Avelacom Launches New PoP in Tokyo to Deliver Ultra-Low Latency

Avelacom, a provider of connectivity and infrastructure ‎solutions, announced this Tuesday that it has opened its third point of presence (PoP) in Tokyo, allowing the company to deliver ultra-low latency to firms trading in Japan’s capital markets.

The new PoP is at the AT TOKYO Premium Colocation Space and was established to meet the growing demand from Avelacom’s clients operating or based in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region.

According to the statement released by Avelacom today, the company has seen double-digit growth in new business volumes coming from APAC. This growth is driven by a demand for connectivity services between APAC trading venues and exchanges, the company said.

The addition of the PoP brings the total up to three for Avelacom in Tokyo. Now, clients wanting access to Japan’s foreign exchange (Forex Forex Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest tradi Foreign exchange or forex is the act of converting one nation’s currency into another nation’s currency (that possesses a different currency); for example, the converting of British Pounds into US Dollars, and vice versa. The exchange of currencies can be done over a physical counter, such as at a Bureau de Change, or over the internet via broker platforms, where currency speculation takes place, known as forex trading.The foreign exchange market, by its very nature, is the world’s largest tradi Read this Term), commodity, stock, cryptocurrency and derivatives markets have three services to choose from.

Avelacom also has a PoP in Equinix’s Tokyo (TY3) International Business Exchange Data Center Data Center A data center is a building or network used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems.This generally includes redundant or backup power supplies, redundant data communications connections, environmental controls, and various security devices. Large data centers are industrial scale operations using as much electricity as a small town.Over the past decade, data center space has been growing at an incredible rate. This has increased as more A data center is a building or network used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems.This generally includes redundant or backup power supplies, redundant data communications connections, environmental controls, and various security devices. Large data centers are industrial scale operations using as much electricity as a small town.Over the past decade, data center space has been growing at an incredible rate. This has increased as more Read this Term, which was launched in November of last year, as Finance Magnates reported. This PoP gave trading firms faster connectivity between TY3 and Equinix’s London (LD4/5) data center facilities.

Specifically, the statement released at the time by Avelacom said that the new route between London and Tokyo delivers the lowest latency in the market, with a round trip taking 145.3 milliseconds.

Commenting on the new PoP in Tokyo, Aleksey Larichev, Avelacom’s Managing Director said: "Our clients keep asking us to expand our presence in Tokyo, as they desire professional-grade services capable of supporting multi-asset trading in Japanese markets. With our new PoP in the AT TOKYO Premium Colocation Space we add more capabilities for low latency sensitive clients.”

Avelacom to Expand its Product Offering Further in APAC

In addition to the new PoP in Tokyo, Avelacom is also developing its services further in the region to support global and intra-Asia trading, the company said. This is to address an increased interest amongst its institutional clients in the Asian Capital Markets.