OREANDA-NEWS. July 04, 2012. Beltelecom extended external Internet gateway by Belarus to 10 Gbps in a westerly direction connecting to DE-CIX Internet traffic exchange point (Germany), the leading traffic exchange point in Europe, reported the press-centre of Beltelecom.  

DE-CIX (German Commercial Internet Exchange) is Internet traffic exchange point located in Frankfurt (Germany). It was founded in 1995 and at present it is one of the leading traffic exchange points in the world.

Currently general connection capacity of Beltelecom to DE-CIX equals to 20 Gbps with the total external Internet gateway capacity of 220 Gbps:

-    80 Gbps in a westerly direction;

-    140 Gbps in the direction of Russia.

The previous Internet gateway extension with DE-CIX by 10 Gbps in a westerly direction was conducted on March 7, 2012.