Mzima Networks, a U.S. based next-generation Network

Service Provider, has deployed a backbone Point-of-Presence (PoP) in the tel(x) Meet Me Room at 60 Hudson Street in New York City. This PoP is expected to enhance the efficiency and reach of their nationwide network and support Mzima’s expanding East Coast network.
Mzima offers IP

Transit connectivity and data transport services from premier colocation facilities in the US and Europe. The company leverages all optical meshed backbone that is connected to multiple Tier-1 backbone providers. This way Mzima enhances the efficiency of its nationwide network by directly peering with numerous broadband ISPs, backbones and content providers.
The company offers various network services such as full line-rate 10 GbE route-optimized IP Transit, Ethernet Private Lines, SONET

Private Lines and Metro Ethernet and Wavelength Transport from all locations across their international backbone.
According to a news release, tel(x)'s facility offers access to an abundance of carriers, ISPs, content providers and other global network service providers and enterprise businesses. The PoP will help Mzima better serve their customers looking for efficient connectivity so as to achieve the global presence necessary to accelerate their business.
"Having successfully grown our existing domestic backbone PoPs, we needed to extend our network to facilitate the growing demands of new customers," stated Michael Dell' (
News -
Alert)Anno, President of Sales and Marketing at Mzima in a statement to the press. "We chose tel(x) because they offer the most extensive interconnection opportunities in the New York metro area."
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