The PoP, which is located in Belgrade, will serve as a connectivity hub for surrounding countries and act as an interconnection point for international customers requiring a dedicated connection into Serbia.
Telia Carrier said by launching the PoP, it helps eliminate the need for expensive backhaul to out-of-country locations. Its customers had previously needed to route via Frankfurt, Vienna or Budapest in order to access Telia Carrier’s AS1299 global IP backbone.
The PoP means Telia Carrier will be able to offer these customers higher levels of performance and bandwidth, combined with lower latencies, that it claims could boost 4G mobile data service delivery.
Telia Carrier’s global IP backbone is currently ranked as number one according to DYN Research. It has more than 230 points of presence across Europe, North America, Asia, and the Middle East, and recently launched into Mexico.
Henrik Almroth, sales director at Telia Carrier, said; “We are constantly looking to meet customer demand for access to our backbone. The appetite for online services, in both a business and consumer context, has reached a point in Serbia where we saw a compelling need to expand our network into the region.
“Many of the world’s leading telcos, cloud and content providers already connect directly to the Telia Carrier backbone and this expansion brings our customers in Serbia and the surrounding countries ever closer to the content and services they need.”
