BT has agreed to acquire INS Group S.A, a Belgium-based network and systems integrator. Based in Brussels INS has 225 employees based across the Benelux, France, Germany, the US and India. It provides data, voice, video infrastructure to businesses and the management of customer collaboration platforms. To the end of 2006 the company generated revenues of 27.9 million. BT stated that its aim was to further establish its position in convergent technologies.

Splunk, creators of the IT Search engine for logs and IT data, has closed USD25 million in Series C funding led by Ignition Partners of Bellevue, Washington. Also participating in the round were the company's existing investors August Capital, JK&B Capital and Sevin Rosen Funds. Splunk's free download business model has put the company on a rapid growth trajectory. The funding will be used to continue Splunk's adoption in data centres around the world. Customers include Visa International, Verizon Business and The U.S. Department of Justice who use Splunk's IT Search.

Ahead of its 3rd quarter results, Equinix the US-based carrier neutral Data Centre company who acquired IXEurope in September has provided revenue and EBITDA guidance for the full 2007 year and revenue guidance for 2008. For the 2007 full year Equinix has forecast group revenues of up to USD415 million with EBITDA of up to USD151 million. For 2008, the company foresees revenues increasing by almost 50 per cent, largely as a result of the IXEurope acquisition. Group revenues will range up to USD625 million of which up to USD150 million will be derived from Europe.

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) today announced that its operating subsidiary has purchased certain assets from AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) that were divested as a result of the merger between AT&T and BellSouth. The acquired assets consist of indefeasible rights of use (IRUs) for dark fiber connections to 27 buildings as well as more than 450 metro fiber route miles in the nine markets where AT&T was required to divest assets.

Cogent Communications Group, Inc. (NASDAQ-CCOI) will host a conference call at 8:30 a.m. ET on November 7, 2007 to discuss Cogent's operating results for the third quarter of 2007. Cogent will issue a press release announcing the operating results at 7:00 a.m. ET on November 7, 2007. To participate, investors and other interested parties may access the earnings call as follows: Dial-in Number: 1- 800-930-1353 for U.S.

DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. (NYSE: DFT) has announced the closing of its initial public offering and that the underwriters for the offering have exercised in full their over-allotment option to purchase an additional 4,575,000 shares of its common stock, bringing the total shares sold to 35,075,000 at a price of $21.00 per share for net proceeds of approximately $678.0 million, after underwriting discounts and financial advisory fees payable to the underwriters and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company.

Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a leading provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, has announced plans to double the size of its Paris2 Internet Business Exchange (IBX) center, and that the center has also received ISO 9001:2000 certification. The 2,500 square meter (26,910 sq. ft.) sellable data center expansion is being driven by significant growth from financial services companies, and other businesses in the Paris market. Equinix's previously announced 1,500 square meter (16,146 sq.