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PCCW Global Upgrades Middle Eastern Connectivity via

Jordan Network Node

PCCW Global, the leading telecommunications service provider, in
collaboration with Naitel*, a licensed telecommunications service
provider in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, have enhanced
Middle Eastern international connectivity and expanded the
region’s network reach via a new IP node that has been strategically
located in the Jordanian coastal port city of Aqaba.

The new point of presence, which is located in a carrier-neutral
facility, provides the Middle East with a new level of connectivity
using PCCW Global’s advanced, resilient and automated Tier 1
network, and caters to the increasing demand of global wholesale
and enterprise customers in the region. The node in Aqaba is PCCW
Global’s latest addition to the carrier’s extensive global network of
over 120 on-net Points of Presence (PoPs) in 52 countries and 81
cities.

Console Connect is continuing to grow its
ecosystem of data centre, cloud, SaaS,
carrier and enterprise partners in the Middle
East, and the platform is now enabled in
key data centres in Dubai, Doha, Fujairah,

Jeddah and Cairo. Carriers on the platform
can make direct connections to these
locations and more than 400 other data
centres worldwide. Sameh Sobhy
Managing Director, Middle East, Turkey, Africa
Furthermore, the new network node extends PCCW Global’s PCCW Global
growing global Tier 1 network coverage and ensures that the
Gulf Corporation Council (GCC) region has access to high-
speed connectivity and state of the art network automation via
Console Connect, the world’s first platform for Software-Defined
Interconnection®.

*Naitel provides services in Jordan for PCCW Global’s customers outside Jordan; PCCW Global is not licensed in Jordan and does not provide services to
customers in Jordan.
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