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MDNX was a private telecommunications company located in
Bracknell Bracknell () is a town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, the westernmost area within the Greater London Built-up Area, Greater London Urban Area and the administrative centre of the borough of Bracknell Forest. It lies to the east of Re ...
and
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. In December 2013 MDNX acquired the entire issued share capital of
Easynet Easynet was a managed services provider and delivered integrated networks, hosting and unified communications services to organisations globally. The company was later renamed Easynet Global Services, and a sister company, Easynet Connect, was fo ...
, a global provider of managed networking, hosting and cloud integration services, from LDC. The combined business went by the name of Easynet. Its
CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a chief executive or managing director, is the top-ranking corporate officer charged with the management of an organization, usually a company or a nonprofit organization. CEOs find roles in variou ...
was Mark Thompson. The company was acquired by
Interoute Interoute Communications Ltd was a privately held telecommunications company that operated large cloud service platforms in Europe. On 23 February 2018, Interoute was acquired by GTT Communications for $2.3bn (€1.9bn); and the acquisition clo ...
in September 2015. MDNX's origins lie in the former
Siemens Siemens AG ( ) is a German multinational technology conglomerate. It is focused on industrial automation, building automation, rail transport and health technology. Siemens is the largest engineering company in Europe, and holds the positi ...
service group company, 'Solution1'. Thompson and colleague Wayne Churchill joined Solution1 in 2009, and decided to set up MDNX. Within months MDNX bought out 'Solution1' along with its customer base, acquired the retail section of Viatel, gaining fibre network and hosting sites, and CI-Net with
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and
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capability. The new company brand launched in 2010. In March 2012 MDNX was one of 12 companies that successfully bid for the provision of services to the UK Public Services Network. In August 2012 MDNX acquired Octium (trading as Griffin and Iconnyx). In December 2013 MDNX acquired
Easynet Easynet was a managed services provider and delivered integrated networks, hosting and unified communications services to organisations globally. The company was later renamed Easynet Global Services, and a sister company, Easynet Connect, was fo ...
. In September 2015 Interoute announced agreement to acquire MDNX (trading as Easynet) for £402m. On 23 February 2018, Interoute was acquired by GTT Communications for $2.3bn (€1.9bn); the acquisition closed on 31 May 2018.


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Comms Business article on MDNX acquisition of Easynet December 2013


Defunct telecommunications companies of the United Kingdom Companies based in Bracknell {{Tech-company-stub