Mumbai-IX, Powered by DE-CIX, to Bring World’s Leading Internet Exchange to Mumbai’s Leading Carrier Hotel
February 27 2018 - 10:00PM
Business Wire
Mumbai-IX, powered by DE-CIX, the leading Internet Exchange (IX)
in the Indian market, will make services available at STT’s carrier
hotel in Mumbai (formerly known as TATA LVSB) facility, starting in
March 2018. The building is one of the key hubs that provide India
with international connectivity. This is the third
point-of-presence of Mumbai-IX in the metro market. The carrier and
data center-neutral IX serves around 90 providers and has recently
passed the 100Gbps Peak Traffic threshold.
Mumbai-IX, the first DE-CIX Exchange on the Indian
sub-continent, connects all kinds of Internet providers, including
broadband providers, content delivery networks, and cloud
companies. The company facilitates the direct and settlement-free
exchange of Internet traffic between all participants and it is the
first IXP fully-licensed by the Department of Telecommunications,
as well as being the only Indian IXP that has been awarded the
prestigious Open-IX certification.
“We are excited to be able to expand into the STT carrier hotel,
allowing all networks in the building to benefit from the Mumbai-IX
offering. We will install our award winning DE-CIX Internet
Exchange infrastructure to allow maximum scalability and robustness
for Mumbai-IX,” says Ivo Ivanov, Board Member of the Mumbai-IX
operating company, DE-CIX Interwire India.
This core node of Mumbai-IX will provide premium IXP services,
backed by industry-leading Service Level Agreements. The IXP is
soon to launch in additional key markets in India.
About Mumbai-IX
Mumbai-IX is India's largest fully carrier- and data
center-neutral Internet Exchange. Mumbai-IX is a member of the Asia
Pacific Internet Exchange Association. It is fully backed and
operated by the world’s leading Internet Exchange operator DE-CIX,
headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. For more information, please
visit https://www.mumbai-ix.net.
About DE-CIX
DE-CIX provides premium Internet exchange services and operates
several carrier and data center-neutral exchanges. The company
serves 1300+ carriers, ISPs and content networks from 100+
countries, including all leading international players in various
metro markets in Europe, the Middle East, and North America. With
6+ Terabits per second of peak traffic, DE-CIX Frankfurt is the
world's leading Internet Exchange. For more information, please
visit www.de-cix.net.
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Media:DE-CIXCarsten Titt, +49 (0)69-1730902-130Senior
Manager Global Public Relationscarsten.titt@de-cix.net