Global TeleSystems Group Inc. (McLean, VA) announced that its Hermes Europe Railtel subsidiary has

Global TeleSystems Group Inc. (McLean, VA) announced that its Hermes Europe Railtel subsidiary has acquired a majority interest in Ebone A/S (Copenhagen), one of the largest Internet backbone providers in Europe, for 90 million European Currency Units (ecu). As part of the transaction, Ebone will purchase long-term capacity rights on the her network valued at ecu 90 million. her will provide Ebone with capacity to 622 Mbits/sec between the majority of European cities that Ebone serves.