February 18, 2005 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — TeleCity (telecity.com),a provider of colocation and managed data center services, announced onFriday that Ireland’s Internet exchange, the Internet Neutral ExchangeAssociation (inex.ie), located its second exchange point in the company’s Dublin, Ireland data center facility.
Under the terms of the agreement,TeleCity will host INEX’s infrastructure and help INEX to interconnectits members’ networks and exchange Internet traffic. TeleCity said itscustomers would see reduced upstream connectivity costs through directpeering with INEX members. INEX currently has seventeen members: Bytel,Cable & Wireless, Clearwire Ireland, Colt Telecom, Digiweb, eircom,Esat BT, HEAnet, Hosting365, Internet Ireland, Irish Broadband, MagnetNetworks, Microsoft, Netsource, NTL Ireland and Smart Telecom. Itexpects membership to hit 40 in 2005.
“I am delighted that INEX has chosen tooperate its second switching centre from TeleCity’s data center,” saysAndy Horn, managing director of TeleCity UK and Ireland. “Theimplementation of INEX in TeleCity’s data center complements ourportfolio of colocation and connectivity services. This is a veryprestigious and strategically important customer for us and will allowus to maintain our position at the forefront of the colocation industryin Ireland.”
According to TeleCity, the growth of Internet traffic in Ireland was the main reason INEX moved to a second location.
“TeleCity’s reputation, location andcustomer base in Ireland made it the natural choice for our expansionplans,” says Barry Rhodes, general manager of INEX. “We look forward toa long relationship with TeleCity which will be mutually beneficial toboth parties. TeleCity will offer a secure and resilient location forINEX members. In turn, INEX will offer any company linking intoTeleCity significant connectivity and peering benefits.”
TeleCity said it now hosts six of themost important Internet exchange points in Europe, including LINX inLondon, AMSIX in Amsterdam, DE-CIX 2 in Frankfurt, FNIX and FreeIX inParis, MaNAP in Manchester and now INEX.
