The presentation highlights Luxembourg's strategic position in Europe as an accessible market for Japanese startups, showcasing its strong e-commerce and media sectors. It emphasizes the business-friendly climate, excellent infrastructure, and multilingual workforce, making it an attractive location for investment and innovation. Additionally, it offers insights into the services and capabilities of P&T Luxembourg, the leading telecommunications operator, including their data center facilities and cloud services.

1. Presentation to Japanese startups
Luxembourg the
ePlace
in Europe
Jean-Marie Spaus
Micaël Weber
Welcome to Luxembourg

2. Presentation to Japanese startups
18/06/2013
Luxembourg: in the centre of Western Europe
Easy access to the European market
France
Germany
Italy
CZ
Spain
CH
UK
IRL
SI
Poland
Austria
DK
BE
NL
SK
HU

3. Presentation to Japanese startups
18/06/2013
Luxembourg is an important part of the European
eCommerce and Media market
• Internet is used by 2 out of 3 people in Europe
• Giving 500 million eConsumers
• Over 300 billion € spent in 2012: up 20% vs 2011
• Germany, France and the UK account for 70%
• All predictions show substantial growth

4. Presentation to Japanese startups
18/06/2013
Luxembourg offers a Business-Friendly Climate
• Business-Friendly Government
• Minimal Bureaucracy
• Easy to install a company in Luxembourg
• Easy Access to Political Leaders & Decision Makers
• Consistency & Stability
• Neutral Country
• You can start small and grow in Luxembourg
• Business-Friendly Policy
• Government actively promotes Internet Technologies and Media
• Economy based on Innovation
• Proven performance
• University
• Business focused R&D institutions (cyber-security, trust and reliability)

5. Presentation to Japanese startups
18/06/2013
Business Climate and Conditions
• Investment Policy, e.g.:
• Excellent Datacenter Facilities (40.000m2)
• Fibre-to-the-home project
• LTE Mobile Network
• Low latency multiplayer International Backbones
• Latest Hosting and Server Technologies
• Electrical Power (renewable energy)
• Green-IT

6. Presentation to Japanese startups
18/06/2013
Workforce
• Multilingual: typically 4 languages (DE, FR, LU and EN)
and 35% of the population speaks a 5th language
• Highest concentration of IT specialists
• Multicultural (44% foreigners)
• Most productive workforce in the EU
GDP per inhabitant

7. Presentation to Japanese startups
Date of creation : 1842 – Administration des Postes et
Télégraphes. Public company since 1992 Entreprise des Postes et
Télécommunications (P&TLuxembourg)
Shareholder : State of Luxembourg (100%)
Activities : Leading postal and telecommunications services
operator in Luxembourg, also providing financial services.
Staff : 3,450 for P&T group (fifth largest employer in Luxembourg)
2011 Turnover : about 600 mill. €
About P&TLuxembourg
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8. Presentation to Japanese startups
100%
P&T Capital
P&T Immo P&T Re
P&TLuxembourg subsidiaries

9. Presentation to Japanese startups
18/06/2013
• National and International connectivity
• Fixed and Mobile Services
• Fiber based products and services
• “TERALINK” International Broadband Network
• Satellite Uplink
• Data Centre Facilities
• Cloud services (Iaas, SaaS)
• Possibility to peer directly with more than 200 ISP’s
www.pt.lu
P&T No. 1 Telecom Operator
in Luxembourg
Service offering

10. Presentation to Japanese startups
18/06/2013
P&T’s International Fibre Network
TERALINK
• Over 4,000 km Optical Fibers
• 16 Points of Presence (PoPs)
in 6 EU countries
• Each city is connected by
redundant fibre routes,
running on different paths
•Low latency
• State-of-the-art technology:
- 100 Gbit/s ready
- Up to 88 x 100 Gbit/s
(8.8 Tbit/s)

11. Presentation to Japanese startups
18/06/2013
P&T’s IP Transit Backbone

12. Presentation to Japanese startups
18/06/2013
P&T Lux Teleport

13. Presentation to Japanese startups
18/06/2013
• 5 interconnected Data Centres
• 16,500 m² of IT surface
• 2 Data Centres Tier IV certified (10,000 m²)
• Trusted Managed Services
• ISO 27001, ISO 20000, ISO 14001
and PCI-DSS certified
• Member of the Green Grid
P&T Data Centres
www.ebrc.lu

14. Presentation to Japanese startups
18/06/2013
P&T Data Centres
www.ebrc.lu
ISO 27001
• Best European Award for Cloud Services 2012 (London)
• Best Use case for Public Sector 2011 (Paris)
• European Commission’s Code of Conduct:
Participant Award 2011 – Existing Data Centre Cat. (Nice)
• Best Regional European Data Centre Facility 2010 (London)
• Best Managed Services Provider 2009 (London)
• Best Risk Mitigation Service Provider 2009 (London)
• Best Data Centre Operator Europe 2008 (London)

15. Presentation to Japanese startups
18/06/2013
IaaS offer : the Virtual Private Cloud solutions
• Servers : Managed/Hosted Private Cloud (dedicated), VirtuaI Ressources
• Storage Capacity ( 10 GB units) : 2 types according to wished resilience level
• Backups : 3 kinds according to RPO, RTO
• Network & Security (UTM-D, remote access)
• Connectivy (Internet, layer 2 , layer 3)
• Support (audit, migration, consultancy, 24/7 helpdesk)

16. Presentation to Japanese startups
18/06/2013
The VPC infrastructure
• High Availability mode
• Multi-site
• Multi level redundancy
• Broad security system (FW, LB, VPN, ...)
• Internet node access GARE KIRCHBERG

17. Presentation to Japanese startups
18/06/2013
Cloud – SaaS/CaaS offer
Voice Business Mail
Mail,Voice &
More Collaborate Full Package
Gear1 -0Gb Gear2 -5Gb Gear3 -5Gb Gear4 -10Gb Gear5 -15Gb
Managed Phone
Optional:
Fix Mobile Convergence
Reception Desk
Fax to email
…
Microsoft Exchange
2013
Active Directory
DNS Service
Firewall
Anti SPAM
Certificats
5 GB Disk Space/user
Voice + Business Mail+
Lync (Chat, PtP Video)
Lync Edge
Reception Desk
Fax to Email
Fix Mobile Convergence
5 GB Disk Space/user
Business Mail +
Microsoft Sharepoint
2013
10 GB Disk Space/user
Business Mail +
Mail,Voice & More +
Collaborate
15 GB Disk Space/user

18. Presentation to Japanese startups
18/06/2013
Global brands operating out of Luxembourg

19. Presentation to Japanese startups
Thank you !
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