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Interoute was hit by £310 million debt. Between 2003 and 2007 Interoute acquired a number of businesses, including: Virtue Broadcasting's Media Services Division, to expand its value-added services portfolio; Central European Communications Holdings BV (CECOM) and its operating
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undertook extensive restructuring and sold its traditional telephony operations in order to concentrate exclusively on network and
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in 2001 the company was restructured into its current form. Four weeks after its holding company i-21 Holdings Ltd., went into administration, Interoute
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European link to the
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