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MFN changes European strategy. (International).(Metromedia Fiber Network Inc.)(Brief Article)

Metromedia Fiber Network Inc. (MFN) announced that its European strategy will focus on its core markets of UK and Germany/Austria. In keeping with this strategy, the company's European holding company, MFN BV, has sold its operations in France and the Netherlands to management buyout teams, and its metropolitan fiber network in four Dutch cities to Global Voice Network Limited. These sales will turn over operations of the data centers to the management teams, along with the company's collocation and managed services customers.

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