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agile by taking advantage of the new and disruptive technologies insecure and unpredictable public Internet and directly connecting
available via the major cloud service providers, the public Internet to cloud application providers, partners and business locations.
has too many shortcomings for large-scale implementation of The Console Connect digital platform provides a new level of speed
business-to-business applications, including security challenges, and agility which can be accessed in a few clicks with a simple,
inconsistent quality, network delays and excessive technical easy-to-use web portal, or which can be integrated directly into
complexity. Console Connect incorporates network automation enterprise applications via an API. The platform provides robust
capabilities that enable users to manage access to PCCW Global’s and secure enterprise-wide access to partner infrastructure and
dependable, high-speed global private MPLS network, allowing the world’s leading cloud service providers including Amazon
them to quickly spin up virtual private connections, bypassing the Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Tencent, Alibaba,
IBM and Oracle cloud services. The Telecom Review Excellence
Awards were held in conjunction with the Telecom Review
Leaders’ Summit, one of the largest C-level industry gatherings.
Every year, the Summit brings together leaders of the ICT industry
and Governments representatives from around the world. This
year’s event and awards were held both virtually and in person
at The Meydan Hotel in Dubai. Mr. Sameh Sobhy, Managing
Director, Middle East, Turkey, Africa, PCCW Global, said, “We are
extremely pleased that our efforts to keep on growing, developing
and bringing new, innovative products and services to market is
being recognized both by our peers and industry experts. What is
especially important for us is the overall interest in our Console
Connect digital platform, which now sits at the very heart of our
service infrastructure and product offerings.”

Console Connect by PCCW Global Launches Internet On-Demand Service

PCCW Global is pleased to announce that its industry-leading Connect platform or API. Mr. Michael Glynn, Vice President of
global Internet access service is available on-demand via the Digital Automated Innovation, PCCW Global, said, “Using the
award-winning Console Connect digital platform. Console power of Software-Defined Interconnection®, Console Connect
Connect’s Software-Defined Interconnection® platform now is reimagining how customers experience popular and trusted
offers high-performance Internet access across the same global network services. With Console Connect Internet On-Demand, we
tier 1 IP network relied upon by the world’s largest content and have put businesses in the driving seat with high-performance
hyperscale cloud providers, ISPs and MNOs. Capable of carrying global Internet connectivity, giving them control over one of the
traffic at more than 14Tbps and with extensive global peering, world’s largest, fastest and best-connected networks.” The high
PCCW Global’s AS3491 network is consistently ranked among quality of service and low latency of the underlying PCCW Global
the top 10 worldwide for both IPv4 and IPv6 by Dyn IP Transit IP network means that the IO-D service is suitable for carrying
Intelligence. The Internet On-Demand (IO-D) service is now performance-sensitive data, and can meet the demands of
available to Console Connect users via their existing access ports, sectors such as gaming, government and finance. Customers
enabling them to provision global Internet access whenever they can protect their Console Connect IO-D access with a range
need it. The IO-D service can be accessed initially via hundreds of security services from PCCW Global, including Anti-DDoS,
of key data centers throughout Europe, Asia and North America. Managed Firewall and Managed Router.
Other locations will be added and new service features rolled out in
2021. By combining the new IO-D service and direct connections
to all major cloud providers in all regional zones, businesses can
experience greater network security and performance for their
cloud environments and applications. The Console Connect
platform is already available in more than 400 data centers across
47 countries, bringing together a growing ecosystem of integrated
public cloud, SaaS, IoT, IX, carrier and enterprise partners such
as DE-CIX, Cloudflare, Anexia, RingCentral, Google Cloud, AWS,
IBM Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud,
Oracle Cloud and more. Users can self-provision, manage and
monitor their interconnections in real-time via the secure Console

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