Overview

Connectivity you can trust

Colt IP VPN enables you to securely connect offices, data centres and cloud environments while delivering fast, reliable access for a hybrid workforce.

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Benefits

Benefits that empower progress

Improved application performance
Prioritise critical application such as VoIP or video conferencing systems, ensuring low latency and minimal jitter for real-time services, even during peak traffic.

Private routing and QoS mechanisms help minimise packet loss, improving the reliability of applications like video streaming.

Service Level Agreements that guarantees performance metrics (latency, jitter, packet loss and availability), backed by service credits, giving you confidence.  
Enhanced security and compliance
IP VPN traffic does not traverse the public internet, reducing exposure to external threats. End-to-end encryption is provided for sensitive data, ensuring confidentiality and integrity of communications across the network.  

You can control where the data travels, helping meet regional data laws such as GDPR, and obtain detailed logs and performance reporting for compliance audits.  
Simplified network management
Colt IP VPN provides a unified network architecture, consolidating multiple connections e.g. branch offices, data centres, cloud) into one cohesive network, with the ability to add or remove sites, adjust bandwidths or integrate cloud services. There is no need to redesign the network for expansion.  

Colt can handle the setup, monitoring, management and maintenance of an enterprises service, reducing the burden and ensuring consistent performance.  

Real-time dashboards and analytics provide visibility into traffic patterns, application performance and network health enabling proactive issue resolution and capacity planning.  
Future proof connectivity
Colt IP VPN is scalable, customers can easily add new sites, users or bandwidth without redesigning the network. The service is compatible with emerging technologies ensuring smooth integration with future platforms and applications.  
Optimised operational costs
Colt IP VPN ensures consistent application performance, reducing downtime and productivity loss. It avoids over-provisioning by using Class of Service (CoS) to prioritise traffic.  

Handing over the network management to Colt, reduces internal IT staffing and training costs. The monitoring, maintenance and support is all inclusive within the predictable monthly fee.  

Enteprises can easily add sites, users or bandwidth without costly infrastructure changes, so the pay-as-you-grow model supports business expansion efficiently.
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Features

Features built for scale

Secure private networking

Other than the remote access options that are delivered over secured tunnels over the public internet, all sites are connected using a private network and do not traverse the public internet.

High performance + reliability

Colt IP VPN provides guaranteed SLAs for availability, latency, jitter and packet loss, supporting real-time applications like VoIP and video conferencing with low jitter and latency, all backed by service credits.

Traffic prioritisation

Five Classes of Service (CoS) model enables enterprises to differentiate traffic types to ensure critical applications get priority and enhances performance for voice, video and business systems.

Cloud + hybrid integration

Colt IPVPN provides seamless connectivity to public and private cloud platforms, enabling hybrid cloud strategies with consistent performance. Supporting hyrbid models (e.g. IP VPN + Internet) for cost effective flexibility.

Scalability + flexibility

Easily add new branch offices, remote users or data centres without the need for complex reconfiguration. Scale bandwidths up or down based on business needs or seasonal demand. Colt IP VPN supports remote work, mobile access and global collaboration.

Technology readiness

Colt IP VPN supports both IPv6 and IPV6, future-proofing your network and is compatible with emerging technologies such as SD WAN, cloud services and IoT.

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We deliver the extraordinary every day for our customers, people and partners. Here’s what sets us apart.

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Customer experience has always set us apart and our NPS score is one of the best in the industry.

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Buildings connected

With Colt fibre and millions more available via our Colt Network as a Service platform across Europe, Asia and the US.

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Data Centres

Unparalleled access to key infrastructure hubs, enabling seamless integration with cloud providers, carrier hotels and enterprise facilities.

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FAQs

Colt IP VPN is an IP-based virtual private network (VPN) service that provides customers with the security expected of a private network while at the same time, offers significant benefits of a shared network in terms of cost and optimal connectivity. Customer's can connect multiple sites or remote users securely as if they were on the same local network.

Data remains private and secure by leveraging MPLS-based connectivity, which keeps traffic off the public internet. Data is transmitted through dedicated, logically separated paths across our highly resilient network, with traffic segmentation in place and the option of additional encryption.

IP routing is used to direct traffic between sites.

Colt IP VPN is a great stepping stone for when customers want to move to Colt SD WAN and if you have already built your own SD-WAN, Colt IP VPN is an underlay solution that delivers high performance and secure connectivity.

Colt cybersecurity services offer a range of services that integrate with Colt IP VPN to enhance protection, compliance and visibility.

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