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Interxion Now Offers 100 Microsecond Circuit Latency

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010
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Interxion, a European provider of carrier-neutral data center services, now is offering low-latency access to BATS Europe, the European Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF).
Access to the BATS Europe MTF, with extremely low round-trip latency, is available to Interxion customers located at its City of London data center. BATS Europe’s system latency averages 350 microseconds, including matching engine latency of 250 microseconds and circuit latency of 100 microseconds.
Interxion is a leading European operator of carrier-neutral data centres. Headquartered in Schiphol-Rijk, The Netherlands, Interxion serves its customers from 27 carrier-neutral data centers located in 13 cities across 11 European countries.
Interxion serves network and carrier-based, hosting and enterprise customers who require professionally managed and strictly controlled physical environments within which to operate mission-critical applications and computer systems.
http://www.interxion.com/Latest-Press-Releases/2010/Low-Latency-Access-to-BATS-Europe-Now-Available-Via-Interxion/

Interxion, a European provider of carrier-neutral data center services, now is offering low-latency access to BATS Europe, the European Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF).

Access to the BATS Europe MTF, with extremely low round-trip latency, is available to Interxion customers located at its City of London data center. BATS Europe’s system latency averages 350 microseconds, including matching engine latency of 250 microseconds and circuit latency of 100 microseconds.

Interxion is a leading European operator of carrier-neutral data centers. Headquartered in Schiphol-Rijk, The Netherlands, Interxion serves its customers from 27 carrier-neutral data centers located in 13 cities across 11 European countries.

Interxion serves network and carrier-based, hosting and enterprise customers who require professionally managed and strictly controlled physical environments within which to operate mission-critical applications and computer systems.

http://www.interxion.com/Latest-Press-Releases/2010/Low-Latency-Access-to-BATS-Europe-Now-Available-Via-Interxion/


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$3 Billion in U.S. Cable Operator Backhaul Revenue by 2015

Monday, July 12th, 2010
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Mobile backhaul is a $3 billion opportunity for U.S. cable operators by 2015, says Visant Strategies.

“A strong mix of fiber, copper and microwave technologies are now being used for backhaul,” said Andy Fuertes of Visant Strategies. “But mobile wireless operators have to look for more means to obtain higher backhaul capacities and quickly in some cases. Cable operators can offer needed backhaul at both the edge of the network, where the need is now, and in the middle network, where the need is in the very near future.”

Sprint, Clearwire and possibly T-Mobile are the leading candidates to provide much of the revenue, as none of those firms will be anxious to pay their top mobile competitors (AT&T and Verizon) the backhaul revenue. Conversely, AT&T and Verizon likewise will prefer to purchase from other telcos when they can.

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Mobile Broadband Now 17% of All European Connections

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
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Mobile broadband accounted for 17.3 percent of the total number of European broadband connections in Europe at the end of 2009, ” according to a new research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight.
The North American market has so far evolved at a slower pace, with mobile broadband accounting for just 7.1 percent of the total number of connections, says Berg Insight.
The number of HSPA/LTE mobile broadband subscribers (connected PCs) grew by 71 percent year-on-year in 2009 to reach 25 million and is forecasted to continue to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 21.6 percent to 81 million by 2015.

Mobile broadband accounted for 17.3 percent of the total number of European broadband connections in Europe at the end of 2009, ” according to a new research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight.

The North American market has so far evolved at a slower pace, with mobile broadband accounting for just 7.1 percent of the total number of connections, says Berg Insight.

The number of HSPA/LTE mobile broadband subscribers (connected PCs) grew by 71 percent year-on-year in 2009 to reach 25 million and is forecasted to continue to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 21.6 percent to 81 million by 2015.

All of this suggests the potential for mobile broadband growth as Long Term Evolution networks start to come online starting later this year.


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