Day: November 10, 2021

DCConnect launches DC GatewayConnecting Edge Data Centre to Multiple Data Centres and Clouds10 March 2021 DCConnect, a Hong Kong based innovator of on-demand connectivity to data centre and cloudservice provider, today officially released the DC Gateway service.With DC Gateway, you can easily manage and deploy your Cloud and Data Centre networks,connecting you to DC POPs and Cloud platform providers globally. With the extensive reaches of DCConnect global network coverage, connecting your criticalbusiness applications and your partners, your regional offices and customers will be fast, secureand simple. Spanning more than 55 countries and regions, the DC Gateway service allowspartners to purchase on-demand connectivity to major core data centres and all major cloud onramp partners, including Microsoft Azure, AWS Direct Connect, IBM Cloud, Oracle Cloud, GoogleCloud, Alibaba Cloud and Tencent Cloud. Mr Billy Fung, Chief Technology Officer, DCConnect, said, “The release of the DC Gateway serviceallows partners to become part of the SDN ecosystems through federation. With DC Gatewayadvanced Price Calculator portal, you can instantly get a quote within seconds. ZTP seamlesslyprovision your services without any manual intervention. This will save you a lot of time andresources. You can now easily transform your Data Centres to become SDN-Ready.” Mr Jonnathan Leung, Head of R&D at DCConnect, added, “We moved away from the legacysystems and built the DC Gateway services with an agile open network using Open ComputeProject’s (OCP) solutions. This enable our partners to be free from vendor lock-in and allow easyintegration to an OCP-based infrastructure. “ Businesses are accelerating their adoption of cloud-based technology, the availability of DCGateway SDN-based services on the DCConnect global network platform will provide them withgreater network flexibility and reach. About DCConnect:DCConnect, headquartered in Hong Kong, is an innovator of on-demand connectivity to globaldata centres and Cloud Service Providers. DCConnect has developed innovative portalconnectivity to global data centres and Cloud Providers via a comprehensive user interface. Thisprovides users with a scalable, agile, flexible solution allowing users to define via a virtual port tocost-effectively turn up or turn down bandwidth within minutes. For more information, visit: http://www.dcconnectglobal.com/

HKT (SEHK:6823) – Hong Kong, September 16, 2019 PCCW Global, the international operating division of HKT, Hong Kong’s premier telecommunications service provider, and DCConnect, a leading APAC on-demand connectivity, data center and cloud provider, have entered into a technology collaboration that will enable both Console Connect and DCConnect customers to seamlessly leverage network services from either service provider, including providing DCConnect customers with on-demand access to PCCW Global’s extensive international network footprint. PCCW Global’s Console Connect is a game-changer for business, making the process of connecting to cloud-based business-critical applications and geographically distributed offices, partners and clients simple, predictable and secure. Spanning over 37 countries, the Console Connect platform enables users to purchase on-demand connectivity in more than 100 global data centers and to all major cloud on-ramp partners, including AWS Direct Connect, Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud, Oracle Cloud, Google Cloud, Alibaba Cloud and Tencent Cloud. DCConnect is the leading software-defined enterprise and carrier platform in China. DCConnect’s coverage includes every major data center and cloud vendor in China. The technology collaboration will enable DCConnect’s clients to interconnect with the Console Connect platform in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Los Angeles – providing access to a truly global network. The API integration allows users to run private and secure virtual connections across both networks, as well as being able to provision, upgrade, and monitor on-demand services. Both platforms enable users to interconnect and purchase flexible services on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis – only paying for services which are available to be used with no lock-in contracts or minimum usage criteria. Mr. Billy Fung, Chief Technology Officer, DCConnect, said, “DCConnect is excited to establish a two-way integration with PCCW Global. We look forward to enabling our customers to make use of PCCW Global’s extensive and robust IP backbone and global subsea network, providing instant access, with Quality of Service, to many markets around the world. Similarly, we also look forward to serving PCCW Global customers with our own extensive network resources throughout China.” Mr. Michael Glynn, Vice President of Digital Automated Innovation, PCCW Global, said, “The interconnect collaboration with DCConnect allows our customers to access more data centers directly from our platform. We are building one of the largest SDN wholesale ecosystems worldwide for carriers, network providers, and other SDN providers, enabling them to access our extensive redundant global backbone on-demand, while extending their coverage and service offering to support their own customer needs, by interconnecting into our platform at any of our on-net data centers.” About PCCW Global PCCW Global is the international operating division of HKT, Hong Kong’s premier telecommunications service provider, which is majority-owned by PCCW Limited. Covering more than 3,000 cities and 160 countries, the PCCW Global network supports a portfolio of integrated global communications services including connectivity, applications, and tailored solutions facilitated by its on-demand digital software defined interconnection system. PCCW Global is headquartered in Hong Kong, and maintains regional centers in Belgium, China, France, Greece, Japan, Korea, Singapore, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. To learn more about PCCW Global, please visit www.pccwglobal.com About HKT HKT (SEHK: 6823) is Hong Kong’s premier telecommunications service provider and leading operator in fixed-line, broadband and mobile communication services. It meets the needs of the Hong Kong public and local and international businesses with a wide range of services including local telephony, local data and broadband, international telecommunications, mobile, enterprise solutions, and other telecommunications businesses such as customer premises equipment sales, outsourcing, consulting, and contact centers. HKT offers a unique quadruple-play experience in Hong Kong delivering media content on its fixed-line, broadband Internet access and mobile platforms jointly with its parent company, PCCW Limited. HKT also provides a range of innovative and smart living services beyond connectivity to make the daily lives of customers smarter, whether they are at home, in the workplace, or on the go. Consumers and merchants alike may also enjoy HKT’s financial-related services such as mobile payment, smart mobile point-of-sale solutions, and insurance. For enterprises, HKT delivers end-to-end integrated solutions employing emerging technologies such as cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to accelerate their digital transformation, contributing to Hong Kong’s development into a smart city. The Club is HKT’s loyalty program and one of the largest of its kind in Hong Kong, not only offering a variety of privileges and benefits to enrich the lifestyle of members, but also increasingly amalgamating merchants and becoming an integral part of a new digital ecosystem connecting consumers and merchants. For more information, please visit www.hkt.com  About DCConnect: DCConnect, headquartered in Singapore, is an innovator of on-demand connectivity to global data centers and Cloud Service Providers. DCConnect has developed innovative portal connectivity to global data centers and Cloud Providers via a comprehensive user interface. This provides users with a scalable, agile, flexible solution allowing users to define via a virtual port to cost effectively turn up or turn down bandwidth within minutes. DCConnect has recently been awarded the finalist of “Most Innovative NFV/SDN Implementation” in the Telecom Asia Awards 2019. It has also received an award of “Best Innovative Product and Best Practice” from 2018 Global Internet and Communications Cross Border Connectivity and Settlement Seminar. For more information, visit: http://www.dcconnectglobal.com/ For more information, please contact: Ivan HoPCCW GroupTel: +852 2883 8747Email:ivan.wy.ho@pccw.com DCConnect Global LTDTel: +852 8120 5080Email:alliance@dcconnectglobal.com

DCConnect’s internally developed network control technology automates Legacy network operations for service delivery throughout Asia HONGKONG – June 24, 2019, DCConnect, a Singapore based innovator of on-demand connectivity to global data centers and Cloud Service Providers is excited to announce its selection of Cumulus Networks, a market leader in building open, modern, and scalable networks, to power DCConnect’s Next Generation Software Defined Network (NG-SDN). Silicon Valley based Cumulus Networks provides an open-source, Linux-based Operating System (OS), Cumulus Linux, for DCConnect’s NG-SDN, which has been made available to customers and carriers throughout Asia. Leveraging the Cumulus Linux OS and Cumulus NetQ for telemetry-based network visibility, DCConnect has evolved the simple concept of SDN as a Network Automation tool into a Predictive, automated Network with meaningful analytic tools. DCConnect focuses on assisting customers and carriers to develop NG-SDN technology in emerging countries, especially in Asia. DCConnect has developed an innovative and comprehensive service portal to provide users with a scalable, agile and flexible solution allowing users to provision and reconfigure the port locations, bandwidth, route path and cloud connectivity via a virtual portal in a matter of minutes. DCConnect’s NG-SDN solution focuses on software-to-software control, which is entirely different from the software-to-hardware approach currently employed by most vendors. This merges networking and computing as DCConnect, with the support of Cumulus, has transformed networking to be similar to computing by using the same toolsets that developers are already familiar with, such as making snapshot on the entire network configuration in a second, or virtualizing an entire network in one virtual host to test configuration changes before pushing them on to live production hardware. The NG-SDN also supports Service Instance so service provisioning can be achieved instantly or on a scheduled basis, without the constraints to maintain long term contracts and deployments of network capabilities and availability of resources. Proactive monitoring on all end-to-end services is empowered by powerful graphical presentations and other analytical and reporting tools. With the capability of monitoring and archiving all historical service data, DCConnect’s NG-SDN is able to perform diagnosis and provide recommended actions to users before the user may even be aware that a change must be made. “In the past, with the traditional vendors, Software Defined Networks have been based on the idea of software controlling hardware,” says Billy Fung, Chief Technical Officer ofDCConnect. “Now with Cumulus’ Linux-based platform deployed within our network, software controls software, this is game-changing technology that will revolutionize the way companies provision and manage their network solutions.” “Cumulus is excited to partner with DCConnect during this important market transition from a closed and proprietary environment to one that embraces open and standards-based systems,” adds Josh Leslie, CEO of Cumulus Networks. “DCConnect’s NG-SDN enables customers to reach new levels of flexibility, control and scalability by leveraging automation and VXLAN/EVPN to seamlessly connect and provision services across the region in a secure, multi-tenant environment. For more information about Cumulus Networks, please visit www.cumulusnetworks.com. To learn more about DCConnect and its innovative SDN solutions, please visit: http://www.dcconnectglobal.com/. # About DCConnect GlobalDCConnect, headquartered in Singapore, is an innovator of on-demand connectivity to global data centers and Cloud Service Providers. DCConnect has developed innovative portal connectivity to global data centers and Cloud Providers via a comprehensive user interface. This provides users with a scalable, agile, flexible solution allowing users to define via a virtual port to cost effectively turn up or turn down bandwidth within minutes. DCConnect has recently been awarded the finalist of “Most Innovative NFV/SDN Implementation” in the Telecom Asia Awards 2019. It has also received an award of “Best Innovative Product and Best Practice” from 2018 Global Internet and Communications Cross Border Connectivity and Settlement Seminar. For more information, visit: http://www.dcconnectglobal.com/ About Cumulus NetworksCumulus Networks provides networking software to design, run, and operate modern data centers that are simple, open, agile, resilient, and scalable. Cumulus Linux is the only open networking software that allows you to affordably build and efficiently operate your network like the world’s largest data center operators, unlocking vertical network stacks. Combined with Cumulus NetQ, a highly scalable, network operations tool set, organizations can accelerate the deployment of open networks and reduce the mean-time to resolution. Cumulus Networks has more than 1,500 customers globally and has received venture funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Battery Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Telstra Ventures, Peter Wagner, four of the original VMware founders, among others. For more information, please visit www.cumulusnetworks.com.CUMULUS, the Cumulus Logo, CUMULUS NETWORKS, and the Rocket Turtle Logo (the “Marks”) are trademarks and service marks of Cumulus Networks, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. You are not permitted to use the Marks without the prior written consent of Cumulus Networks. Media Contact for CumulusHighwire PRcumulus@highwirepr.comMedia Contact for DCConnectiMiller Public Relationspr@imillerpr.comTel: +1.866.307.2510

December 16, 2018 – Following November, DCConnect won the “Best Innovative Products and Best Practices” award for the 2018 Global Interconnection and telecommunications Closing Discussion Seminar, and successfully fulfilled inter-carrier and cross-regional business paradigm with Epsilon through Software Defined Network (SDN) based API. Subsequent to Global Fabric Shanghai Discussion Event completion on December 11, 2018, due to the rapid advance in SDN technology of DCConnect, DCConnect is invited by China Cross-border Data telecommunications Industry Alliance (CDTIA) to participate in the 2018 China Information and telecommunication Conference, and DCConnect is honored to be employed as the drafted group of SD-WAN/SDN standard by China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) and China Cross-border Data telecommunications Industry Alliance (CDTIA). This milestone shows the recognition of CAICT and the parties in telecommunications industry on the professional qualification of SD-WAN/SDN technology. DCConnect must do our utmost to enhance the service standard of SD-WAN/SDN technology level to the telecommunication industry. The development of digitization economy requires the transformation of telecommunications service The Global Interconnection Index report issued by the authority pointed out that the use of technologies promoted the increasing trend of global digitization Such as urbanization, data sovereignty, cybersecurity and global digital services trade etc. It is against this background that the industries such as digital media, artificial intelligence, big data and security analytics, enhanced virtual reality and the Internet of Things are growing. Compared to the traditional backbone networks, the dynamic and interactive nature of these technology applications requires more flexible, agile, low-latency, and high-bandwidth network connections to process the data flooding. The development of digitization economy requires the transformation of telecommunications service and it is required programmable, flexible, agile, intelligent, and automated networks. SD-WAN/SDN requires standardization, driving automated and intelligent interconnection between cloud network. The discussion seminar“Driving the development of SD-WAN/SDN service standard, assist the growth of global telecommunications industry“ undertake by CDTIA, Mr. Duke Shu, the CEO of DCConnect, presented the topic – the core functionality of automatic perception network service, he outlined the standard, opened nature, and integration concept of SDWAN/SDN technology, explained in depth the integration of SDN and AI and its technology innovation, combined with automation, virtualization, application-aware network technology that brings the network automatic awareness function to effectively improve the network reaction, In line with the capacity elasticity requirement of the cloud, on demand bandwidth supports bandwidth upgrade or downgrade anytime, agile, flexible billing, without excessive purchase of bandwidth, achieving greater cost efficiency target and improving operational efficiency; automatic traffic optimization throughout the whole network, automatic shunting, based on cost , bandwidth balancing, link quality, latency and other strategies for intelligent path finding, dynamic bandwidth scaling; advance fault detection, on-demand automatic failover of the alternate port to ensure service continuity; real-time updated network topology, circuit information such as circuit status management, link quality, and traffic path management etc. They allows enterprises to focus on the development of the main business and gives peace of mind to the service provider of SDN and cloud service or data center. 壹步宏景CEO舒友谊先生分享“自动化感知网络核心功能”主题演讲 The topic of the core functionality of automatic perception network service, presented by Mr. Duke Shu, CEO of DCConnect, We don’t focus on cloud service, but create a new ecosystem with intelligent and opened nature SDWAN/SDN interconnection in cloud network. DCConnect is a team that dares to do innovation. Since its establishment in year 2016, it has continued to lead the domestic SD-WAN/SDN technology direction. The telecommunications service is hard to tackle likes a hot taro. However, we dared to overcome its static nature, rigid etc problems, integrate with cloud and network services into single software defined network platform. It drives telecommunications industry into a new era, promote digitization The network will push the field of communication to a new era, promote the development of the digitized economy, and assist the growth of global telecommunications industry.

DCConnect and Epsilon Jointly Host the Global Fabric Shanghai Workshop to Accelerate SDN and AI Innovation in China The partnership is the first of its kind with two-way SDN orchestration, delivering seamless access to on-demand connectivity to global destinations Shanghai, 11 December 2018 – After the successful integration of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) platforms in June, DCConnect Technology Beijing Limited (DCConnect) further collaborate with Epsilon to host the Global Fabric Shanghai workshop; discussing and demonstrating SDN and Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovation in China. SDN is enabling fluid, elastic and intelligent networking in local markets and across the globe. It is removing the barriers to innovation of applications and services while allowing businesses to efficiently connect on-demand wherever they need to go. The partnership is the first time two SDN platforms have been interconnected in China via a bi-lateral API Integration. DCConnect’s customers in China can gain instant and seamless access to Epsilon’s Global Interconnect Fabric when they use DCConnect’s SD-Cloud Express platform. It enables users to interconnect with Epsilon’s network of more than 600 Service Providers, Cloud Service Providers and Internet Exchanges whilst facilitating access to over 100 Points of Presence (PoP) globally across Asia, Europe, Middle East and North America. DCConnect also enables Epsilon’s global customers and partners to interconnect in major cities in China including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Partners can use Infiny by Epsilon to instantly connect to DCConnect’s unique China-wide SDN network with extended access to more than 90 data centres and 11 Cloud Providers, including Alibaba Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Tencent Cloud and Huawei Enterprise Cloud, that are available through DCConnect’s network infrastructure. During the workshop, DCConnect and Epsilon explained how they are enabling Chinese Service Providers and enterprises to benefit from hyper-connected and hyper-scalable networking. Delegates from the China Academy of Telecommunication Research Department under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), two major China Data Center providers GDS and CIDS, together with Amazon Web Services (AWS China) also supported the event by presenting their insights and visions on SDN, AI technology trends and standards in the next generation Cloud platform. Topics explored during the workshop and panel discussion include how new global SDN supports business growth via existing platforms, how API interoperability can benefit end customers and how SDN and AI technology will accelerate global connectivity with cloud-centric networking. A live demonstration was conducted to showcase the scalability and agility of interconnected SDN platform by seamlessly connecting cloud services across cities within minutes. The panel also examined the drivers for change across the globe as well as the challenges that are unique to China. Each panellist shared their thoughts on the future of the Chinese market and discussed new opportunities amidst disruption. “Cross-carrier automation opens up new possibilities for service providers to deliver new connectivity services while accelerating their global reach and capabilities. Our partnership with DCConnect enables its customers to connect beyond China using the same portal they have been using for local connectivity, allowing businesses of all kinds to instantly connect and scale their operations around the world,” said Jerzy Szlosarek, CEO at Epsilon. “It is our great pleasure to partner with DCConnect and we look forward to continue working together to drive the future of SDN technology and global connectivity. ” Duke Shu, CEO of DCConnect, said “Inter-carrier network orchestration is changing SDN. It enables partners to access each other’s Clouds, Data Centres, Internet Exchanges and Partner Ecosystem. The integration of APIs gives customers visibility into network performance across both partners’ footprints enabling them to monitor and manage services from a single portal. It is our honor to have all participants of the workshop, Epsilon, MIIT, GDS, CIDS and AWS to witness the achievement of milestone in the SDN technology development in China, we truly believe SDN and AI technology will flourish in the ever-growing cloud ecosystem”. ### About DCConnect Global DCConnect, founded in 2016, is an innovator of on-demand connectivity to data centers and Cloud Service Providers. Having implemented the only independent SDN mesh architecture network in China, DCConnect has developed innovative portal connectivity to global data centers and Cloud Providers via a comprehensive user interface. This provides users with a scalable, agile, flexible solution allowing users to define via a virtual port to cost effectively turn up or turn down bandwidth within minutes. DCConnect has recently received an award of “Best Innovative Product and Best Practice” from 2018 Global Internet and Communications Cross Border Connectivity and Settlement Seminar For more information, visit: http://www.dcconnect.cn/ or https://www.linkedin.com/company/dcconnectglobal/  About Epsilon Epsilon is a global cloud-centric network service provider, extending carrier grade connectivity services to the world’s communications and cloud ecosystems. The company offers smart networking capabilities through its simple and powerful SDN platform, Infiny, that combines on-demand infrastructure, automation, web-based portals and APIs to give partners friction-free access to global connectivity. All Epsilon services are powered by a next generation hyper-scalable global backbone which connects all the leading telecoms hubs globally. Across this fabric encompasses a dense ecosystem of carriers, service operators and cloud providers offering the leading interconnect point for a diverse set of network and connectivity requirements. Epsilon is headquartered in Singapore with offices in London, New York, Dubai and Sofia. For more information, visit www.epsilontel.com.