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4th European Peering Forum Held This Week

September 14, 2009 — Internet exchange points AMS-IX, DE-CIX, LINX and Netnod announced on Monday they are hosting the fourth European Peering Forum on September 14 through 15 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Interxion Adds 4,300 Square Feet to London Data Center

July 16, 2009 — In response to growing demand, European carrier-neutral data center operator Interxion has announced the completion of its latest London data center expansion, expanding its equipped space by a more than 4,300 square feet (400 square meters).

Pirate Bay Operators Convicted

April 17, 2009 — The four Swedes responsible for file-sharing website the Pirate Bay were convicted on copyright charges by a Stockholm court, which gave them a year’s prison sentence each and ordered them to pay a total of roughly $3.57 million in fines.

Q&A: Urvish Vashi, The Planet

March 13, 2009 — In early March, Texas-based global IT hosting provider The Planet announced its first international data center, planned to open in April in London, England. The new facility will help The Planet meet both international customer demand and globally redundant hosted infrastructure needs.

LINX Connects 300th Member

December 2, 2008 — The London Internet Exchange has connected its 300th member, making it the first Internet exchange point in the world ever to connect so many networks together, including networks representing more than 45 countries.

Nettlinx Launches New Hosting Brand

September 17, 2008 — Web hosting provider Nettlinx (www.nettlinx.com) announced on Wednesday it has launched a new hosting company brand, GlobalWebServe, based in New Jersey.

LINX Reduces Peering Fees

September 11, 2008 — Not-for-profit organization London Internet Exchange has made cut its membership fees and service prices because of its unprecedented membership growth in the first half of 2008, making traffic exchange more affordable.

Tiscali Expands Network with Equinix

July 30, 2008 — Tiscali International Network and Equinix announced that TINet has selected Equinix as a strategic partner for the expansion of the carrier’s European network initially from Equinix’s Frankfurt and Paris IBX data centers.

Equinix Partners with LINX

July 29, 2008 — Equinix and the London Internet Exchange exchange point has announced a partnership agreement that will extend the LINX peering fabric into Equinix’s London-4 Internet Business Exchange data center located in Slough in South East England.

NetBenefit: Gov't Should Host in UK

July 21, 2008 — UK managed hosting provider NetBenefit announced on Monday it is calling for the United Kingdom government to invest in UK domains after news emerged that a number of .gov.uk sites are being hosted in Sunnyvale, California.