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KDDI America has announced that it is now connected with CENX, Telx and Equinix, leading operators of Carrier Ethernet Exchange around the world, to provide its expanded Global Ethernet Networks for enterprise and wholesale customers. The initial connections are at Carrier Ethernet Exchanges in New York, Chicago, Virginia and Los Angeles, creating seamless connections with KDDI America's extensive high-speed fiber network and providing end-to-end connectivity and scalable bandwidth throughout the United States and around the globe.

The new connections dovetail with KDDI America's deployment of Layer 2 Ethernet Switches in key data centers and bring access to CENX, Telx and Equinix Ethernet Service Locations for KDDI America's wide variety of domestic and International business customers. By joining the Carrier Ethernet Exchanges, KDDI America enables offer end-to-end business-class services with the highest quality levels, which has been the hallmark of its Ethernet network deployment for more than ten years.

"The three operators of our Carrier Ethernet Exchanges possess recognized ability to fully support the key attributes of Carrier Ethernet -- such as bandwidth from 1mbps to 10gbps, integrated services and reliability -- thus making CENX, Telx and Equinix the natural partners for KDDI America," said Nobutsugu Ogata, Director of Business Development, KDDI America. "Critical to our decision to buy and sell services via Ethernet Exchanges was the vast number of reachable Ethernet Service Locations offered by these three Carrier Ethernet Exchange providers."

"The addition of KDDI America to the CENX community brings very significant new geographic reach for all the members served by CENX's Carrier Ethernet Exchanges along with new revenue opportunities for KDDI America and our other members," said Eric Gillenwater, VP Worldwide Development, CENX. "Thanks to our service integration, off-net monitoring services and the CENX Market, the CENX service scales to serve every type and size of business with a single connection."

"We are pleased to welcome KDDI to the Telx Ethernet Exchange marketplace of service providers, and look forward to helping them cost-effectively extend their network reach," said Brad Hokamp, Chief Marketing Officer of Telx. "With our network scalability features and strategic, carrier-dense locations in the U.S., Telx can help KDDI rapidly meet their customers' increasing connectivity demands."

"After more than a decade of collaboration, Equinix is excited to continue to work with KDDI and support its global networking strategies," said Jim Poole, General Manager, Global Networks and Mobility. "In addition to having access to the speed, quality and cost advantages associated with Equinix's Ethernet exchange services, KDDI customers will have the ability to easily transact business anywhere in the world."