UAE-IX, which is owned by du (Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company), offers a carrier neutral internet exchange platform (IXP) in the Middle East. The IXP was set up as a partnership between du and German internet exchange DE-CIX in 2012.
UAE-IX is built on a fully redundant switching platform located in two data centres in Dubai, Datamena and Equinix. It is backed by the UAE’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) and has become one of the biggest IXPs in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
Earlier this year, UAE-IX launched the DE-CIX Apollon platform in Dubai, migrating all of its customers to a new platform with 100GE ports available. The IXP said that its first 100GE customer has now gone live in September, though it did not name the partner.
“Attaining 100Gbps traffic has benchmarked our capabilities far beyond expectation and this most recent accomplishment truly highlights UAE-IX as a more than competent player in the IXP market,” said Farid Faridooni, Deputy CEO Enterprise Solutions, EITC.
“With latency being reduced by up to 80 per cent and costs being reduced by up to 70 per cent for users, UAE-IX is making gallant strides towards realizing the needs of interconnected global networks, network operators and content providers in the region.”
