Avelacom's New PoP Reduces London-Tokyo Latency to 145.3ms
- The new route between London-Tokyo has a round-trip latency of 145.3 milliseconds.

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 and more businesses are moving toward cloud computing.In addition to the demand, the overall amount of data that is stored is also at levels that would have been unheard of not so long ago, which has resulted in increasingly large data centers.Why are Data Centers Important?Technology operations are a crucial aspect of most corporate businesses and institutions. The prime concerns are business continuity; companies rely on their information systems to run their operations. If a system becomes unavailable, company operations may be impaired or stopped altogether. It is necessary to have a dependable infrastructure for IT operations to minimize any chance of disruption. Information security is also a concern, and for this reason, a data center provides a secure environment that minimizes the chances of a security breach. A data center must, therefore, keep high standards for assuring the integrity and functionality of its hosted computer environment. Data centers are extremely valuable constructs within the financial services industry. For example, banks and financial institutions safeguard customer information in both cloud and on-premise data centers, as well as on trading floors and in branch operations. Data centers and critical infrastructure must be reliable, secure and available to successfully deliver internal IT services and digital banking services. 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 and more businesses are moving toward cloud computing.In addition to the demand, the overall amount of data that is stored is also at levels that would have been unheard of not so long ago, which has resulted in increasingly large data centers.Why are Data Centers Important?Technology operations are a crucial aspect of most corporate businesses and institutions. The prime concerns are business continuity; companies rely on their information systems to run their operations. If a system becomes unavailable, company operations may be impaired or stopped altogether. It is necessary to have a dependable infrastructure for IT operations to minimize any chance of disruption. Information security is also a concern, and for this reason, a data center provides a secure environment that minimizes the chances of a security breach. A data center must, therefore, keep high standards for assuring the integrity and functionality of its hosted computer environment. Data centers are extremely valuable constructs within the financial services industry. For example, banks and financial institutions safeguard customer information in both cloud and on-premise data centers, as well as on trading floors and in branch operations. Data centers and critical infrastructure must be reliable, secure and available to successfully deliver internal IT services and digital banking services. 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.

Russell Poole
Source: Equinix, Inc
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.”
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 and more businesses are moving toward cloud computing.In addition to the demand, the overall amount of data that is stored is also at levels that would have been unheard of not so long ago, which has resulted in increasingly large data centers.Why are Data Centers Important?Technology operations are a crucial aspect of most corporate businesses and institutions. The prime concerns are business continuity; companies rely on their information systems to run their operations. If a system becomes unavailable, company operations may be impaired or stopped altogether. It is necessary to have a dependable infrastructure for IT operations to minimize any chance of disruption. Information security is also a concern, and for this reason, a data center provides a secure environment that minimizes the chances of a security breach. A data center must, therefore, keep high standards for assuring the integrity and functionality of its hosted computer environment. Data centers are extremely valuable constructs within the financial services industry. For example, banks and financial institutions safeguard customer information in both cloud and on-premise data centers, as well as on trading floors and in branch operations. Data centers and critical infrastructure must be reliable, secure and available to successfully deliver internal IT services and digital banking services. 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 and more businesses are moving toward cloud computing.In addition to the demand, the overall amount of data that is stored is also at levels that would have been unheard of not so long ago, which has resulted in increasingly large data centers.Why are Data Centers Important?Technology operations are a crucial aspect of most corporate businesses and institutions. The prime concerns are business continuity; companies rely on their information systems to run their operations. If a system becomes unavailable, company operations may be impaired or stopped altogether. It is necessary to have a dependable infrastructure for IT operations to minimize any chance of disruption. Information security is also a concern, and for this reason, a data center provides a secure environment that minimizes the chances of a security breach. A data center must, therefore, keep high standards for assuring the integrity and functionality of its hosted computer environment. Data centers are extremely valuable constructs within the financial services industry. For example, banks and financial institutions safeguard customer information in both cloud and on-premise data centers, as well as on trading floors and in branch operations. Data centers and critical infrastructure must be reliable, secure and available to successfully deliver internal IT services and digital banking services. 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.

Russell Poole
Source: Equinix, Inc
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.”