currently serves customers via international locations in Hong Kong, London, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo and multiple U.S. cities.