HONG KONG, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — HGC Global Communications Limited (HGC), a fully-fledged ICT service supplier and community operator with in depth world protection, AMS-IX (Amsterdam Internet Exchange), the world main Internet Exchange (IX), and International Gateway Company Limited (IGC), a impartial regional telecommunication and community service supplier, at present announce the launch of a new IX, AMS-IX Bangkok, in Thailand as a part of AMS-IX technique to implement IX’s in varied key areas in Asia.
Thailand is a quick creating and essential Asian Internet hub and one of many prime areas the place Internet firms alternate Internet site visitors apart from Singapore and Hong Kong. The new Internet Exchange positioned at Bangkok, which is the hub and gateway of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), will enhance the standard of Internet connections of firms reminiscent of content material suppliers, gaming, OTTs, cloud service suppliers and web service suppliers and goals to construct a thriving digital neighborhood.
Customers related to the new Internet Exchange will profit from decrease operation prices and enhanced connectivity and redundancy in addition to decrease latency. Nearly 250 million eyeballs in this subcontinent of GMS together with Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand can now take pleasure in an uplifted on-line expertise.
By including one other IXP, HGC and AMS-IX, with the help of IGC, have additional elevated their world footprint and improved the connectivity in Asia. Next to Bangkok, HGC additionally companions with AMS-IX in Singapore, Hong Kong, Bay Area and Chicago. HGC will proceed to function a business associate and advertising and marketing arm for AMS-IX Bangkok, whereas IGC gives IX infrastructure, community, and operation in Bangkok. AMS-IX, with their experience on peering and community monitoring, will give technical help and has operational administration of the alternate.
“Being an early entrant into the Thailand market, we feel honored to gain penetration into the Greater Mekong Subregion with our renowned partner – AMS-IX. This is a rite of passage for the enhancement of the HGC edgeX brand to be positioned as a premium leader in engaging the internet exchange business to contribute to a better interconnection ecosystem which is dependent on the fast development of digital transformation. We hope to have promoted access to a digitalized world by localizing traffic in this growing market.”, stated, Mr. Chirawat Mahawat, Vice President Greater Mekong Subregion of HGC.
“Bangkok is strategically located at the heart of Southeast Asia which makes it ideal as an international hub for exchanging Internet traffic and a perfect location as a gateway to the GMS. There are over 54 million Internet users in Thailand, representing 80 percent of the population, and this number is still rising rapidly. As AMS-IX we’re happy to collaborate with our partners, HGC and IGC, to bring fruit to our mission of increasing the quality of the Internet worldwide by developing and building Internet Exchanges.”, stated, Mr. Onno Bos, International Partnership Director of AMS-IX.
“With reference to the announcement from the Thai government on being ASEAN DIGITAL HUB, we are delighted to be part of the introduction of AMS-IX to Thailand which will foster to achieve such digital transformation policy. The customers will experience better Internet services in term of lower latency, better accessibility to more variety of contents. By having AMS-IX operating in Thailand, together with IGC’s IX and network infrastructure in Thailand, it will be a key magnet to strengthen the Thai government policy. Certainly, the digital ecosystem, such as content providers, OTT, ISP and end users will gain much better service experiences and encouraging their sustainable eyeballs.” Mr. Pichit Satapattayanont, Chief Executive Officer of IGC stated.
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From Left to Right: Chirawat Mahawat, Vice President Greater Mekong Subregion of HGC; Onno Bos, International Partnership Director of AMS-IX; Pichit Satapattayanont, Chief Executive Officer of IGC |
About HGC Global Communications Limited
HGC Global Communications Limited (HGC) is a main Hong Kong and worldwide telecom operator and ICT resolution supplier. The firm owns an in depth community and infrastructure in Hong Kong and abroad and gives varied sorts of companies. HGC has 30 abroad places of work, with business over 5 continents. It gives telecom infrastructure service to different operators and serves as a service supplier to company and households. The firm gives full-fledged telecom, knowledge centre companies, ICT options and broadband companies for native, abroad, company, SME and mass markets. HGC owns and operates an in depth fibre-optic community, 5 cross-border telecom routes built-in into tier-one telecom operators in mainland China and connects with tons of of world-class worldwide telecom operators. HGC is considered one of Hong Kong’s largest Wi-Fi service suppliers, operating over 29,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in Hong Kong. The firm is dedicated to additional investing and enriching its present infrastructure and, in parallel, including on prime the newest applied sciences and creating its infrastructure companies and options. In 2019, HGC Group accomplished the acquisition of Macroview Telecom Limited (Macroview), a main digital expertise resolution and managed companies supplier. The addition of Macroview additional accelerates HGC Group’s digital transformation path and positioning as a pioneering ICT and digital companies chief. HGC is a portfolio firm of I Squared Capital, an unbiased world infrastructure funding supervisor specializing in vitality, utilities and transport in North America, Europe and chosen fast-growing economies.
To study extra, please go to HGC’s web site at: www.hgc.com.hk
About AMS-IX
AMS-IX (Amsterdam Internet Exchange) is a impartial member-based affiliation that operates a number of interconnection platforms all over the world. Our main platform in Amsterdam has been taking part in a essential position on the core of the web for greater than 25 years and is among the largest hubs for web site visitors in the world with over 11 Terabits per second (Tbps) of peak site visitors. Connecting to AMS-IX ensures clients reminiscent of web service suppliers, telecom firms and cloud suppliers that their world IP site visitors is routed in an environment friendly, quick, safe, secure and cost-effective means. This permits them to supply low latency and participating on-line experiences for end-users. AMS-IX interconnects greater than 1000 IP-networks in the world.
AMS-IX additionally manages the world’s first cellular peering factors: the Global Roaming Exchange (GRX), the Mobile Data Exchange (MDX) and the Internetwork Packet Exchange (I-IPX) interconnection factors.
More info: www.ams-ix.web
About International Gateway Company Limited
International Gateway Company Limited or IGC is a subsidiary of ALT Telecom Plc., a impartial regional telecommunication and community service supplier. IGC was established in 12 months 2017 to supply wholesale bandwidth for each home and worldwide site visitors by way of SRT (State Railway of Thailand) and its nationwide community (so-called GMS community) which has completely about 12,000 km of nationwide-optical fiber community and owns NNI (Network to Network Interface) for 15 Crossing Borders to attach with 24 operators surrounding Thailand and prolonged connectivity to greater than 10 well-known knowledge heart in Thailand. Moreover, the Open Access License with 5 CLSs (Cable Landing Station) which positioned in probably the most strategic areas for the Submarine Business in Thailand. With Submarine cable community it is going to permit IGC to play a main position in the Eastern Economic Corridor Project and bridge the Submarine site visitors to the GMS Terrestrial community.
Visit us on-line at www.intergateway.co.th and join us on LinkedIn: International Gateway(IGC)
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