AMS-IX Hong Kong has announced that users will now be able to connect with the internet exchange via dedicated ports with a capacity of 100Gbps.
AMS-IX Hong Kong, a collaboration between Hutchison Global Communications Limited (HGC) and AMS-IX (Amsterdam Internet Exchange), has upgraded the platform to cope with an increasing demand for bandwidth and a growing number of customers.
The company also runs a successful mobile peering platform offering inter-IPX services to IPX providers.
The availability of dedicated ports with a capacity of 100Gbps will help peering members including large OTT players, internet content providers, ISPs, CDN providers, global public cloud providers, global IP service providers and digital media providers meet ever-growing demand for Internet traffic.
HGC provides peering members with routes to reach potential mobile networks in multiple countries an territories in the Asia-Pacific region, such as Vietnam, Cambodia, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, India, Korea, Australia and Hong Kong via the world-class internet peering platform AMS-IX Hong Kong.
“Connected parties can access AMS-IX Amsterdam directly through AMS-IX Hong Kong, where combined both Internet exchanges boosts 850+ connected parties, AMS-IX chief commercial officer Jesse Robbers said.
“As a result of the growing number of connected parties, AMS-IX Hong Kong reached a new traffic peak of 33 Gbps with a connected capacity of 284 Gbps in July 2017.”
“HGC’s Hutch-IPX enables mobile network operators to reach their roaming partners including CK Hutchison’s mobile affiliates via our extensive coverage. This has made AMS-IX Hong Kong an attractive internet peering platform for IPX partners, mobile network operators and OTT players looking to interconnect in Hong Kong and Amsterdam.”HGC president of international and carrier business Andrew Kwok added.
AMS-IX Hong Kong, the first Internet Exchange platform in Asia between an Asia-based carrier and a Europe-based exchange, was launched by HGC and AMS-IX in 2012.
The collaboration allows 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.
First published in Networks Asia