Transatlantic subsea cable Apollo South now directly connects NJFX Premium Connectivity Hub on the Jersey Shore
Colt Technology Services (Colt), has expanded its US capabilities with the Apollo South Transatlantic route now terminating directly into New Jersey Fibre Exchange (NJFX), a Colt network Point of Presence. The new NJFX landing point for the subsea cable links businesses with operations in New Jersey and New York City to Colt’s own network, offering them Colt’s on-net experience and services.
Last November Colt expanded its services to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), along with the Options Price Reporting Authority (OPRA). To support these expanded offerings, Colt added new Points of Presence (POPs) in New York and upgraded existing backbones and infrastructure to support 100Gbps.
Apollo South links Lannion in Brittany, North West France, to New Jersey, USA and interconnects with thousands of different points in Europe. The Europe to US transatlantic subsea cable route is one of the most in-demand routes in the world, as businesses need diverse and resilient, high performance global infrastructure to manage their growth in traffic generated by AI, cloud services, IoT and other bandwidth-heavy applications.
The operator reckons the new service is ideal for NJFX tenants and Colt customers with locations, sites and branches in New Jersey and New York City which they want to connect to sites around the world including financial services customers transferring data between some of the world’s largest financial hubs; and manufacturers with facilities and offices in Europe and the US. On-net services include Wave, IP and Ethernet services with bandwidths up to 100Gbps.
“This latest strategic move for us connecting Apollo South to NJFX offers more businesses effortless access to Colt’s powerful, global, award-winning fibre infrastructure, our deep commitment to sustainability and unrivalled customer experience,” said Colt COO Buddy Bayer.
“With NJFX and Colt customers now having enhanced network access directly in New Jersey, approximately three miles from the Apollo South cable landing station, we are setting new standards for network transparency and resilience,” claimed NJFX CEO Gil Santaliz. “This strategic connection empowers businesses to scale confidently while benefiting from a secure, high-quality infrastructure that supports their global connectivity needs.”
Apollo South is around 7000km and is part of the Apollo submarine cable system which spans approximately 13,000km. It transmits data at speeds of up to 100Gbps and in the US, it lands at Manasquan/Wall Township, New Jersey. Colt said its capital market solutions cover over 80 exchanges and liquidity venues globally.
As well as delivering data to customers’ on-premises environments, the operator’s cloud-based multicast data service, Colt Market Data in the Cloud, enables the unconverted, raw multicast market data to be delivered to companies through Amazon Web Services (AWS). It delivers data in its original format to the cloud environment of exchanges, prime brokers, trading firms and market data vendors across Europe and Asia Pacific.
