(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Data center operator Switch and Data (www.switchanddata.com) announced on Monday that Mexican telecommunications provider Marcatel (www.marcatel.com) has established a presence in its 60 Hudson Street data center in New York City.
Marcatel will use this new network point of presence in the New York carrier hotel to “expand the market reach of its transport and private line services to Mexico,” says the company.
Marcatel provides voice, data and infrastructure products to business and residential markets through its high-capacity fiber optics network, including voice services, telephone solutions and Internet access.
Marcatel joins two other companies that recently moved into other data centers operated by Switch and Data. Trading solutions provider Pragma Securities moved into
New York Financial EcoCenter, while Web hosting provider SoftCom moved into Switch and Data’s 151 Front Street facility in downtown Toronto.
The company has also joined Switch and Data’s PAIX Internet exchange in New York to peer traffic directly with global content and Internet service providers to improve performance for its broadband customers in Mexico.
Marcatel can now interconnect its network at Switch and Data’s PAIX Internet exchange in New York, and peer directly with US and global content providers to improve its customers’ user experience.
The teleco also offers carrier infrastructure services to commercial customers throughout Mexico and the US. This includes private line and high speed optical transport services to and from Mexico, as well as colocation in the Mexican market.
Switch and Data provides Layer-1 and Layer-2 connectivity between its 60 Hudson Street, 111 Eighth Avenue, and North Bergen, New Jersey sites, where more than 400 network service providers can be accessed from any of these three sites.
By making its services available in Switch and Data’s New York sites, Marcatel is able to increase the market for its services and generate new revenue for its carrier services division.
“We are pleased that Marcatel has chosen our 60 Hudson St. site as an efficient and cost effective PoP for its network services business and as an Internet exchange point for its growing subscriber traffic,” says Ernie Sampera, senior vice president and CMO for Switch and Data. “The high network densities in our sites make them key footholds in the US market for global service providers to seeking to meet to new commercial customers and expand their connectivity.”
