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AT&T Signs IP Interconnection Pact With GTT

AT&T and GTT Communications signed a long-term IP interconnection agreement, they said Tuesday in a joint news release. GTT CEO Rick Calder said the deal will give his clients additional capacity. GTT says its "global Tier1 IP network connects to…

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any location in the world and with any application in the cloud." AT&T is trying to win Department of Justice and FCC approval of its planned takeover of DirecTV (see 1506290061), and Cogent and some others are pushing for an interconnection condition. AT&T had announced interconnection agreements with Cogent and Level 3. Separately Monday, AT&T and DirecTV said they might need longer to complete their transaction, amid the regulatory reviews (see 1506300052).