Vocus opens Singapore PoP

Stuart Corner
Wednesday, 23 November 2011 10:46

Business IT - Networking

Vocus Communications (ASX: VOC) has established a point of presence in Singapore and taken capacity on the SeaMeWe-3 Perth to Singapore cable, enabling it to offer ethernet and IP connectivity services into South East Asia.

Vocus' Singapore PoP in Singapore is located in the Equinix data centre and connects its Perth iX data centre via SeaMeWe-3. The use of SeaMeWe-3, according to Vocus, enables it to "provide customers with access to the lowest latency and only direct path between Australia and South East Asia, because all other submarine cable links between Australia and Singapore are via Guam or Japan."

James Spenceley, Vocus CEO, said the new PoP and capacity would deliver faster connection speeds to important content and corporate hubs in South East Asia and would be very attractive to the banking and finance community

"Our customers will see reduced latency and improved performance to all major destinations in South East Asia. With the growing demand for ethernet and IP connectivity to countries such as Singapore and Hong Kong, there's no doubt that this faster connection will have a very positive impact on both our current and potential customers." He added: "The Vocus Singapore expansion is now live and Vocus has already signed its first major customer for the service.