Hong Kong – PCCW Global and Ooredoo have signed an IPX/MPLS multi-service interconnection agreement. PCCW Global customers all over the world can now enjoy multiple enhanced IPX (IP eXchange) and MPLS services when connecting with Qatar’s thriving commercial service community on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula.
The interconnect agreement also enables PCCW Global and Ooredoo to collaborate in the provisioning of services to carrier and multinational customers requiring services such as VoIPX, GRX, Diameter, HD calling, HD video conferencing, Ethernet, cloud and SDN.
IPX provides a unified network platform for connecting IP services between mobile and fixed networks, while MPLS has become the de facto standard technology used for the transport of these services. PCCW Global’s networks span over five continents worldwide and customers in more than 3,000 cities and some 140 countries can connect to its IPX platform, which also provides multiple services such as video, voice and IT applications via a single interconnection point.
Frederick Chui, PCCW Global’s Senior Vice President of Global Data Sales and Presales, said, “Our IPX network can be directly accessed in 140 countries around the world without having to make use of the public Internet or long-distance connections. Extensive coverage, coupled with the diversified design of PCCW Global’s private MPLS/IP network, ensures direct connection to our IPX voice platform and the highest quality services.”
Qatar is one of the world’s economic hotspots, with an expected 2015 growth rate of 7.7%*. Drivers include a combination of factors in addition to the hydrocarbon industry, such as heavy investment in major infrastructure projects.
Navneet Singh, Ooredoo’s Head of Global Capacity and Data Service, said, “We are very pleased to be entering into this multi-service interconnection agreement with PCCW Global, which is a respected global industry player. The main beneficiaries, of course, will be the customers served by Ooredoo and PCCW Global.”
The two companies are already collaborating as founder members of the Asia-Africa-Europe-1 (AAE-1) subsea cable system, scheduled for completion in 2016. Supporting PCCW Global’s plans to deliver services into Africa and the Middle East, AAE-1 is one of the largest consortium cable projects under way in the world today, extending some 25,000kms.
AAE-1 will be a major high-capacity cable system to link all the major Southeast Asian nations to Africa and Europe via the Middle East, and reflects PCCW Global’s strategy of investing in smarter networks to achieve greater efficiency. The system will also support growth in cloud computing, as well as the content-delivery network business currently being driven by PCCW Global’s strong presence in servicing the needs of the media industry.
*The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics, Qatar.
