8 March 2023DE-CIX and PTCL partner to establish Internet Exchange in PakistanFrankfurt am Main (Germany)/Islamabad (Pakistan), 8 March 2023: DE-CIX, the world’s leading Internet Exchange (IX) operator, and Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the largest integrated Information Communication Technology (ICT) company of Pakistan, today signed a strategic ...
28 February 2023So much more than just mobile Internet: 5G will connect the world of the future5G is not simply the latest mobile standard – it represents an entire technology stack that will enable wireless networking on a scale never seen before. It is time to recognize 5G’s full potential, demands Dr. Christoph Dietzel, Global Head of Products and Research at DE-CIX – the leading operator...
15 February 2023New study shows how to develop a digital society – 100 times faster: Dubai improves Internet speed and emerges as an international Internet hubFrankfurt am Main, 15 February 2023: The rapid growth in the local Internet infrastructure in Dubai over the last decade, including the establishment of the world-class Internet Exchange (IX) UAE-IX powered by DE-CIX, has increased the performance of Dubai’s Internet to the highest international ...
16 January 2023Data traffic at DE-CIX Internet Exchanges worldwide increases by a quarter to 48 exabytes in 2022December 14, 2022 – the day with the highest data throughput per minute globally Frankfurt am Main, 16 January 2023: DE-CIX, the world’s leading Internet Exchange (IX) operator, again saw a significant increase in traffic at its Internet Exchanges in 2022. According to the operator’s measurements, ...
15 December 2022New data record at Europe’s largest Internet Exchange: DE-CIX Frankfurt breaks the sound barrier at 14 Terabits per secondFrankfurt am Main, 15.12.2022: DE-CIX Frankfurt – Europe’s largest Internet Exchange – has once again set a record for data throughput. At around 9pm CET yesterday evening – in parallel to the World Cup semi-final between France and Morocco – traffic flowing over the exchange hit 14.4 terabits of ...
6 December 2022Open-heart surgery for the Internet: DE-CIX conducts the company’s largest network upgrade during ongoing operationsFrankfurt (Germany), 06 December 2022: DE-CIX, the world’s leading operator of Internet Exchanges (IXs), has successfully completed the most comprehensive network upgrade in the company’s history at its global Internet Exchanges. During live operation over the last month, DE-CIX has upgraded its ...
24 November 2022UAE-IX powered by DE-CIX celebrates 10 years of digital ecosystem building in Dubai – continuous growth trailblazing digitalization in the GCC regionFrankfurt (Germany)/Dubai (UAE), 24 November 2022: DE-CIX, the world’s leading Internet Exchange (IX) operator, and du/datamena celebrate this week the 10th anniversary of the first and foremost data center and carrier neutral IX in the Middle East, UAE-IX powered by DE-CIX in Dubai. Established in...
22 November 2022New DE-CIX survey: German office workers lose one week of working time per year due to Internet delaysRegardless of whether they are working from home or in the office, German office workers lose an average of 46 minutes of working time per week due to slow Internet connections – in a year, that’s just under an entire working week. Frankfurt am Main (Germany), 22 November 2022: German office ...
14 November 2022DE-CIX Dallas becomes part of the world’s fastest and most powerful volunteer-built network: SCinet at SC22SC22 is The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis taking place November 13-18, 2022 Dallas, 14 November 2022: DE-CIX, the world’s leading carrier and data center neutral Internet Exchange (IX) operator, announces that its IX platform in Dallas has...
9 November 2022Formal opening of DE-CIX Richmond Internet Exchange – bringing world-class connectivity solutions to Henrico CountyFormal opening ceremony attended by “Father of the Internet” Vint Cerf and Secretary of Administration of Virginia, Margaret “Lyn” McDermidAward-winning DE-CIX interconnection platform technology delivers robust and high-performance connectivity for local, national, and international networks and ...
7 November 2022One year of DE-CIX Barcelona: DE-CIX and AFR-IX telecom sign strategic partnership to enhance Barcelona as a major digital hubFrankfurt am Main/Barcelona, 7 November 2022: On the back of the first anniversary of DE-CIX, the world’s leading Internet Exchange (IX) operator, entering Catalonia with DE-CIX Barcelona, the company today announces a strategic partnership with AFR-IX telecom. Headquartered in Barcelona, AFR-IX ...
2 November 2022Bringing networks closer to content – DE-CIX and GetaFIX announce strategic partnership in the PhilippinesSingapore/Manila (Philippines), 2 November 2022. DE-CIX, the world’s leading Internet Exchange (IX) operator, and GetaFIX, the Philippines’ largest neutral IX dedicated to its members and improving Internet access for all, today announce a strategic partnership that will connect the Philippines to ...
24 October 2022DE-CIX and FirstLight Partner to Offer Transport to Peering at DE-CIX New YorkAccess to DE-CIX New York now available from over 13,000 lit locations across FirstLight’s robust fiber network New York, 24 October 2022: DE-CIX, the world’s leading Internet Exchange (IX) operator and home to the largest carrier and data center neutral interconnection ecosystem on the planet, ...
20 October 2022Global Carrier Awards 2022: DE-CIX honored as Best Internet Exchange Operator for the 7th time Frankfurt am Main / London (United Kingdom), 20 October 2022: The world’s leading Internet Exchange (IX) operator DE-CIX has been honored in the 2022 Global Carrier Awards in the category Best Internet Exchange Operator. DE-CIX has now received the prize seven times since the award’s inception in ...
18 October 2022More bandwidth for Europe’s largest data hub: DE-CIX is first Internet Exchange worldwide to implement 800 Gigabit Ethernet technologyFrankfurt am Main, 18 October 2022: DE-CIX, the world’s leading Internet Exchange (IX) operator, announces today that DE-CIX Frankfurt, Europe’s largest Internet Exchange, has achieved warp speed, introducing blistering 800 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) access technology with new Nokia line cards, ...
14 October 2022DE-CIX Leipzig officially opened: data turbo for Central GermanyFrankfurt am Main/Leipzig, October 14, 2022: DE-CIX, the world’s leading Internet Exchange (IX) operator, is taking its newest location – DE-CIX Leipzig – online, accompanied by an official opening ceremony today. DE-CIX Leipzig is the first Internet Exchange for the German states of Brandenburg, ...
12 October 2022Internet Exchange leaders add statistics to IX-API standardFrankfurt am Main, 12 October 2022. The IX-API development team has added some new key features, most notably statistics, to the IX-API standard, giving users of the API insights on the amount of traffic that is exchanged via their connection. Moreover, the API access to statistics information ...