Cogent Communications

#3635

Rank

$2.77B

Marketcap

United States

Country

Leadership team

Mr. David Schaeffer Ph.D. (Founder, Chairman, CEO & Pres)

Mr. Raymond Brad Kummer (CTO & VP of Optical Transport Engineering)

Mr. John B. Chang (Chief Legal Officer)

Products/ Services

Internet, Service Industry, Telecommunications

Number of Employees

500 - 1000

Headquarters

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Established

1999

Company Registration

SEC CIK number: 0001158324

Net Income

100M - 500M

Revenue

500M - 1B

Traded as

CCOI

Social Media

URL

https://www.cogentco.com

Overview

Location

Recognition and Award

References

Summary

Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides high-speed Internet access, private network, and data center colocation space services in North America, Europe, Asia, South America, Australia, and Africa. The company offers on-net Internet access and private network services to law firms, financial services firms, and advertising and marketing firms, as well as heath care providers, educational institutions and other professional services businesses, other Internet service providers, telephone companies, cable television companies, Web hosting companies, media service providers, mobile phone operators, content delivery network companies, and commercial content and application service providers. It also provides Internet access and private network services to customers that are not located in buildings directly connected to its network; and on-net services to customers located in buildings that are physically connected to its network. In addition, the company offers off-net services to corporate customers using other carriers' circuits to provide the last mile portion of the link from the customers' premises to the network. Further, it operates data centers that allow its customers to collocate their equipment and access the network. The company operates 54 data centers and provides facilities to 3,035 buildings and on-net services to 1,817 to multi-tenant office buildings. It serves primarily to small and medium-sized businesses, communications service providers, and other bandwidth-intensive organizations. Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Washington, the District of Columbia.

History

Cogent Communications was founded in 1999 by Dave Schaeffer, a former chief technology officer for XO Communications. In its first year, the company acquired Inter Access, a regional Internet service provider in California, and signed its first interconnection agreements with Level 3 Communications, UUNET, and Sprint. In 2000, Cogent acquired more regional ISPs and began trading as a public company in 2004. The following year, it acquired Chevalley Communications and began providing high-speed Internet access in Europe.

Mission

Our innovative, facilities-based network spans across North America, across the Atlantic throughout Europe, and across the Pacific to Asia

Vision

We have become widely recognized as one of the largest carriers of Internet traffic in the world.

Key Team

Mr. James Bubeck (Chief Revenue Officer & VP of Global Sales)

Mr. Timothy G. O'Neill (VP of Field Engineering, Construction and Network Operations)

Mr. Thaddeus G. Weed (CFO and Sr. VP ? Audit & Operations)

Mr. Vincent Teissier (Director of Bus. Devel.)

Mr. Jean-Michel F.F Slagmuylder (Chief Financial Officer for European Operations)

Mr. Ried R. Zulager (Sec.)

Recognition and Awards

Cogent Communications has been awarded numerous industry awards for its services, including the Frost & Sullivan North American Customer Value Leadership Award and the Red Herring Top 100 Global Award. In 2011, Cogent Communications was included in Deloitte's Technology Fast 500™.