Telx to Provide Colocation and Interconnection Services to Cedar Cable Ltd.

Telx, the interconnection company, announced that it has been chosen by BermudaEs Cedar Cable Ltd. to provide colocation and interconnection services within TelxEs flagship 60 Hudson Street facility in downtown Manhattan. Cedar Cable has constructed a new subsea cable known as CB-1 that will land along the east coast of the U.S. and be backhauled directly to the Telx facility at 60 Hudson Street. There Cedar Cable and its customers can access hundreds of carriers, Internet service and content providers and other business networks to facilitate connections. Cedar Cable is an affiliated company of The Bermuda Telephone Company Limited which will be providing cable station services for the CB-1 system in Bermuda.

Telx offers Cedar Cable the most cost-effective means of connecting the networks its customers need to conduct their daily business, while offering network redundancy security and technical expertise to assist with hub implementation and management.

oAs a new company offering connectivity to our customers in Bermuda, we wanted our services to provide a high-level of connection up-time without the cost associated with making interconnections through a primary carrier,o said Raymond Charlton, Vice President of Cedar Cable Ltd. oTelx provides our customers with access to a wide array of carriers, ISPs and other businesses giving them many interconnection options which they can then make available to their end users. The colocation of so many telecommunications providers within the 60 Hudson Street facility also results in cost efficiencies for our customers. Telx has demonstrated the high degree of professionalism and expertise that we wanted in a provider. They have indicated that their redundant power and HVAC systems did not lose power during the significant disruption to the power grid that occurred during the blackout of 2003.o

With the construction of the CB-1 system linking Bermuda to the Telx facility at 60 Hudson Street in New York, Cedar CableEs customers have many choices for connecting to carriers and businesses in the U.S., Europe, Asia/Pacific and Latin America.

oBy backhauling fiber to New York, Cedar Cable gains significant cost efficiencies and a large variety of choice when it comes to potential network connections for itself, its customers, and its customersE end users,o said William Kolman, Telx EVP of Sales. oWeEre pleased to provide the choice, flexibility, and reliability that Cedar Cable requires in an interconnection partner. We look forward to helping Cedar Cable grow its new business through our relationship.o About Telx Telx is a world-class leader in providing interconnectivity solutions through their network-neutral and network rich, colocation facilities. With over a dozen facilities in North America, Telx offers cost effective networking solutions for customers to seamlessly access diverse global networks and exchange information in a secure and reliable environment. Over 600 leading telecommunications carriers, ISPEs, content providers and enterprises rely on TelxEs world-class team to support their mission-critical global infrastructure needs and to create a global connectivity marketplace to dramatically expand their business growth opportunities. Telx is a privately held company headquartered in New York City with facilities in New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Miami, Phoenix, Charlotte, and Weehawken, NJ. For more information about Telx, visit www.telx.com.

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This article was prepared by Telecommunications Weekly editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2009, Telecommunications Weekly via VerticalNews.com.