Il Spanish provider Islalink announced that the first PoP continent of the submarine cable “IONIAN” is now active in Milan in the MIX Carrier Hotel.
The main public Internet exchange point in Italy was chosen to place the WDM PoP providing telecommunications services between Italy and Greecereaching Athens and Thessaloniki, through a new state-of-the-art data transmission system, on a completely different route than the current ones, safe and robust.
Alessandro Talotta, CEO of MIX
We are very proud to have been chosen by Islalink to host the first Italian PoP on the mainland, this confirms the role of MIX as the main Internet interconnection point.
With the termination of the IONIAN submarine system at our Carrier Hotel, we are happy to bring significant value to our customers and partners. The possibility that many networks, located in Italy and Greece but not only, will be connected through this new high-performance fiber route is a great development opportunity for both countries. The two new PoP MIX a Rome and Casertarecently announced, will certainly benefit from this partnership.
Islalink chooses MIX for the PoP of the IONIAN submarine cable
Esther Garcés, CEO of Islalink
Having MIX as a partner is essential for the IONIAN project: MIX in Milan is the most important interconnection point, which brings together Italian and foreign carriers, OTTs and providers. Activating a PoP at MIX for IONIAN is a natural step to provide our services to the market. Furthermore, MIX’s strong experience in colocation and service provision gives us a lot of confidence to face such a demanding undertaking. We are very confident that IONIAN will bring variety and quality of service to networks that want to interconnect between Italy and Greece and beyond.