Avelacom's New PoP Reduces London-Tokyo Latency to 145.3ms

Avelacom, a provider of connectivity and infrastructure ‎solutions, announced this Thursday that it has launched a new point of presence (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.

Now, trading firms have access to faster and sturdier connectivity between TY3 and Equinix’s London (LD4/5) data center facilities. According to the statement released by Avelacom, this new route between London and Tokyo delivers the lowest latency in the market, with a round trip taking 145.3 milliseconds.

London and Tokyo are both key foreign exchange (FX) markets. However, due to the significant geographical distance between the two cities, the route between the two has often been plagued with latency and redundancy issues. The decrease in milliseconds is particularly ‎important to banks, high-frequency trading (HFT) firms, ‎FX related applications, and other financial organizations.

According to Aleksey Larichev, the Managing Director at Avelacom, the average round-trip latency for this route is around 156 milliseconds. If market participants switch to the Avelacom network, they can take more than ten milliseconds off this time.

"Connectivity is one of the key drivers for success in the electronic trading environment, and our London – Tokyo ultra-low latency offerings give companies a true competitive edge,” Larichev said.

Equinix has more than 200 data centers around the world which host above 1,800 network providers. The Avelacom network offers trading firms access to Colocation Colocation Colocation concerns the practice of accessing prices a split second faster through direct feeds.This differs from the congregation of data that is generally transferred between two exchanges then displayed on a trader’s computer, mobile device, or tablet. Popularized out of the wake of high-frequency trading, colocation is becoming more sought after as speed continues to prove paramount within the day trading arena and algo trading is on the rise. What Are the Benefits of Colocation?The core adv Colocation concerns the practice of accessing prices a split second faster through direct feeds.This differs from the congregation of data that is generally transferred between two exchanges then displayed on a trader’s computer, mobile device, or tablet. Popularized out of the wake of high-frequency trading, colocation is becoming more sought after as speed continues to prove paramount within the day trading arena and algo trading is on the rise. What Are the Benefits of Colocation?The core adv Read this Term facilities that are close to the largest financial exchanges and ECNs in the industry, via a cross-connect inside Equinix’s data centers.

Commenting on the announcement, Russell Poole, the Managing Director of Equinix UK added: "Platform Equinix is home to the world's largest multi-asset trading venues and provides interconnection between ecosystem participants to accelerate business performance.

“Avelacom’s new PoP offers increased opportunities for FX market players, as latency sensitive traders access the London-Tokyo route.”