Irish Internet Exchange to Locate New Exchange Point at Dublin

TeleCity (www.telecity.com), a provider of managed data centre services, today announces that the Internet Neutral Exchange Association (INEX), Ireland's internet exchange, has decided to locate its second exchange point at TeleCity's data centre facility in Dublin. With the addition of INEX, TeleCity now hosts six of the most important internet exchange points in Europe. 

Located in Dublin, INEX is a vital part of the Irish national Internet infrastructure, having provided the industry with scalable, robust, high-performance peering facilities since 1996. INEX currently has seventeen Members; Bytel, Cable & Wireless, Clearwire Ireland, Colt Telecom, Digiweb, eircom, Esat BT, HEAnet, Hosting365, Internet Ireland, Irish Broadband, Magnet Networks, Microsoft, Netsource, NTL Ireland and Smart Telecom.

INEX plays an important role in facilitating internet traffic flow in Ireland and provides high-speed, reliable and resilient IP traffic exchange facilities for telecom carriers, internet service providers and digital content providers.

The continuing growth of internet and data traffic in Ireland has been the main driver behind the need for INEX to expand to a second location.  The launch of INEX's second switching centre will enhance Ireland's internet infrastructure significantly. 

"TeleCity's reputation, location and customer base in Ireland made it the natural choice for our expansion plans," said Barry Rhodes, INEX General Manager. "We look forward to a long relationship with TeleCity which will be mutually beneficial to both parties.  TeleCity will offer a secure and resilient location for INEX members. In turn, INEX will offer any company linking into TeleCity significant connectivity and peering benefits."
With the addition of INEX TeleCity now hosts six of the most important internet exchanges in Europe - LINX in London, AMSIX in Amsterdam, DE-CIX 2 in Frankfurt, FNIX and FreeIX in Paris, MaNAP in Manchester and now INEX.

TeleCity is a leading European provider of colocation and data centre services. Through its network of carrier-neutral data centres, it provides colocation, IT infrastructure management and IT services to communication service providers, corporate enterprises and the public sector. In February 2003, TeleCity was awarded 'Best Colocation Provider' by the UK Internet Service Providers Association for its outstanding data centre facilities, and high levels of customer service. 

The Internet Neutral Exchange Association Ltd (INEX) is  a neutral, industry-owned association that provides Internet peering facilities for its members. It is modelled after the London Internet Exchange (LINX), Europe's most successful Internet exchange.