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Islalink Partners with MIX to deploy in Milan the first PoP of the IONIAN Subsea Cable
Milan, June 5, 2023 – Islalink, an independent and neutral fibre-optic infrastructure provider, headquartered in Madrid, Spain, announced that the mainland PoP of their new subsea cable “IONIAN” is up & running in Milan in the MIX Carrier Hotel based in the historical Italian telco campus Caldera Park, the area with the highest concentration of data centers in Italy, where MIX is based since 2000.
MIX, the main public Internet exchange point in Italy, was selected by Islalink to deploy the WDM PoP that provides telecommunication services between Italy and Greece, reaching Athens & Thessaloniki, through a new, stat-of-the-art transmission system, on a totally diverse, secure and robust route.
“We are very proud of having been selected by Islalink to host the first Italian PoP in the mainland confirming the role of MIX as the main Internet interconnection hub.” said Alessandro Talotta, CEO of MIX. “With the IONIAN Submarine System terminated in our Carrier Hotel, we are happy to add significant value to our customers and members. The chance for many networks, based in Italy and Greece but not only, to be connected through this new high-performance fiber route is a great opportunity of development for both countries. Our recent announcement of two new IX PoPs in Rome and Caserta will certainly benefit of this partnership.”
Esther Garcés, CEO of Islalink, concludes that “Having MIX as a partner is key for the IONIAN project: MIX PoP is the most significant interconnection point in Milan, bringing together carriers, OTTs and providers from Italy and abroad. Enabling MIX as a service PoP for IONIAN is a natural step for providing our services to the market. On top of that, MIX strong expertise in colocation and service delivery, give us a lot of confidence in such a challenging endeavor. We are very confident that IONIAN will bring diversity and service quality for networks looking to interconnect between Italy – Greece and beyond”.
