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Telstra picks Cologix interconnection hub for Toronto PoP


TORONTO and DENVER — Last week, Telstra Americas announced its first point of presence (PoP) in Canada, located at Cologix’s TOR1 interconnection hub in Toronto, is now available to allow Canadian businesses to leverage Telstra’s subsea network to access markets throughout Asia. Telstra first announced last October it was expanding its network into Canada. The Australian-based company owns and operates the largest subsea cable system in the Asia-Pacific region, with more than 250,000 miles (or 400,000 kilometres) of subsea cables globally, and carries almost one-third of all Asia-Pac Internet traffic, says the company. Through the two companies’ partnership, Telstra and...