Fiber broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc. has partnered with global interconnectivity provider Epsilon Telecommunications to extend the company’s global reach by expanding its peering footprint through internet exchanges (IXs).
Through the partnership, Epsilon, which is partly owned by KT Corp., South Korea’s largest telecom firm, has been assisting Converge with access to its ecosystem of global internet exchanges, which has helped boost and streamline the company’s connectivity infrastructure and services.
Converge said it has extended the service to its enterprise customers through its IX Express Service.
Recognizing the increasing consumption and demanding needs of its enterprise customers, Converge selected Epsilon’s Remote Peering solution, which will allow customers to take advantage of the company’s domestic and international resources, getting both technical and commercial benefits by having their own international private line capacity and international point of presence to be able to connect directly to well-known internet exchange providers around the world without heavy hardware and extra network cost.
“We are excited that our partnership with Epsilon will not only help us extend our global reach but also assist us in optimizing our enterprise customers’ user experience with committed data bandwidth, flexibility, and scalability,” said Jesus Romero, Converge chief operating officer.
“With Remote Peering, we can seamlessly connect them closer to the location where the content is shared and consumed, which leads to new opportunities for customers and their businesses,” Romero added.
Converge will facilitate access to IXs like DE-CIX in Frankfurt, Germany, and AMS-IX in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, using Epsilon’s Network as a Service platform, Infiny.
With Infiny, the company’s customers will have the advantage of having a single platform with four powerful solutions: data center interconnection, access to internet exchanges, direct cloud connect and global inbound numbers. Epsilon’s MEF-certified network spans more than 280 data centers around the world and with customizable bandwidth levels.
“Using our Remote Peering solution, Converge can access and resell a comprehensive ecosystem of IXs, including DE-CIX and AMS-IX, to its customers with a reliable, scalable, and flexible infrastructure. Through Infiny, businesses can interconnect directly to this ecosystem using a private and high-performance connection. Converge and its clients can instantly flex bandwidth on demand and pay only for the connectivity they use,” said Michel Robert, Epsilon chief executive officer. – Myla Iglesias
