Ooredoo and DE-CIX connect Doha IX to DE-CIX Marseille

Ooredoo and DE-CIX have connected Doha IX – Qatar’s first commercial Internet Exchange (IX) – to DE-CIX Marseille.

This will allow networks connected to Doha IX to exchange data directly with almost 120 networks in the French city, as well as remotely with almost 1,100 networks connected to DE-CIX Frankfurt, Europe’s largest IX. The interconnection between the Middle Eastern and European exchanges enables carriers from the Gulf region to access cloud and connectivity services not yet available locally in Qatar.

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