HKT (SEHK:6823) – HONG KONG, October 26, 2017 – PCCW Global, the international
operating division of HKT, Hong Kong’s premier telecommunications service provider, has
launched the Online Cloud Connect service providing connectivity to Microsoft Azure. This
is an innovative Network-as-a-Service product that extends a customer’s MPLS network
service to both Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Office 365, benefiting them by providing a
service which is insulated from the public Internet with improved and predictable
performance and vastly reduced latency.
The Online Cloud Connect service leverages the capabilities of PCCW Global's Software
Defined Network (SDN) and is an evolution beyond traditional and existing cloud connect
services in the market. Enterprises and institutions gain flexibility, scalability, reliable
performance and control over their connectivity to the cloud to fit their requirements at any
given time.
Mr. Jordick Wong, Senior Vice President, Product and Vendor Management, PCCW Global,
said, “Through an intuitive, easy to manage online service portal, our MPLS customers can
now establish their own private connection to Microsoft Azure very easily and conveniently.
The service portal offers online ordering and automatic provisioning together with flexible
subscription packages starting from as little as a one-hour timeslot. Customers can
subscribe to the bandwidth they require from a range of 50 to 1000 Mbps at the point of
demand, and pay as they go without any human interaction being required.”
The Online Cloud Connect service is in the process of further extending its online ordering
and automatic provisioning capabilities to include other major public cloud service
providers.
Source: PCCW Global Press Release