International Network Services Inc. (INS) was a network architecture services provider based in Mountain View, California. Previously closely associated with
Cisco, it was acquired by the former
Lucent in 1999 for $3.7bn. Following the collapse of the
dot-com bubble, Lucent sold the unit back to employees and investors for an undisclosed sum. Then in 2007, INS was acquired by
BT Group for £133 MM (now part of
BT Advise Professional Services of BT (global services) based out of the USA.