RETN and DTEL-IX together have implemented their first 100GbE Remote-IX connection

As an official reseller, RETN provides remote access to DTEL-IX services to both wholesale and corporate customers at 200+ RETN PoPs all around the world across its transboundary network. DTEL-IX became the 4th IXP connected by RETN with 100GE interface and it takes the total interconnection speed between DTEL-IX and RETN up to 120Gbps. DTEL-IX became the first IXP in Ukraine to provide 100GbE connections.

“DTEX-IX is the biggest IXP in Ukraine and initially we connected as a regular member. A couple of years ago we signed a partnership agreement and became an official DTEL-IX reseller, allowing us to provide RETN Remote IX services connecting clients to DTEL-IX. We believe that with such joint projects we contribute to the development of local connectivity while enabling our international and Ukrainian clients and DTEL-IX’s members to benefit from peering in Eastern Europe,” – said Elena Lutsenko, Managing Director RETN LLC in Ukraine.

According to Matthias Hartmann, co-founder of DTEL-IX, connectivity on this scale is exceptional in Ukraine: “In several years’ time 100GE connections will become common in the region. This co-operation between RETN and DTEL-IX is certainly good for our companies, improving connectivity for DTEL-IX’s members and RETN’s international customers. It is a major statement that both RETN and DTEL-IX are committed to development of the local market and to the partnership.”

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About DTEL-IX

Digital Telecom IX (DTEL-IX) is an independent Internet Exchange Point in Ukraine with 142 connected members from Eastern and Western Europe, CIS countries, US and Asia. DTEL-IX is constantly growing since 2009 when the IXP was launched and in the first half of 2017 DTEL-IX reached 620 Gbps utilization in peak time. DTEL-IX offers public and private peering services, gives the possibility to engineer the traffic using communities and provides IaaS (Infrastructure As a Service) to small and middle sized ISPs.

About RETN

RETN is an international network service provider offering a range of services across its own fibre-optic network. RETN has over 32,000 km of fibre on its pan-European network which connects 29 countries across Europe, Asia and North America, with a strong presence in the high growth markets of Eastern Europe and Russia. The RETN backbone (which is connected directly to all major carrier-neutral DCs) carries a large proportion of international traffic in the regions it passes through. The DWDM based network is designed in a ring-architecture offering multiple layers of redundancy. The network’s unique geographical footprint provides over 5 Tbps of capacity over its four primary routes between the West and Asia. www.retn.net

Contacts RETN

Daria Soroka Communications Officer Tel.: +44 20 7517 6400 Email: dsoroka@retn.net

RETN in Ukraine

RETN LLC Tel.: +380 44 284 04 48 E-mail: market@retn.net

Contacts DTEL-IX

Sergey Kolesnichenko Business Development Director Tel.: +38 067 508-35-16 E-mail: sk@dtel-ix.net