Vocus Communications (VOC) has announced the further expansion of its international plans by establishing a Vocus Point of Presence (PoP) in Singapore. The expansion is underpinned by the acquisition of capacity on the SeaMeWe-3 Perth to Singapore cable system. The expansion is a significant milestone as it enables Vocus to provide customers with access to the lowest latency and only direct path between Australia and South East Asia, with all other Asian submarine systems going via Guam or Japan. The new PoP in Singapore is located in the Equinix data centre and connects directly back to the Vocus’ Perth iX data centre via capacity on the SeaMeWe-3 cable system. The Vocus Singapore expansion is now live and Vocus has already signed its first major customer for the service.
James Spenceley, Vocus CEO, explains that the new PoP and capacity will deliver faster connection speeds to important content and corporate hubs in South East Asia and will be specifically very attractive to the banking and finance markets. “Our customers will see reduced latency and improved performance to all major destinations in South East Asia. With the growing demand for Ethernet and IP connectivity to countries such as Singapore and Hong Kong, there’s no doubt that this faster connection will have a very positive impact on both our current and potential customers,” he said.
Vocus (VOC) Vocus Communications is an ASX listed leading telecommunications provider of Data Centre, Dark Fibre, and International Internet connectivity across Australia, NZ and the US. The company provides high performance, high availability, and highly scalable communications solutions, which allow service providers to quickly and easily deploy new services for their own customer base.
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