“AMS-IX has the strategic intent to further grow our presence in the United States,” said Job Witteman, CEO of AMS-IX. “Working together and integrating our services with PacketFabric allows customers to interconnect virtually with AMS-IX through a single connection, which is beneficial to our customers as well as to PacketFabric and AMS-IX. Everyone gets the best of all worlds.”
Technical deployment is set for August 2017. As a result AMS-IX internet exchanges in the Bay Area, Chicago and New York will be able to use PacketFabric’s network technology solution, providing access to AMS-IX from an additional 130 locations on top of the existing connectivity methods.
The AMS-IX platform offers IP interconnection and peering services for all types of IP traffic, including: traditional data, VoIP, mobile traffic and video. Through peering, networks can provide their end-users, both consumers and businesses, with stable, fast, and cost-efficient internet services.
William Charnock, CEO of PacketFabric, said: “AMS-IX is a high-quality internet exchange, and we’re very excited to partner with them. Now PacketFabric customers can easily take advantage of all AMS-IX internet exchange services. At the same time, PacketFabric gives AMS-IX a much broader footprint without having to invest in their own infrastructure.”
PacketFabric has also partnered with DE-CIX, IX-Denver and United IX’s Chicago Internet Exchange (ChIX) to kick off its IX extension service.
“We’re very excited about partnering with high-quality internet exchanges,” added Charnock. “Customers on the PacketFabric platform can now use their port(s) for yet another business function. PacketFabric gives internet exchanges a much broader footprint without having to invest in their own infrastructure.”
These partnerships will allow PacketFabric to offer a wider range of interconnection services through its network, as well as enabling its ecosystem partners to reach additional markets and new customers.
