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The international specialist media-house for the global carrier industry – Capacity Magazine – announced that DE-CIX International’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ivo Ivanov has been chosen as one of the 100 most influential people in the wholesale telecommunications industry. Capacity Magazine published their so-called “Power 100” for the second time in 2020. A mix of players from the carrier community, satellite industry, data center and subsea sectors, Internet Exchange executives, tower players and disruptors, have all made it into this index – making it one of the most inclusive listicles for the wholesale telecommunications industry.

Ivo Ivanov joined DE-CIX in January 2007 and is Chief Operating Officer of the DE-CIX Group AG, and is also – as Chief Executive Officer of DE-CIX International – responsible for the global business activities of the Internet Exchange Operator, driving DE-CIX’s international expansion.

DE-CIX operates Internet Exchanges in more than 20 metropolitan regions around the globe. DE-CIX Frankfurt is home to the world’s leading Internet Exchange, with a data throughput of 9.1 terabits per second (Tbps) at peak times.

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About DE-CIX

DE-CIX is the world’s leading Internet Exchange operator and will celebrate its 25th anniversary this year. Having started operations in 1995, DE-CIX in Frankfurt am Main is the Internet Exchange (IX) with the world’s highest data throughput at peak times, at more than 9 Terabits per second (Tbps). The connected customer capacity across all DE-CIX locations globally exceeds 58 Terabits.

In total, DE-CIX serves about 1900 network operators, Internet service providers (ISPs), and content providers from more than 100 countries with peering and interconnection services at its more than 20 locations in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and North America. Further information at www.de-cix.net

About DE-CIX India:

DE-CIX India is a regional Internet peering and interconnection hub for the major Indian as well as international networks. DE-CIX India runs carrier and data center neutral Internet Exchanges in Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, and Kolkata. The hub was founded originally by Mumbai IX in order to serve Indian eyeballs – now it is fully backed and operated by the world’s leading Internet Exchange operator, DE-CIX, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

DE-CIX India currently interconnects more than 220+ networks including ISPs, content networks, DNS root servers, and OTT Players, with peak traffic of 750+ Gbps. Further information at https://www.de-cix.in/about_us