Enron Extends Broadband Services to Europe

Enron Broadband Services has introduced its broadband application services and wholesale bandwidth products in Europe. The rollout of the Enron Intelligent Network includes the transport of rich media and streaming video to the desktop at high speeds with guaranteed quality of service.

"The European market is progressive in its approach and receptivity to the Internet and is a logical step in our global broadband expansion plans," said Joe Hirko, chief executive officer of Enron Broadband Services.

Enron recently provided webcast coverage of the Wimbledon Championships, via the Wimbledon channel, delivering more than 200,000 streams to viewers in 99 countries.

Enron also provides bandwidth products and services to wholesale and enterprise customers in the region. As part of its plan to create a bandwidth trading market, the company has installed and is testing a pooling point in London to facilitate bandwidth trading inter-continentally between the United States and Europe. Pooling points are being developed in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, and Paris. Enron will have at least 13 pooling points in operation in major U.S. cities by the end of 2000.