GTT Expands Ultra Low Latency Services to Brazil

MCLEAN, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GTT Communications, Inc. (NYSE:GTT, news), the leading global cloud networking provider to multinational clients, announced today that it has expanded its platform of industry-leading low latency services to Brazil’s financial markets. GTT’s Brazilian offering is a full-service, turnkey solution that includes ultra-low latency connectivity, proximity hosting, time synchronization services, hardware procurement, installation and maintenance, and local consultancy.

GTT’s comprehensive service and in-country expertise help organizations trading in Brazil avoid the challenge of sourcing and deploying infrastructure in the region. GTT serves local Brazilian and global clients who trade on the B3 Bolsa Balcão Brasil SA exchange, one of the world’s largest financial market infrastructure providers.

“Brazil is a key growth market for the financial sector,” stated Rick Calder, GTT president and CEO. “GTT is committed to delivering a turnkey, latency-optimized service that enables near real-time access to critical market information for our financial clients doing business in Brazil.”

GTT’s Time Synchronization service complements its ultra-low latency transport services, providing clients with a single source of time across their entire trading infrastructure to correlate data sets and time-stamp trade executions within sub-microsecond UTC accuracy. GTT will offer Time Synchronization in B3’s new colocation facility when its matching engine is launched in November 2017.

GTT’s new capabilities in Brazil build upon its leadership delivering low latency services between major financial centers around the world and complement its ownership of the GTT Express cable system, the fastest transatlantic route available.

About GTT

GTT provides multinationals with a better way to reach the cloud through its suite of cloud networking services, including optical transport, wide area networking, internet, managed services, voice and video services. The company’s Tier 1 IP network, ranked in the top five worldwide, connects clients to any location in the world and any application in the cloud. GTT delivers an outstanding client experience by living its core values of simplicity, speed and agility. For more information on how GTT is redefining global communications, please visit www.gtt.net.