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PCCW Global Collaborates with DE-CIX to Extend

Global Reach

PCCW Global and DE-CIX have additional 120 data centers in key markets across the Console Connect platform and
collaborated to extend the reach of DE- throughout Europe, Asia, the Middle provision, upgrade and monitor services
CIX’s cloud and data center offerings via East, Africa, and North America. DE-CIX on-demand. The collaboration will enable
the Console Connect SDI® platform by provides premium network interconnection DE-CIX customers who are using the
PCCW Global. The collaboration will also services and operates 18 carrier and data Console Connect SDI® platform globally to
provide Console Connect customers direct center-neutral Internet Exchanges in instantly provision services from any data
on-demand access to the DE-CIX platform Europe, the Middle East, North America, center directly into the DE-CIX platform.
via the self-provisioning platform. The and India. Mr. Ivo Ivanov, Chief Executive Mr. Michael Glynn, Vice President of Digital
Console Connect SDI® platform, the Officer of DE-CIX International, said, “It Automated Innovation, PCCW Global, said,
world’s first global platform for Software- has always been DE-CIX’s ambition to “We are pleased that this collaboration will
Defined Interconnection®, offers DE-CIX make interconnection as easy as possible be the first IX interconnect platform to be
customers a real time self-provisioning, anywhere our customers need our integrated with our global SDI® platform,
pay-as-you-go ecosystem that delivers services on the planet. This collaboration enabling our wholesale and enterprise
on-demand virtual connections among with PCCW Global is just the right step customers to instantly provision virtual
37 countries, together with instant to getting interconnection even closer to circuits across our SDI® platform to access
provisioning to key cloud partners such the edge. We are thrilled to be the first IX multi DE-CIX on-ramp locations. It also
as AWS, IBM Cloud, Tencent Cloud, globally to join the Console Connect SDI® enables DE-CIX customers to purchase
Alibaba Cloud, Oracle Cloud, Google Cloud, platform.” DE-CIX customers will be able on-demand services via our platform from
and direct, private connectivity to an to run private, secure virtual connections key cloud partners around the world and
extend their IX platform to over 120 on-
net data centers in 37 countries. This is
another step in assuring SDI® platform for
carriers, SD-WAN providers, IX platforms,
and other SDN operators, helping them
extend their reach and interconnect
together via traditional Network-to-
Network Interconnection using our self-
provisioning portal, or integrating via API
at any of our access points.” The Console
Connect SDI® platform overarches
the worldwide PCCW Global network
– spanning over 160 countries and
3,000 cities – offering an uncontended,
redundant, core network with multiple
diverse paths between countries.

PCCW Global, Orange and PEACE Cable International Team Up to Deploy

PEACE Cable

PCCW Global, the international operating East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE) in November 2018 in London. In terms
division of HKT, Hong Kong’s premier submarine cable system, with a 12,000km of the cooperation, Orange will supply
telecommunications service provider, ultra-low latency high-speed cable system and operate the cable landing station in
Orange, the leading telecommunications that will relieve critical congestion on Marseille, as well as linking the system
operator in France and a major investor one of the busiest data routes in the to one of the city’s major data centers -
in over 40 submarine cables in the world, world. This trilateral agreement among creating a connectivity gateway across
and PEACE Cable International, a leading PCCW Global, Orange, and PEACE Cable Europe and on to the Americas through
international submarine cable operator, International follows the signature of a existing transatlantic networks. PEACE is a
today signed an agreement during the memorandum of understanding that was privately owned cable system connecting
Submarine Networks World event in announced during the Capacity Europe three of the largest and most populous
Singapore to deploy the Pakistan and international telecommunications event continents in the world - Asia, Africa and

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