GTT Communications Inc. announced that it is upgrading the international network for Hamelin, a leading European manufacturer of school and office products. The four-year agreement covers 15 of Hamelin's sites in France, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Poland, UK, Turkey and Tunisia. Hamelin is working with GTT to upgrade and expand managed network connectivity for its plants, warehouses, offices and other sites.

The manufacturer will benefit from bandwidth increases by deploying higher speed Ethernet and Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) where legacy broadband lines no longer provide the capacity required for its future operational needs. The GTT managed solution includes professional services that provide Hamelin with initial network design support as well as assigned technical resources for ongoing service management. The new agreement represents an extension of the longstanding partner relationship between Hamelin and GTT that leverages GTT's high performance global Tier 1 IP backbone in support of Hamelin's digital transformation initiatives and global market expansion.

Under the new agreement, GTT will provide bandwidth upgrades that will increase connection speeds from 10Mbps to 1Gbps in some cases. In addition, GTT will provide connectivity to a new data center location in Turkey. Hamelin is also expanding its SIP trunking network with GTT adding more sites in Europe.