Sudhir Kunder, Sr. Vice President & National Head, DE-CIX India: Expanding the number of PoPs in India
In a new development, DE-CIX India, one of the leading carrier and data center neutral Internet Exchange (IX) operators in India, has announced the expansion of its points of presence (PoPs) in Delhi NCR as well as in Mumbai. In addition to its existing 11 PoPs across the country, DE-CIX has now deployed four new PoPs with Web Werks (Delhi NCR), Sify Technologies (Noida), Netmagic DC6 and Netmagic DC7.
“With our networks designed for scalability, adaptability, virtualization and automation, we embarked on this expansion for our members. We are able to bring a lot of Internet content closer to our members from across the country. And now, we have the opportunity to bring the content from around the world closer. By announcing these four very important Internet Exchange locations for DE-CIX, we will have our key markets fortified for interconnectivity solutions”, says Sudhir Kunder, Sr. Vice President & National Head, DE-CIX India.
India is a strong digital economy and there is a growing demand for interconnection services. With peak traffic doubling in the last 12 months, DE-CIX India has now increased its geographical presence with a total of 15 data centers in India. These new PoPs will serve local eyeballs and key enterprises across the country. Additionally, DE-CIX India has launched its DirectCLOUD service, to enable customers to access the DE-CIX Cloud Exchange and connect to global cloud services, including those provided by Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services.
DE-CIX India interconnects 310-plus networks and is the only Open-IX certified IX in India, operating the industry’s most robust and advanced peering platform. In the last 10 months DE-CIX India has experienced a 192 percent increase in overall traffic. Data traffic due to video conferencing has increased by 397 percent, while gaming and OTT have increased by 1317 percent and 1007 percent respectively. The Internet has coped amazingly well throughout the pandemic, and the 4 new PoPs in this premium network interconnection platform will give customers access to world-class peering and interconnection services.
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