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Cogent Announces IPv4 Address Securitization Offering

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WASHINGTON, April 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CCOI) (the “Company” or “Cogent”) today announced that a special-purpose, bankruptcy remote, indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company has priced $174,400,000 aggregate principal amount of secured Internet Protocol version 4 (“IPv4”) address revenue term notes, 6.646% Series 2025-1 (collectively, the “Notes”). The Notes will have an anticipated repayment term of five years. The Notes will be secured by certain of Cogent’s IPv4 addresses, customer IPv4 address leases and customer accounts receivables.

Cogent intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes.

Cogent expects the Notes transaction to close on or around April 11, 2025, subject to satisfaction of various closing conditions. There can be no assurance regarding the timing of closing or that the issuance and sale of the Notes will be consummated.

The Notes are being offered and sold in the United States only to persons reasonably believed to be “qualified institutional buyers” in reliance on Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or certain institutional accredited investors within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act, and outside the United States to certain non-U.S. persons in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes have not and will not be registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

The information in this press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the Notes or any other securities, and shall not constitute an offer to sell, solicitation of an offer to buy or sale of any securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. Any offers of the Notes will be made only by means of a private offering memorandum.

About Cogent Communications

Cogent (NASDAQ: CCOI) is a facilities-based provider of low cost, high speed Internet access and private network services to bandwidth intensive businesses. Cogent’s facilities-based, all-optical IP network provides services in 264 markets globally.

Cogent is headquartered at 2450 N Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037. Cogent can be reached in the United States at (202) 295-4200 or via email at info@cogentco.com.

Except for historical information and discussion contained herein, statements contained in this release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to statements identified by words such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “intends,” “plans,” “targets,” “projects” and similar expressions. The statements in this press release are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of the Company’s management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Numerous factors could cause or contribute to such differences, including, among others, risks related to the offering of the Notes, including that such transaction may not occur; the impact of the Company’s acquisition of the U.S. long-haul fiber network (including the non-U.S. extensions thereof) of Sprint Communications and its subsidiaries (the “Wireline Business”), including difficulties integrating the Company’s business with the acquired Wireline Business, which may result in the combined company not operating as effectively or efficiently as expected; transition services required to support the acquired Wireline Business and the related costs continuing for a longer period than expected; transition related costs associated with the acquisition; the COVID-19 pandemic and the accompanying government policies worldwide; vaccination and in-office requirements; delays in the delivery of network equipment or optical fiber; loss of key right-of-way agreements; future economic instability in the global economy, including the risk of economic recession, recent bank failure and liquidity concerns at certain other banks or a contraction of the capital markets, which could affect spending on Internet services and the Company’s ability to engage in financing activities; the impact of changing foreign exchange rates (in particular the Euro to U.S. dollar and Canadian dollar to U.S. dollar exchange rates) on the translation of the Company’s non-U.S. dollar denominated revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities into U.S. dollars; legal and operational difficulties in new markets; the imposition of a requirement that we contribute to the US Universal Service Fund on the basis of the Company’s Internet revenue; changes in government policy and/or regulation, including rules regarding data protection, cyber security and net neutrality; increasing competition leading to lower prices for the Company’s services; the Company’s ability to attract new customers and to increase and maintain the volume of traffic on the Company’s network; the ability to maintain the Company’s Internet peering and right-of-way arrangements on favorable terms; the ability to renew the Company’s long-term leases of optical fiber and right-of-way agreements that comprise the Company’s network; the Company’s reliance on a limited number of equipment vendors, and the potential for hardware or software problems associated with such equipment; tariffs imposed on equipment we purchase for the Company’s network; the dependence of the Company’s network on the quality and dependability of third-party fiber and right-of-way providers; the Company’s ability to retain certain customers that comprise a significant portion of the Company’s revenue base; the management of network failures and/or disruptions; the Company’s ability to make payments on the Company’s indebtedness as they become due; outcomes in litigation; and risks associated with variable interest rates under the Company’s interest rate swap agreement as well as other risks discussed from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. The Company undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement or any information contained in this press release or in other public disclosures at any time.

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Minister Hodgson promotes Canadian energy and mining in London

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LONDON, Oct. 21, 2026 /CNW/ — Canada has what the world wants. Our resources, expertise and institutions can support global energy security and affordability today while laying the foundation for a more prosperous, secure lower-carbon future. We have renewed ambition to engage with the world, diversify our trade and back our partnerships with investment that builds a stronger Canada and supports our allies.

Today, the Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, concluded a successful visit to London, United Kingdom, for the London Metal Exchange (LME) Week.

While in London, Minister Hodgson met with his ministerial counterparts in the U.K., including Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Miatta Fahnbulleh; Minister of State (Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry), Luke Pollard; and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Reindustrialisation), Blair McDougall. He discussed closer collaboration, increased trade and enhanced bilateral investment between Canada and the U.K. on energy and natural resources.

The Minister also met with industry representatives, including from Anglo American, Masdar and Teck Resources, to discuss commercial opportunities with a focus on diversifying and securing mineral supply chains. Building on Canada’s 2025 G7 Presidency and the establishment of the Critical Minerals Resilience and Production Alliance, which has already catalyzed 69 new deals that have unlocked $19.2 billion in capital investment, discussions highlighted opportunities for further investment in and sourcing from Canadian mining projects.

Minister Hodgson also took part in a fireside conversation on the margins of LME with Jonathan Price, President and CEO of Teck Resources, on critical minerals supply chains and the global need to diversify sources of supply, and he spoke at the Financial Times Energy Transition Summit about Canada’s ambitious energy and mining policy agenda.

Canada is working with trusted partners in the U.K. and beyond to strengthen global energy and critical minerals security, diversify our trade and attract investment into Canadian projects so we can build a stronger, more resilient Canadian economy.

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“Canada is blessed with abundant energy and minerals, world-class expertise and financial institutions, and stability and dependability that the world is looking for now more than ever. I look forward to building on this trip to the United Kingdom to deepen our international co-operation and catalyze investments that will diversify our trade and create economic opportunities for Canadians.”

The Honourable Tim Hodgson
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources

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The U.K. is Canada’s largest European trade and investment partner and third-largest individual trading partner, with bilateral goods and services trade totaling $85 billion in 2025.In July 2026, Canada ratified the Protocol on the Accession of the United Kingdom to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). It entered into force on September 1, 2026, furthering opportunities for Canadian businesses through integrated supply chains and the single set of rules applied across CPTPP markets.The Canada–U.K. trading relationship is underpinned by our comprehensive bilateral Trade Continuity Agreement (TCA). The agreement does not expire and provides extensive market access for Canadian businesses, exporters and investors, including tariff-free access for 99 percent of tariff lines.In 2025, Canadian energy trade with the U.K. reached $1.8 billion, representing a 24.8 percent increase compared with 2024.In 2025, Canadian exports in mineral, metals and related products reached $40.8 billion, an increase of nearly 77 percent compared with 2024.Through the Canada–U.K. Critical Minerals Dialogue, both countries will continue working together to identify projects for investment and collaboration, strengthen secure and sustainable supply chains, and support growth in the mining and manufacturing sectors.

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NineTenths Joins ISASecure to Advance Adoption of ISA/IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Standards

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DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The International Society of Automation (ISA) — the leading professional society for automation — announced that NineTenths Company has officially joined ISASecure®, the globally recognized certification program that validates conformance to the ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards for industrial automation and control systems (IACS) cybersecurity.

NineTenths is a Saudi Arabia-based technology company specializing in advanced industrial solutions, including unmanned aerial systems (drones), robotics, infrastructure inspection, surveying, and operational technology (OT) cybersecurity. Serving industries including oil and gas, petrochemicals, energy, water and wastewater, manufacturing, and other critical infrastructure sectors, the company combines emerging technologies with engineering expertise to improve operational efficiency, security, and resilience. NineTenths uses ISA/IEC 62443 as a framework supporting its OT cybersecurity services, with capabilities aligned to cybersecurity management systems, risk-based assessments, zones and conduits, industrial system security requirements, and secure product development practices.

This new partnership with ISASecure will provide NineTenths with the opportunity to further strengthen its commitment to advancing operational technology (OT) cybersecurity across Saudi Arabia and the broader Gulf region. Building on its existing alignment with the internationally recognized ISA/IEC 62443 standards, ISASecure membership offers NineTenths opportunities to engage with global cybersecurity experts, industrial automation suppliers, and certification bodies while expanding its capabilities and enhancing operational resilience and cybersecurity readiness for clients.

“Serving government, public safety, construction, infrastructure, and energy sectors, our commitment to quality and safety is backed by internationally recognized certifications and manufacturer accreditations,” said Naif AlZahrani, NineTenths vice president of operation. “Our continued focus on OT cybersecurity from mission to maintenance ensures protection for the full OT security lifecycle. We look forward to being part of ISASecure as we continue to support organizations across Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in adopting cutting-edge technologies aligned with Saudi Vision 2030.”

“It is an honor to welcome NineTenths into the ISASecure program,” said Mark DeAngelo, ISASecure program manager. “We look forward to collaborating with NineTenths as we advance our mission of partnership, certification, and standards-based product development to help achieve a more secure world.”

About ISASecure®

Founded in 2007 by the International Society of Automation (ISA), ISASecure® is a globally recognized certification program that provides assurance for the cybersecurity of industrial automation control systems (IACS). Through rigorous conformance to the ISA/IEC 62443 series of standards, ISASecure certifications validate that products and supplier practices meet internationally recognized benchmarks for OT security. ISASecure is a wholly owned subsidiary of ISA. 

ISASecure’s global ecosystem includes leaders such as Chevron, ExxonMobil, GSK, Saudi Aramco, Honeywell, Johnson Controls, Schneider Electric, Trane Technologies, and Yokogawa, among others.

For more information, visit isasecure.org.

About NineTenths

Founded in 2019, NineTenths is a Saudi Arabia-based technology company that helps organizations improve operational efficiency, reduce costs, and make accurate data-driven decisions across industrial sectors. NineTenths is powered by a team of skilled Saudi engineers, programmers, and research and development specialists. Their expertise enables the company to design, customize, and deploy advanced unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) solutions aligned with real-world operational requirements. NineTenths supports organizations in adopting cutting-edge technologies aligned with Saudi Vision 2030.

About ISA

The International Society of Automation (ISA) is a nonprofit professional association founded in 1945 to create a better world through automation. ISA’s mission is to empower the global automation community through standards and knowledge sharing. ISA develops widely used global standards and conformity assessment programs, certifies professionals, provides education and training, publishes books and technical articles, hosts conferences and exhibits, and provides networking and career development programs for its members and customers around the world. Learn more at www.isa.org.

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Crest Data More Than Doubles Its Grafana Plugin Portfolio as the Marketplace Reaches General Availability at ObservabilityCON 2026

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SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Crest Data, an AI-first product engineering provider specializing in Observability and Cybersecurity for enterprises and technology innovators, today announced 15 new commercial plugins for Grafana, more than doubling its portfolio in the Grafana Marketplace to 25. The release coincides with Grafana Labs moving the Marketplace to general availability at ObservabilityCON 2026. The new plugins span cloud security, virtualization and data protection platforms, so IT, platform and security teams can monitor those systems in Grafana alongside the telemetry they already have, instead of switching between separate vendor consoles.

The Grafana Marketplace gives enterprises a trusted, commercial channel to discover, license and install production-grade plugins directly from the Grafana catalog.

As a founding Marketplace partner, Crest Data arrives at general availability with a broad portfolio of 25 native, agentless data source plugins that query their source systems through their APIs, with no exporters, no extra collection layer and no data ingestion costs. Built in partnership with Grafana Labs, every plugin ships with pre-built dashboards, so teams can unify security, network, virtualization, SaaS and storage monitoring in a single view.

“Crest Data has been developing integrations used by Fortune 100 customers for years, giving us a deep understanding of what enterprises need to meet their operational, security and compliance requirements,” said Malhar Shah, co-founder and CEO at Crest Data. “Our plugins bring this experience to the community by unifying IT, platform and security monitoring in Grafana with coverage across the security, network, virtualization, SaaS and storage domains.”

“Crest Data brings extensive experience across observability, security and compliance integrations, and we’re delighted to have them as part of the Grafana Marketplace,” said Ash Mazhari, VP of Corporate Development, Grafana Labs. “Crest Data is a leading contributor to the ecosystem, and we’re already seeing strong traction for their plugins from organizations around the world. We look forward to seeing how Crest Data continues to expand what enterprises can achieve with Grafana.”

Crest Data’s full Grafana plugin portfolio includes:

Security: FortiGate, Proofpoint Email Security, Zscaler ZIA, Zscaler ZPA, Cisco ASA, Cisco ISE, Tanium, Wiz, Qualys, Prisma Cloud, TenableNetwork: Cisco Meraki, Akamai, Zscaler ZDX, Infoblox Universal DDIVirtualization: VMware vSphere, Citrix Cloud, Citrix DaaSSaaS: Tableau, Zoom, SharePoint, ConvivaStorage and Data Protection: NetApp ONTAP, Dell PowerScale, Rubrik

To learn more about Crest Data’s Grafana services, including Marketplace plugins, migrations, implementations, customizations and managed services, visit https://www.crestdata.ai/solutions/grafana/

About ObservabilityCON 2026

ObservabilityCON is Grafana Labs’ flagship observability event, bringing together practitioners, experts and leaders to explore the latest innovations in observability and the fast-moving AI era. ObservabilityCON 2026 takes place at Pier 27 in San Francisco from Oct. 19–21, featuring three days of technical sessions, hands-on workshops, live demos, user success stories and opportunities to connect with the Grafana observability community.

About Crest Data

Crest Data is an AI-first product engineering provider specializing in Observability and Cybersecurity for enterprises and technology innovators. We design, build and operate intelligent platforms across security, observability, AI, cloud and data. Through deep engineering expertise and AI-led integrations and migrations, Crest Data helps organizations improve visibility, modernize technology platforms and build resilient, future-ready operations. Learn more at https://www.crestdata.ai/ 

 

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