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Orchest Technologies and DCConnect Expand Automation Partnership

Press Releases Connecting +80 million access points in Latin America to +6500 endpoints situated in +1000 Data Centers worldwide. National Harbor, MD, USA – May 16, 2024 – Orchest Technologies and DCConnect Global are pleased to announce the expansion of their partnership, aimed at enhancing customer support in Latin America and Asia facilitating global connectivity. Following successful integration efforts, Orchest has incorporated key components of DCConnect automation, facilitating connectivity to over 6,500 endpoints situated across 1,000+ data centers worldwide. With this new capability, Orchest will be able to connect any of its more than 80 million access points in Latin America to almost any Data Center around the world. Additionally, Orchest is bolstering DCConnect by enabling last mile quoting in Southeast Asia, commencing with Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and extending throughout the region, facilitating feasibility analysis and address validation in thousands of buildings. At this juncture, DCConnect is now introducing a new Beta Dedicated Internet Access to their web pricing portal. This collaboration leverages the MEF Sonata API to streamline functionalities. Jeremy Villalobos, CEO of Orchest, expressed enthusiasm about the partnership, stating, “This collaboration marks a significant milestone. Enabling connectivity between any last mile access point in Latin America to almost any data centers worldwide elevate our capabilities to a new level.” He added, “Assisting DCConnect in achieving last mile automation in Southeast Asia not only benefits them but also enables us to extend our quoting capabilities from Latin America to the Southeast Asian markets.“ Henry Lam, CEO of DCConnect Global, expressed his delight regarding this collaboration, stating, “I am very happy with this partnership. As both Orchest Technologies and DCConnect were recognized as the Best NaaS Provider of the Year 2023 by the MEF Forum in Latam and APAC, this collaboration marks a meeting of excellence. Together, we aim to bridge the continents, uniting the vibrant landscapes of Latin America with the dynamic markets of APAC. Our shared vision is to empower businesses across these regions with unparalleled connectivity solutions, fostering growth, innovation, and collaboration on a global scale.” About Orchest: Orchest Technologies is a US-based carrier and pioneer of the fully automated end-to-end customer experience with presence in 17 countries in Latin America and The Caribbean. With more than 10 years delivering innovative Network Solutions, Cloud Connection and Data Center Services throughout the Americas. Over the last 5 years it has rewritten the rules of data transport and connectivity services in LATAM by providing a holistic approach to network intelligence and transparency, groundbreaking process automation, and a world-class customer engagement. About DCConnect: DCConnect Global, a preeminent provider of digital connectivity solutions, harnesses advanced technology and strategic partnerships to deliver reliable, high-speed connections worldwide. Based in Singapore, we offer a comprehensive suite of on-demand internet, data transit, and cloud connections, along with comprehensive API partnerships. As a leading tech firm, DCConnect employs SDN and blockchain to tackle networking challenges, boasting a network of over 1,000 data centers spanning across 61+ countries. Our excellence and innovation in Network-as-a-Service solutions were recognized by the MEF Forum, naming us the APAC NaaS Provider of the Year in 2023. For more information you can download the pdf below: For media inquiries, please contact: Orchest TechnologyErwind Martinez Erwind.martinez@orchest.net DCConnect GlobalKnez MardinBusiness Development & Digital Marketing Managerknez.mardin@dcconnectglobal.comwww.dcconnectglobal.com

HGC partners to extend EdgeX by HGC on DCConnect Digital Platform

HGC Global Communications Limited (HGC) and DCConnect Global have partnered to launch DIA service from EdgeX by HGC on DCConnect digital platform, offering seamless global connectivity. Hong Kong, 18 May 2023 – HGC Global Communications Limited (HGC), a fully- fledged ICT service provider and network operator with extensive global coverage, have collaborated with DCConnect Global, a leading APAC connectivity provider to launch Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) service from EdgeX by HGC on DCConnect digital platform to provide seamless digital connectivity for extended geographic coverage. This partnership caters for the immediate demand of the market to bring full end to end automated service delivery. In an effort to maximise efficiency and productivity, the edge infrastructure platform and solutions serve the demands of OTTs and content providers to connect network instantly. Through EdgeX by HGC, DCConnect’s coverage has expanded to 4 additional point of presence in Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia and consequently brings to the market a feasible solution that can be deployed with ease, in scale and achieve real-time significance. DIA is a gateway to expand point to point and cloud connectivity. Via EdgeX by HGC backed DIA service on DCConnect’s platform, OTTs and enterprises can now enjoy a unique edge infrastructure that is supported by software-defined (SDN) network. DCConnect together with HGC have refurbished a platform for geo-sensitive and mission critical applications as well as a one stop shop where customers can experience more diverse and tailored options in scale and speed. By building on the strength of DCConnect and the global POP and digital infrastructure presence of HGC, both parties can build further catering of customers in more locations to come and bring digital transformation to doorsteps. Cliff Tam, Senior Vice President, Global Data Strategy & Operations of HGC’s International Business said, “We are proud to announce our partnership with DCConnect to bring a more tailored and diverse digital content experience to more eyeballs. EdgeX by HGC offers faster and smoother service delivery. With our fully-meshed digital infrastructure and best in class one-stop connectivity, cloud, data centre solutions and EdgeX services, we are enabling partners to focus on pushing the boundaries of innovation to cater to market demands.” Henry Lam, CEO of DCConnect Global said, “We are excited about our company’s collaboration with HGC to launch this innovative Instant DIA service in Asia. The DIA service supported by an automatic SDN platform will provide unparalleled scalability and speed to customers, delivering unique and unmatched options” About DCConnect Global Headquartered in Singapore, DCConnect offers comprehensive connectivity solutions to meet clients’ needs with API-based partnerships provide on-demand access to advanced SDN-based services, including Internet, IP Transit, DCI, and Cloud Connect. With a focus on incentivizing partners to connect network and bandwidth resources, DCConnect has created the first autonomous network ecosystem. As a leading technology firm that offers cutting-edge SDN and blockchain-based solutions to address today’s networking challenges, DCConnect’s solutions have been enhanced and extended by the implementation of over 1,000 Data Center PoPs across North America, Europe, APAC, SE Asia, and MENA, providing access to over 61 countries. About HGC Global Communications Limited HGC Global Communications Limited (HGC) is a leading Hong Kong and international telecom operator and ICT solution provider. The company owns an extensive network and infrastructure in Hong Kong and overseas and provides various kinds of services. HGC has 25 overseas offices, with business over 5 continents. It provides telecom infrastructure service to other operators and serves as a service provider to corporate and households. The company provides full-fledged telecom, data centre services, ICT solutions and broadband services for local, overseas, corporate, SME and mass markets. HGC owns and operates an extensive fibre- optic network, five cross-border telecom routes integrated into tier-one telecom operators in mainland China and connects with hundreds of world-class international telecom operators.  HGC is one of Hong Kong’s largest Wi-Fi service providers, running over 29,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in Hong Kong. The company is committed to further investing and enriching its current infrastructure and, in parallel, adding on top the latest technologies and developing its infrastructure services and solutions. In 2019, HGC Group completed the acquisition of Macroview Telecom Limited (Macroview), a leading digital technology solution and managed services provider. The addition of Macroview further accelerates HGC Group’s digital transformation path and positioning as a pioneering ICT and digital services leader. HGC is a portfolio company of I Squared Capital, an independent global infrastructure investment manager focusing on energy, utilities and transport in North America, Europe and selected fast-growing economies. To learn more, please visit HGC’s website at: https://www.hgc.com.hk/

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GDS Partners with DCConnect to implement advanced SDN technology in Data Centers of GDS for Global Network Connectivity

SINGAPORE, November 29, 2022/EINPresswire.com/ — As one of the well-known developers and operators of high-performance data centers established in Asia, GDS has signed a memorandum of understating (MoU) to partner with DCConnect Global Limited, a well-established Software-Defined Networking (SDN) technology provider. Both parties aim to deliver the best service with ground-breaking technology in interconnection and network automation, offering a wide range of new services to colocation enterprises and hyperscaler users. With more than 20 years of experience in building and operating high-performance data centers, GDS has built up a strong data center platform in China and beyond to Southeast Asia with Singapore as its overseas headquarter, offering its customers world-class data center solutions and services. With the advanced data center design, high technical specifications, and robust operating procedures, GDS is expanding with numerous strategic locations in Asia, now expecting to experience rapid network technology transformation by partnering with DCConnect. “We value the DCConnect’s capabilities on connectivity automation with impressive technology. We believe this will benefit GDS customers by offering innovative solutions and technology to support the advanced connectivity services. Through our partnership with DCConnect, we enable our customers to have on-demand connectivity to data centers, network resources and cloud services globally.” Said Jamie Khoo, the Chief Operating Officer of GDS. “We look forward to working together and delivering world-class automated network services for customers worldwide.” “GDS and DCConnect are working hand-in-hand to ensure the Network Automation and advanced connectivity solutions are delivered smoothly.” Said Charmond Tsang, the Chief Commercial Officer of DCConnect. “Our mission is to leverage advanced SDN to create the autonomous network ecosystem the partners are incentivized to involve, connect network and bandwidth resources to address today’s networking challenges.” DCConnect and GDS jointly develop innovative solutions for customers worldwide by combining companies’ expertise, network capabilities, and visions for the future. As a result, the companies are making it simple for customers to benefit from wider coverage, faster speed to market, higher cost-efficiencies, and rapid provisioning with advanced technology. About DCConnect As one of the recognized brands in the industry, DCConnect leverages advanced SDN and blockchain technology to create the first autonomous network ecosystem whereby the partners are incentivized to involve and connect network and bandwidth resources to address today’s networking challenges. DCConnect’s solution was further enhanced and extended by the implementation of more than 1,000 Data Center PoPs in North America, Europe, APAC, SE Asia and MENA via selected partners, and access to over 61 countries. For more details, please visit our website https://www.dcconnectglobal.com/ About GDS GDS Holdings Limited (“GDS Holdings”, “GDS” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: GDS; HKEX: 9698), a leading developer and operator of high-performance data centers in China, and now is expanding into Southeast Asia. The Company’s facilities are strategically located in China’s primary economic hubs where demand for high-performance data center services is concentrated. The Company also builds, operates and transfers data centers at other locations selected by its customers in order to fulfill their broader requirements. The Company’s data centers have large net floor area, high power capacity, density and efficiency, and multiple redundancies across all critical systems. GDS is carrier and cloud-neutral, which enables its customers to access all the major PRC telecommunications networks, as well as the largest PRC and global public clouds which are hosted in many of its facilities. The Company offers co-location and managed services, including direct private connection to leading public clouds, an innovative service platform for managing hybrid clouds and, where required, the resale of public cloud services. The Company has a 21-year track record of service delivery, successfully fulfilling the requirements of some of the largest and most demanding customers for outsourced data center services in China. The Company’s customer base consists predominantly of hyperscale cloud service providers, large internet companies, financial institutions, telecommunications carriers, IT service providers, and large domestic private sector and multinational corporations. DCConnectDCConnect Global Limited+852 9309 1391email us hereVisit us on social media:FacebookLinkedIn

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Orchest Technologies and DCConnect Global Announce Strategic Automation Partnership

MIAMI AND SINGAPORE, November 29, 2022/EINPresswire.com/ — Orchest Technologies (formerly GoldConnect), a leading US based carrier with presence in 17 countries in Latin America and The Caribbean and pioneer of the fully automated end to end customer experience through its one of a kind LatamConnect Platform, and DCConnect Global Limited, headquarters in Singapore, leveraging advanced Software Defined Networking (“SDN”) and blockchain technology to create an autonomous network ecosystem with over 1,000 global data center locations across 61 countries, offering award winning automated network connectivity service and SaaS services announced today a one of a kind automation partnership. Both companies have entered into a strategic automation partnership in which both companies will expand their footprint leveraging each other’s capabilities. DCConnect is now able to attend automated requirements into Latin America including access to more than 55 Million On-Net last mile accesses and on-demand connectivity into more than 55 Data Centers in the Latam region. Orchest will now be able to connect Latin American customers to Europe and Asia through DCConnect start of the art platform. Both companies became MEF members in 2022 and implemented the LSO Sonata API Dolly version as part of their strategic partnership. With MEF Sonata API both companies are ready to interact with any other company that embraces MEF API standards for buying and selling connectivity services. Orchest Technologies and DCConnect are both node operators of the ITN Blockchain initiative lead by MEF, as part of the strategic partnership, both companies will be performing a join implementation of the Televerse, a proposed decentralized telecom DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) network, built for Web3 users, allows enterprises to interact and transact with a network infrastructure built on distributed ledger technology and smart contracts. “Alongside with DCConnect, we are working on very important automation initiatives that will shape the future of our industry in terms of next generation business practices around connectivity exchange involving multiple regions” said Jeremy Villalobos COO at Orchest Technologies. “With the new concept of decentralized telecom DAO network, we now rest assured both companies are developing the network connectivity that smoother, faster, secure and more reliably extends borderless worldwide.” Said Henry Lam, the CEO of DCConnect Global. About Orchest TechnologiesOrchest (formerly GoldConnect) is a leading US Based carrier and pioneer of the fully automated end to end customer experience in the Latin American region. With more than 10 years delivering innovative Network Solutions, Cloud Connection and Data Center Services throughout The Americas. Over the last 4 years it has rewritten the rules of data transport and connectivity services in LATAM by providing a holistic approach to network intelligence and transparency, ground-breaking process automation, and a world-class customer engagement. The first one of its kind, LatamConnect platform allows our customers and partners to enjoy smoother, faster, and reliable access to real time network information. For more information, please visit Orchest.net and follow us on Linkedin. About DCConnectAs one of the recognized brands in the industry, DCConnect leverages advanced SDN and blockchain technology to create the first autonomous network ecosystem whereby the partners are incentivized to involve, and connect network and bandwidth resources to address today’s networking challenges. DCConnect’s solution was further enhanced and extended by the implementation of more than 1,000 Data Center PoPs in North America, Europe, APAC, SE Asia and MENA via selected partners, and access to over 61 countries. For more details, please visit our website https://www.dcconnectglobal.com/ Media Contacts Orchest:Marketing@orchest.net Media Contacts DCConnect:alliance@dcconnectglobal.com DCConnectDCConnect Global Limited5293091391email us hereVisit us on social media:FacebookLinkedIn

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Dcconnect and IGC to form a partnership to expand coverage with advanced automated SDN technology

Singapore, 1st Nov 2022 –  International Gateway Company Limited or IGC, a neutral regional telecommunications and network service provider in Thailand, has signed a partnership agreement with DCConnect Global Limited from Singapore to deliver better services to their customers. Both parties are expanding their network capabilities worldwide tremendously with advanced SDN technology. This remarkable partnership between DCConnect and IGC aims to provide the best services for customers to extend its reach globally with wider coverage, faster speed to market, better cost-efficiencies, and more rapid provisioning with advanced technology. Under the robustness of collaboration with International Service Providers, IGC delivers the sophisticated solution by focusing on low latency, rapid and scalable connectivity, and excellent sales and customer support. Furthermore, with the combined efforts from DCConnect, both parties aim to reach most data centers worldwide strategically. “We are reliable partners to provide great services to our customers. We operate a global packet-meshed network that spans multiple international cable systems designed to offer the highest level of network resiliency. Together with DCConnect, we are connected directly to over 3,200 peers, 32 major IXs, and over 80 points of presence (PoPs) globally to ensure the lowest latency for connectivity requirement.” Pichit Satapattayanont, the CEO of IGC. “With the robust network backbone and advanced technology from DCConnect, we are assured IGC is moving to be one of the invincible players in the industry with a competitive advantage.” “As one of the top SDN network providers in Asia, DCConnect has extensive reach to 4,063 endpoints from 61 countries. In addition, there are over 1,000 data center coverage and 10 public clouds in 20 countries. The combined efforts from DCConnect and IGC will lead us to reach worldwide boundlessly, we are developing a resilient business model with advanced SDN technology with the features of auto provision, service charge, traffic analysis, etc.” Said Henry Lam, the CEO of DCConnect. About IGC International Gateway Company Limited or IGC is a subsidiary of ALT Telecom Plc., a neutral regional telecommunication and network service provider.  IGC was established in year 2017 to provide wholesale bandwidth for both domestic and international traffic via SRT (State Railway of Thailand) and its nationwide network (so-called GMS network) which has totally about 12,000 km of nationwide-optical fiber network and owns NNI (Network to Network Interface) for 15 Crossing Borders to connect with 24 operators surrounding Thailand and extended connectivity to more than 10 well-known data center in Thailand. Moreover, the Open Access License with 5 CLSs (Cable Landing Station) which located in the most strategic locations for the Submarine Business in Thailand. With Submarine cable network it will allow IGC to play a major role in the Eastern Economic Corridor Project and bridge the Submarine traffic to the GMS Terrestrial network. Visit us online at www.intergateway.co.th and connect us on LinkedIn: International Gateway (IGC) About DCConnect As one of the recognised brands in the industry with several awards received,  DCConnect leverages advanced SDN and blockchain technology to create the first autonomous network ecosystem whereby the partners are incentivised to involve, connect network and bandwidth resources to address today’s networking challenges. DCConnect currently has over 4,000 endpoints operating in 1,164 cities and over 200+ Cloud Platform (AWS, Azure, GCP, Ali, Tencent)​​ DCConnect’s solution was further enhanced and extended by the implementation of more than 1,000 PoP’s in USA, Europe, APAC, SE Asia and MEA via selected partners, and access to over 61 countries around the World. For more details, please visit to our website https://www.dcconnectglobal.com/

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Arc and DCConnect Partner to Deliver On-Demand Connectivity to Users in the Middle East and Across the Globe

The partnership combines Arc and DCConnect’s technology and network footprints, providing customers with extended reach and a suite of networking solutions via a single pane of glass. SINGAPORE, May 10, 2022 Arc Solutions, a provider of integrated networking solutions, and DCConnect, a leading APAC on-demand connectivity, data centre and cloud provider, have signed an agreement to radically simplify how users around the globe connect across the Middle East. Arc joins DCConnect’s ecosystem of more than 1,000 points of presence (PoPs) globally and is presenting its services via DCConnect’s global platform. The partnership enables seamless connectivity across both company’s footprints. DCConnect expands its reach in the Middle East through Arc’s terrestrial and low latency network while Arc integrates its services into DCConnect’s platform for full end-to-end automated service delivery. DCConnect offers two-way inter-carrier software-defined network (SDN) orchestration through API integration, as well as a data centre interconnection (DCI) marketplace. “It is exciting to see connectivity to key digital hubs in the Middle East offered on-demand to users across the globe. Together with DCConnect, we’re making it simple, efficient and fast to connect across the region and roll out applications and services. We share a vision for friction-free connectivity delivered via the web or API with no barriers between networks. DCConnect’s orchestration capabilities mean that users can build the networks they need with a model that puts them in control of their services,” said Mahesh Jaishankar, CEO at Arc. “We are looking forward to working together and delivering world-class networking for customers around the world.” The partnership with DCConnect allows Arc and its customers to reach out to over 1,000 data centres and major public cloud players across Europe, North America and APAC with its advanced SDN technology. “There’s a tremendous opportunity in offering simplified access to key hubs across the Middle East. For example, an enterprise in Singapore can now rapidly turn up services and roll out applications across digital hubs in the Middle East with a simple but powerful networking model. Our partnership with Arc enables more organisations to experience our platform and see how simple it can be to connect and grow across the globe. This is a win-win for both of our businesses, and I look forward to growing together with Arc,” said Henry Lam, CEO at DCConnect. Arc and DCConnect are jointly developing further innovative solutions for customers in the Middle East and beyond, combining both companies’ expertise, network capabilities and visions for the future. The companies are making it simple for customers to benefit from wider coverage, faster speed to market, higher cost-efficiencies and rapid provisioning, from a single provider and experience. About Arc Solutions Arc is a provider of integrated network solutions that simplify connectivity to networks, data centers, cloud and interconnect platforms across the Middle East. We put customers and partners in control of their connectivity and enable them to seamlessly and rapidly deploy connectivity solutions to serve their end-customers. Our purpose-built regional network and our interconnections to a large and expanding portfolio of partners and suppliers is designed so that we can quickly build the right solution for our customers. As an independent provider with the backing from two of the most trusted telcos in the region, Batelco and EITC (du), Arc is led by a team of experts with a track record of success in serving regional and global businesses in the Middle East. Our vision is a highly interconnected Middle Eastern market that accelerates how network-centric businesses optimise, grow and innovate in connectivity and digital services..   We give you the edge in the Middle East.  arcsolutions.me   About DCConnect DCConnect, headquartered in Singapore, is an innovator of on-demand connectivity to global data centers and Cloud Service Providers. DCConnect has developed innovative portal connectivity to global data centers and Cloud Providers via a comprehensive user interface. This provides users with a scalable, agile, flexible solution allowing users to define via a virtual port to cost effectively connect within minutes. DCConnect has recently been awarded the “Best Blockchain Solution Provider of the Year” and “Best Mobility Innovative Provider” from CC Global Awards 2021. For more information, visit: https://www.dcconnectglobal.com/

DCConnect launches DC Gateway

DCConnect launches DC GatewayConnecting Edge Data Centre to Multiple Data Centres and Clouds10 March 2021 DCConnect, a Hong Kong based innovator of on-demand connectivity to data centre and cloudservice provider, today officially released the DC Gateway service.With DC Gateway, you can easily manage and deploy your Cloud and Data Centre networks,connecting you to DC POPs and Cloud platform providers globally. With the extensive reaches of DCConnect global network coverage, connecting your criticalbusiness applications and your partners, your regional offices and customers will be fast, secureand simple. Spanning more than 55 countries and regions, the DC Gateway service allowspartners to purchase on-demand connectivity to major core data centres and all major cloud onramp partners, including Microsoft Azure, AWS Direct Connect, IBM Cloud, Oracle Cloud, GoogleCloud, Alibaba Cloud and Tencent Cloud. Mr Billy Fung, Chief Technology Officer, DCConnect, said, “The release of the DC Gateway serviceallows partners to become part of the SDN ecosystems through federation. With DC Gatewayadvanced Price Calculator portal, you can instantly get a quote within seconds. ZTP seamlesslyprovision your services without any manual intervention. This will save you a lot of time andresources. You can now easily transform your Data Centres to become SDN-Ready.” Mr Jonnathan Leung, Head of R&D at DCConnect, added, “We moved away from the legacysystems and built the DC Gateway services with an agile open network using Open ComputeProject’s (OCP) solutions. This enable our partners to be free from vendor lock-in and allow easyintegration to an OCP-based infrastructure. “ Businesses are accelerating their adoption of cloud-based technology, the availability of DCGateway SDN-based services on the DCConnect global network platform will provide them withgreater network flexibility and reach. About DCConnect:DCConnect, headquartered in Hong Kong, is an innovator of on-demand connectivity to globaldata centres and Cloud Service Providers. DCConnect has developed innovative portalconnectivity to global data centres and Cloud Providers via a comprehensive user interface. Thisprovides users with a scalable, agile, flexible solution allowing users to define via a virtual port tocost-effectively turn up or turn down bandwidth within minutes. For more information, visit: https://www.dcconnectglobal.com/

PCCW Global and DCConnect extend global reach with SDI collaboration

HKT (SEHK:6823) – Hong Kong, September 16, 2019 PCCW Global, the international operating division of HKT, Hong Kong’s premier telecommunications service provider, and DCConnect, a leading APAC on-demand connectivity, data center and cloud provider, have entered into a technology collaboration that will enable both Console Connect and DCConnect customers to seamlessly leverage network services from either service provider, including providing DCConnect customers with on-demand access to PCCW Global’s extensive international network footprint. PCCW Global’s Console Connect is a game-changer for business, making the process of connecting to cloud-based business-critical applications and geographically distributed offices, partners and clients simple, predictable and secure. Spanning over 37 countries, the Console Connect platform enables users to purchase on-demand connectivity in more than 100 global data centers and to all major cloud on-ramp partners, including AWS Direct Connect, Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud, Oracle Cloud, Google Cloud, Alibaba Cloud and Tencent Cloud. DCConnect is the leading software-defined enterprise and carrier platform in China. DCConnect’s coverage includes every major data center and cloud vendor in China. The technology collaboration will enable DCConnect’s clients to interconnect with the Console Connect platform in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Los Angeles – providing access to a truly global network. The API integration allows users to run private and secure virtual connections across both networks, as well as being able to provision, upgrade, and monitor on-demand services. Both platforms enable users to interconnect and purchase flexible services on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis – only paying for services which are available to be used with no lock-in contracts or minimum usage criteria. Mr. Billy Fung, Chief Technology Officer, DCConnect, said, “DCConnect is excited to establish a two-way integration with PCCW Global. We look forward to enabling our customers to make use of PCCW Global’s extensive and robust IP backbone and global subsea network, providing instant access, with Quality of Service, to many markets around the world. Similarly, we also look forward to serving PCCW Global customers with our own extensive network resources throughout China.” Mr. Michael Glynn, Vice President of Digital Automated Innovation, PCCW Global, said, “The interconnect collaboration with DCConnect allows our customers to access more data centers directly from our platform. We are building one of the largest SDN wholesale ecosystems worldwide for carriers, network providers, and other SDN providers, enabling them to access our extensive redundant global backbone on-demand, while extending their coverage and service offering to support their own customer needs, by interconnecting into our platform at any of our on-net data centers.” About PCCW Global PCCW Global is the international operating division of HKT, Hong Kong’s premier telecommunications service provider, which is majority-owned by PCCW Limited. Covering more than 3,000 cities and 160 countries, the PCCW Global network supports a portfolio of integrated global communications services including connectivity, applications, and tailored solutions facilitated by its on-demand digital software defined interconnection system. PCCW Global is headquartered in Hong Kong, and maintains regional centers in Belgium, China, France, Greece, Japan, Korea, Singapore, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. To learn more about PCCW Global, please visit www.pccwglobal.com About HKT HKT (SEHK: 6823) is Hong Kong’s premier telecommunications service provider and leading operator in fixed-line, broadband and mobile communication services. It meets the needs of the Hong Kong public and local and international businesses with a wide range of services including local telephony, local data and broadband, international telecommunications, mobile, enterprise solutions, and other telecommunications businesses such as customer premises equipment sales, outsourcing, consulting, and contact centers. HKT offers a unique quadruple-play experience in Hong Kong delivering media content on its fixed-line, broadband Internet access and mobile platforms jointly with its parent company, PCCW Limited. HKT also provides a range of innovative and smart living services beyond connectivity to make the daily lives of customers smarter, whether they are at home, in the workplace, or on the go. Consumers and merchants alike may also enjoy HKT’s financial-related services such as mobile payment, smart mobile point-of-sale solutions, and insurance. For enterprises, HKT delivers end-to-end integrated solutions employing emerging technologies such as cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to accelerate their digital transformation, contributing to Hong Kong’s development into a smart city. The Club is HKT’s loyalty program and one of the largest of its kind in Hong Kong, not only offering a variety of privileges and benefits to enrich the lifestyle of members, but also increasingly amalgamating merchants and becoming an integral part of a new digital ecosystem connecting consumers and merchants. For more information, please visit www.hkt.com  About DCConnect: DCConnect, headquartered in Singapore, is an innovator of on-demand connectivity to global data centers and Cloud Service Providers. DCConnect has developed innovative portal connectivity to global data centers and Cloud Providers via a comprehensive user interface. This provides users with a scalable, agile, flexible solution allowing users to define via a virtual port to cost effectively turn up or turn down bandwidth within minutes. DCConnect has recently been awarded the finalist of “Most Innovative NFV/SDN Implementation” in the Telecom Asia Awards 2019. It has also received an award of “Best Innovative Product and Best Practice” from 2018 Global Internet and Communications Cross Border Connectivity and Settlement Seminar. For more information, visit: https://www.dcconnectglobal.com/ For more information, please contact: Ivan HoPCCW GroupTel: +852 2883 8747Email:ivan.wy.ho@pccw.com DCConnect Global LTDTel: +852 8120 5080Email:alliance@dcconnectglobal.com

DCConnect Selects Cumulus Networks’ Operating System to Power Its Next Generation Software Defined Network (NG-SDN) Solution

DCConnect’s internally developed network control technology automates Legacy network operations for service delivery throughout Asia HONGKONG – June 24, 2019, DCConnect, a Singapore based innovator of on-demand connectivity to global data centers and Cloud Service Providers is excited to announce its selection of Cumulus Networks, a market leader in building open, modern, and scalable networks, to power DCConnect’s Next Generation Software Defined Network (NG-SDN). Silicon Valley based Cumulus Networks provides an open-source, Linux-based Operating System (OS), Cumulus Linux, for DCConnect’s NG-SDN, which has been made available to customers and carriers throughout Asia. Leveraging the Cumulus Linux OS and Cumulus NetQ for telemetry-based network visibility, DCConnect has evolved the simple concept of SDN as a Network Automation tool into a Predictive, automated Network with meaningful analytic tools. DCConnect focuses on assisting customers and carriers to develop NG-SDN technology in emerging countries, especially in Asia. DCConnect has developed an innovative and comprehensive service portal to provide users with a scalable, agile and flexible solution allowing users to provision and reconfigure the port locations, bandwidth, route path and cloud connectivity via a virtual portal in a matter of minutes. DCConnect’s NG-SDN solution focuses on software-to-software control, which is entirely different from the software-to-hardware approach currently employed by most vendors. This merges networking and computing as DCConnect, with the support of Cumulus, has transformed networking to be similar to computing by using the same toolsets that developers are already familiar with, such as making snapshot on the entire network configuration in a second, or virtualizing an entire network in one virtual host to test configuration changes before pushing them on to live production hardware. The NG-SDN also supports Service Instance so service provisioning can be achieved instantly or on a scheduled basis, without the constraints to maintain long term contracts and deployments of network capabilities and availability of resources. Proactive monitoring on all end-to-end services is empowered by powerful graphical presentations and other analytical and reporting tools. With the capability of monitoring and archiving all historical service data, DCConnect’s NG-SDN is able to perform diagnosis and provide recommended actions to users before the user may even be aware that a change must be made. “In the past, with the traditional vendors, Software Defined Networks have been based on the idea of software controlling hardware,” says Billy Fung, Chief Technical Officer ofDCConnect. “Now with Cumulus’ Linux-based platform deployed within our network, software controls software, this is game-changing technology that will revolutionize the way companies provision and manage their network solutions.” “Cumulus is excited to partner with DCConnect during this important market transition from a closed and proprietary environment to one that embraces open and standards-based systems,” adds Josh Leslie, CEO of Cumulus Networks. “DCConnect’s NG-SDN enables customers to reach new levels of flexibility, control and scalability by leveraging automation and VXLAN/EVPN to seamlessly connect and provision services across the region in a secure, multi-tenant environment. For more information about Cumulus Networks, please visit www.cumulusnetworks.com. To learn more about DCConnect and its innovative SDN solutions, please visit: https://www.dcconnectglobal.com/. # About DCConnect GlobalDCConnect, headquartered in Singapore, is an innovator of on-demand connectivity to global data centers and Cloud Service Providers. DCConnect has developed innovative portal connectivity to global data centers and Cloud Providers via a comprehensive user interface. This provides users with a scalable, agile, flexible solution allowing users to define via a virtual port to cost effectively turn up or turn down bandwidth within minutes. DCConnect has recently been awarded the finalist of “Most Innovative NFV/SDN Implementation” in the Telecom Asia Awards 2019. It has also received an award of “Best Innovative Product and Best Practice” from 2018 Global Internet and Communications Cross Border Connectivity and Settlement Seminar. For more information, visit: https://www.dcconnectglobal.com/ About Cumulus NetworksCumulus Networks provides networking software to design, run, and operate modern data centers that are simple, open, agile, resilient, and scalable. Cumulus Linux is the only open networking software that allows you to affordably build and efficiently operate your network like the world’s largest data center operators, unlocking vertical network stacks. Combined with Cumulus NetQ, a highly scalable, network operations tool set, organizations can accelerate the deployment of open networks and reduce the mean-time to resolution. Cumulus Networks has more than 1,500 customers globally and has received venture funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Battery Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Telstra Ventures, Peter Wagner, four of the original VMware founders, among others. 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DCConnect was invited to be appointed as a drafting group member of the SD-WAN/SDN Service Standard

December 16, 2018 – Following November, DCConnect won the “Best Innovative Products and Best Practices” award for the 2018 Global Interconnection and telecommunications Closing Discussion Seminar, and successfully fulfilled inter-carrier and cross-regional business paradigm with Epsilon through Software Defined Network (SDN) based API. Subsequent to Global Fabric Shanghai Discussion Event completion on December 11, 2018, due to the rapid advance in SDN technology of DCConnect, DCConnect is invited by China Cross-border Data telecommunications Industry Alliance (CDTIA) to participate in the 2018 China Information and telecommunication Conference, and DCConnect is honored to be employed as the drafted group of SD-WAN/SDN standard by China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) and China Cross-border Data telecommunications Industry Alliance (CDTIA). This milestone shows the recognition of CAICT and the parties in telecommunications industry on the professional qualification of SD-WAN/SDN technology. DCConnect must do our utmost to enhance the service standard of SD-WAN/SDN technology level to the telecommunication industry. The development of digitization economy requires the transformation of telecommunications service The Global Interconnection Index report issued by the authority pointed out that the use of technologies promoted the increasing trend of global digitization Such as urbanization, data sovereignty, cybersecurity and global digital services trade etc. It is against this background that the industries such as digital media, artificial intelligence, big data and security analytics, enhanced virtual reality and the Internet of Things are growing. Compared to the traditional backbone networks, the dynamic and interactive nature of these technology applications requires more flexible, agile, low-latency, and high-bandwidth network connections to process the data flooding. The development of digitization economy requires the transformation of telecommunications service and it is required programmable, flexible, agile, intelligent, and automated networks. SD-WAN/SDN requires standardization, driving automated and intelligent interconnection between cloud network. The discussion seminar“Driving the development of SD-WAN/SDN service standard, assist the growth of global telecommunications industry“ undertake by CDTIA, Mr. Duke Shu, the CEO of DCConnect, presented the topic – the core functionality of automatic perception network service, he outlined the standard, opened nature, and integration concept of SDWAN/SDN technology, explained in depth the integration of SDN and AI and its technology innovation, combined with automation, virtualization, application-aware network technology that brings the network automatic awareness function to effectively improve the network reaction, In line with the capacity elasticity requirement of the cloud, on demand bandwidth supports bandwidth upgrade or downgrade anytime, agile, flexible billing, without excessive purchase of bandwidth, achieving greater cost efficiency target and improving operational efficiency; automatic traffic optimization throughout the whole network, automatic shunting, based on cost , bandwidth balancing, link quality, latency and other strategies for intelligent path finding, dynamic bandwidth scaling; advance fault detection, on-demand automatic failover of the alternate port to ensure service continuity; real-time updated network topology, circuit information such as circuit status management, link quality, and traffic path management etc. They allows enterprises to focus on the development of the main business and gives peace of mind to the service provider of SDN and cloud service or data center. 壹步宏景CEO舒友谊先生分享“自动化感知网络核心功能”主题演讲 The topic of the core functionality of automatic perception network service, presented by Mr. Duke Shu, CEO of DCConnect, We don’t focus on cloud service, but create a new ecosystem with intelligent and opened nature SDWAN/SDN interconnection in cloud network. DCConnect is a team that dares to do innovation. Since its establishment in year 2016, it has continued to lead the domestic SD-WAN/SDN technology direction. The telecommunications service is hard to tackle likes a hot taro. However, we dared to overcome its static nature, rigid etc problems, integrate with cloud and network services into single software defined network platform. It drives telecommunications industry into a new era, promote digitization The network will push the field of communication to a new era, promote the development of the digitized economy, and assist the growth of global telecommunications industry.