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Launch of World-Class Internet Peering Platform "AMS-IX Hong Kong"
HONG KONG and AMSTERDAM, February 23, 2012/PRNewswire/ --
Hutchison Global Communications Limited (HGC) and Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX)
today announced the launch of AMS-IX Hong Kong, a professional Internet Exchange in Hong
Kong, to boost regional Internet traffic and develop Hong Kong into a major Internet
Exchange hub in the region. The new Internet Exchange builds on the formula of AMS-IX in
Europe, which has grown into the largest group of interconnected IP networks in the world.
This new collaboration will allow users in Asia to access extensive Internet networks via
a single platform, while users of AMS-IX in Europe can extend their capacity in the Asia
Pacific region.
Backed by HGC's extensive fibre-optic network, world-class data centres, and highly
meshed international network, customers will be able to connect with the platform via
dedicated ports with speeds of 1Gbps to multiple 1Gbps or 10Gbps. AMS-IX Hong Kong will
serve as a neutral and independent peering platform with unrivalled quality of both
private and public peering services at carrier-grade level to Internet Service Providers
(ISPs), Internet Content Providers (ICPs) and telecoms operators from all over Asia
Pacific.
For more information about AMS-IX Hong Kong and supporting quotes please check:
https://www.ams-ix.net/hong-kong
About HGC
Hutchison Global Communications Limited (HGC) owns one of the largest
fibre-to-the-building telecommunications networks in Hong Kong. Since establishment in
1995, it has been fully committed to building its own 100% optical-fibre network
infrastructure and introducing the most advanced facilities. Coupled with its four
cross-border routes integrated with all three of mainland China's tier-one
telecommunications operators and world-class international network, HGC provides a
comprehensive range of fixed-line telecommunications services locally and overseas. HGC is
a subsidiary of Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Limited (HTHKH, Stock
Code: 215). HTHKH is a leading integrated telecommunications service operator, offering
mobile and fixed-line services to local and international customers. For more information
on HGC, please visit http://www.hgc.com.hk. For more information on HTHKH, please visit
http://www.hthkh.com.
About AMS-IX
AMS-IX - Amsterdam Internet Exchange - is a neutral and independent Internet Exchange
based in Amsterdam-The Netherlands since the early 1990's. AMS-IX has more than 470
Interconnected IP networks and a traffic peak of over 1500 Gbps (1.5 Terabit per second),
making it one of the largest Internet Exchanges in the World. The AMS-IX platform provides
a professional, high quality, non-blocking peering service for all types of IP traffic, be
it regular IP data such as e-mail or web content, to also video/TV and voice. AMS-IX
additionally hosts the first mobile peering point worldwide, the Global GPRS Roaming
Exchange (GRX) and the Mobile Data Exchange (MDX) and the first interconnection of IPX
networks (Inter-IPX).
More information on: http://www.ams-ix.net.
Source: AMS-IX - Amsterdam Internet Exchange
Media enquiries: Hutchison Global Communications Limited, Sally Tsang, +852-2128-3320, sally.tsang@hthk.com ; Weber Shandwick, Ava Lau, +852-2533-9928, alau@webershandwick.com ; Amsterdam Internet Exchange, AMS-IX Marketing, +31-20-305-89-99, pr@ams-ix.net
Launch of World-Class Internet Peering Platform "AMS-IX Hong Kong"
HONG KONG and AMSTERDAM, February 23, 2012/PRNewswire/ --
Hutchison Global Communications Limited (HGC) and Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX)
today announced the launch of AMS-IX Hong Kong, a professional Internet Exchange in Hong
Kong, to boost regional Internet traffic and develop Hong Kong into a major Internet
Exchange hub in the region. The new Internet Exchange builds on the formula of AMS-IX in
Europe, which has grown into the largest group of interconnected IP networks in the world.
This new collaboration will allow users in Asia to access extensive Internet networks via
a single platform, while users of AMS-IX in Europe can extend their capacity in the Asia
Pacific region.
Backed by HGC's extensive fibre-optic network, world-class data centres, and highly
meshed international network, customers will be able to connect with the platform via
dedicated ports with speeds of 1Gbps to multiple 1Gbps or 10Gbps. AMS-IX Hong Kong will
serve as a neutral and independent peering platform with unrivalled quality of both
private and public peering services at carrier-grade level to Internet Service Providers
(ISPs), Internet Content Providers (ICPs) and telecoms operators from all over Asia
Pacific.
For more information about AMS-IX Hong Kong and supporting quotes please check:
https://www.ams-ix.net/hong-kong
About HGC
Hutchison Global Communications Limited (HGC) owns one of the largest
fibre-to-the-building telecommunications networks in Hong Kong. Since establishment in
1995, it has been fully committed to building its own 100% optical-fibre network
infrastructure and introducing the most advanced facilities. Coupled with its four
cross-border routes integrated with all three of mainland China's tier-one
telecommunications operators and world-class international network, HGC provides a
comprehensive range of fixed-line telecommunications services locally and overseas. HGC is
a subsidiary of Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Limited (HTHKH, Stock
Code: 215). HTHKH is a leading integrated telecommunications service operator, offering
mobile and fixed-line services to local and international customers. For more information
on HGC, please visit http://www.hgc.com.hk. For more information on HTHKH, please visit
http://www.hthkh.com.
About AMS-IX
AMS-IX - Amsterdam Internet Exchange - is a neutral and independent Internet Exchange
based in Amsterdam-The Netherlands since the early 1990's. AMS-IX has more than 470
Interconnected IP networks and a traffic peak of over 1500 Gbps (1.5 Terabit per second),
making it one of the largest Internet Exchanges in the World. The AMS-IX platform provides
a professional, high quality, non-blocking peering service for all types of IP traffic, be
it regular IP data such as e-mail or web content, to also video/TV and voice. AMS-IX
additionally hosts the first mobile peering point worldwide, the Global GPRS Roaming
Exchange (GRX) and the Mobile Data Exchange (MDX) and the first interconnection of IPX
networks (Inter-IPX).
More information on: http://www.ams-ix.net.
Source: AMS-IX - Amsterdam Internet Exchange
Media enquiries: Hutchison Global Communications Limited, Sally Tsang, +852-2128-3320, sally.tsang@hthk.com ; Weber Shandwick, Ava Lau, +852-2533-9928, alau@webershandwick.com ; Amsterdam Internet Exchange, AMS-IX Marketing, +31-20-305-89-99, pr@ams-ix.net