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CAPACITY SOLUTIONS BICS, your trusted connectivity enabler BICS Capacity Solutions | BICS, your trusted connectivity enabler GREATER CONTROL AND BICS CAPACITY OFFERING CUSTOMISATION FOR ALL YOUR CONNECTIVITY NEEDS Unrivalled connectivity worldwide Our wholly-owned connectivity and managed infrastructure across all major regions enables telecommunication providers, enterprises and cloud communications service providers to expand and scale capacity to suit a wide variety of business requirements.

• Trusted by 2000 customers worldwide Our global operator relationships and expertise provide you with a global network backbone in which to • 20+ years of global industry knowledge and increase capacity, without the added cost of owning capacity expertise infrastructure. • Proven record for quality of service Just one trusted capacity partner for the entire world. • World-class network management • Local 24x7 customer support • Fast service delivery and commercial flexibility • Carrier-grade network footprint TESTIMONIALS CASE STUDY

Retelit: Swisscom: WIOCC: Launching a joint connectivity solution A single provider for handling all of your Providing customers with reliable data to bridge Europe, via Bari in Italy, to international connectivity need. transport connectivity across Europe Singapore and Hong Kong through the using BICS’ Wavelength solution. “Thanks to its flexibility and reactivity, AAE-1 subsea cable system. BICS is the ideal partner to support WIOCC, a hyperscale network “Our partnership with BICS confirms the Swisscom’s international internet infrastructure provider in Africa, was validity of our investment in the AAE-1 backbone in line with our business approached by a client whose existing consortium, as well as the strength growth. Working with a single provider third-party connectivity contract – which and efficiency of our infrastructure that can increase our international formed the backbone of its data trans – network. Through this unique solution, connectivity footprint, while also was being terminated in just three days. AAE-1 consortium members will benefit ensuring the highest quality of global With the BICS Wavelength solution, from a greater return on investment interconnections, means that we can WIOCC could successfully address the as well as increased opportunities for plan our resources more efficiently.” urgent needs of its client to replace the their business. Bari has proved to be core network connection, compromising on an attractive route as an alternative André Chapuis quality of service. hub, providing greater capacity and Network Engineer, Swisscom connecting Europe and Asia with minimal latency.” Federico Protto CEO, Retelit

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AQUACOM HIBERNIA BICS GLOBAL NETWORK PRESENCE MAP FLAG NORTH SILK ROAD LONDON FRANKFURT FLAG SOUTH SEATTLE

TOKYO MARSEILLE SEATLE CHICAGO NEW YORK BARI LISBON ASHBURN PALERMO SEA-E-WE 5 TOKYO LOS ANGELES TOKYO EIG LOS ANGELES SEA-ME-WE 3 DALLAS MIAMI DUBAI MUSCAT APG HONG KONG EAC+UNITY HONG LOS ANGELES KONG

DJIBOUTI LAGOS

BBG OTHER CABLES NAIROBI AAE-1 WACS SEA-ME-WE 4 MOMBASA SINGAPORE FORTALEZA SAT-3/SAFE SEA-E-WE 5

PRESENCE MAP REGULAR CITY CITY RING MAURITIUS COUNTRY COVERED BY BICS NETWORK JOHANNESBURG REUNION TERRESTRIAL CABLE LINK SAT-3/SAFE SILK ROAD CAPE PERTH TOWN GLOBAL NETWORK SYDNEY

SUBMARINE CABLE SYSTEM (SMC) MELBOURNE AAE-1 BBG EIG SEA-ME-WE 5 SEA-ME-WE 4 SEA-ME-WE 3 WACS SAT-3/SAFE TRANSATLANTIC SUBMARINE CABLES 140 Global partnerships A fully owned and Direct connectivity Investor and/or OTHER CABLES points-of-presence with 40+ internet operated satellite to major cloud consortium member in worldwide exchange points (IXPs) station in La Ciotat service providers, 25+ submarine cable around the world such as AWS, Azure systems (AAE-1, EIG, and Google Cloud BBG, SAFE/SAT3, WACS, EASSy, SMWE 3/4/5, etc) 04 05 BICS Capacity Solutions | BICS, your trusted connectivity enabler RELIABLE SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR THE BICS CAPACITY PORTFOLIO BUSINESS NEEDS POINT TO POINT LAYER 1 Seamless connectivity for a variety of L1 connectivity over BICS’ own infrastructure access points spanning Europe and 25 submarine cables, with access to 22 landing stations

IP TRANSIT CARRIER ETHERNET L3 internet connectivity L2 connectivity for point to using BICS’ peering footprint point, point to multipoint or and select Tier 1 providers multipoint to multipoint options, protected or unprotected

Customer data Customer Internet Cloud service Upstream NNI centres locations exchanges provider locations providers REMOTE PEERING CLOUD CONNECT L1 or L2 connectivity to more Private connectivity to cloud service providers than 40 Internet Exchange points in L1, L2 or L3. Several architectures are possible: all over the world single/ dual; protected/ redundant

Physical and virtual Private network 35 TB Presence in Carrier grade connectivity layers that bypasses the privately-owned 200+ countries infrastructure – internet backbone capacity complete flexibility worldwide to meet your business needs

06 077 BICS Capacity Solutions | BICS, your trusted connectivity enabler POINT TO POINT LAYER 1 POINT TO POINT NETWORK Point to point physical connectivity HELSINKI PARIS

MILAN Key features STOCKHOLM

MARSEILLE MOSCOW CLS MRS2 MRS1 COPENHAGUE LA CIOTAT • Pan-European network interconnecting the INTERXION major cities and cable landing stations in Europe EIG • Backhaul provider in all major European AAE-1 SEA-ME-WE 4 DUBLIN landing stations WARSAW LONDON AMSTERRDDAM ROTTERDAM • Strong presence in the West African coast and SILK ROAD AQUACOM Indian Ocean islands, connecting Asia to the HIBERNIA WACS FLAG NORTH OTHER FRANKFURT Middle East and Europe PRAGUE KYIV CABLES BRUSSELS • Unique transport routes in Europe EIG LUXEMBOURG SDH PARIS FLAG SOUTH KEHL VIENNA

BASEL ZURICH

PRESENCE MAP LYON LAUSANNE GENEVA Benefits REGULAR CITY CITY RING TURIN MILAN COUNTRY COVERED BY BICS NETWORK MARSEILLE TERRESTRIAL CABLE LINK LA CIOTAT Flexibility: highly adaptive to your business needs OPTICAL CORE NETWORK GLOBAL NETWORK BARCELONA with transparent high-speed capacity solutions BARI MADRID SEA-E-WE 5 on a state-of-the-art optical transport network SUBMARINE CABLE SYSTEM (SMC) AAE-1 SEA-ME-WE 4 (OTN) and dense wavelength division multiplexing AAE-1 LISBON EIG AAE-1 EIG SEA-ME-WE 3 PALERMO (DWDM) platform SEA-ME-WE 5 SEA-ME-WE 4 CATANIA SEA-E-WE 5 SEA-ME-WE 3 MAZARA AAE-1 SEA-ME-WE 4 Scalability: deploy wavelength services where they WACS EIG SAT-3/SAFE SEA-ME-WE 3 are needed most anywhere across our footprint TRANSATLANTIC SUBMARINE CABLES OTHER CABLES

Unique transport routes: to and through countries including Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland, offering diversity from paths used by other operators

Direct access: to London, Lisbon, Palermo, Bari and Marseilles submarine cable landing stations, combined with our IXP reseller status, to give a uniqueend-to-end managed solution for customers 140 PoPs 35 TB of privately-owned Assets across based in Africa, Asia-Pacific or the Middle East worldwide backbone capacity worldwide 25 submarine cables

08 09 BICS Capacity Solutions | BICS, your trusted connectivity enabler CARRIER ETHERNET BICS LOW LATENCY ROUTES Expand your network footprint using BICS’ MPLS network

Benefits Key features NEW YORK – LONDON LATENCY* : 60.2 MS HONG KONG – FRANKFURT LONDON LATENCY* : 159.8 MS FRANKFURT Transmit data securely through a robust • Multiple topologies in line with Metro Ethernet MILAN connection HONG KONG – MILAN Forum (MEF) standards: ethernet private line (EPL), MARSEILLE LATENCY* : 142.3 MS NEW YORK ethernet virtual private line (EVPL) and ethernet Extremely high levels of network performance virtual private network (EVPN). Bandwidth and resilience anywhere in the world upwards of 2Mbps depending on the region Fast deployment and ease of scalability • Redundancy and backup options depending on your bandwidth needs

• International presence Benefit from our extensive supplier base, HONG KONG to extend your connectivity to your end customer • Guaranteed latency with our Carrier Ethernet SINGAPORE– MARSEILLE Express offering Access one-stop shop service across LATENCY* : 132.0 MS high speed NNIs • Multiple classes of service to prioritise traffic • Traffic and KPI-based reporting through the Save costs with an effective solution SINGAPORE myBics portal via one provider

• Flat and usage-based billing

• Competitive Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

JOHANNESBURG

Carrier Ethernet Network Topologies SINGAPORE – JOBOURG LATENCY* : 116.0 MS

CE CE CE UNI CE EPL VLAN1 VLAN2 CE UNI UNI NNI VLAN3 CE CE CE CE CE UNI Multiple Delivery across more than 2Mbps minimum capacity 25 submarine cables VLAN 140 PoPs all over the world supported per line worldwide UNI NNI NNI UNI CE CE

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IP TRANSIT HOW BICS IP TRANSIT WORKS Easy access to the internet

Access the internet with ease via our extensive worldwide network connected to all major IXPs, with peering relationships to all major and local content providers and access networks.

Key features

• Reliable transport via major global IXPs and Tier 1 providers

• Extensively peered, global multi-100Gbps IP network ensuring stability and optimal latency (AS6774)

• Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) communities allow control over announcement of routes via the BICS network

Benefits

Match your business needs with flexible billing models

Gain convenience with a single NOC for all request

SDH and Ethernet network compatibility

Quick and hassle-free connectivity

Cost-effective solution that leverages the BICS global carrier grade network footprint 140 access points Delivering around Connected to 40+ More than Several Tier 1 1Tbps of traffic internet exchanges 400 peering Interconnections to customers worldwide relationships for redundancy and worldwide optimised latency

12 13 BICS Capacity Solutions | BICS, your trusted connectivity enabler REMOTE PEERING REMOTE PEERING FOOTPRINT Easily expand your network footprint

Ensure greater latency performance to your destinations.

Key features Benefits STOCKHOLM COPENHAGEN MOSCOW DUBLIN WARSAW LONDON AMSTERDAM BRUSSELS VIENNA • Direct connections to major IXPs through Greater predictability: peering partner traffic will FRANKFURT BETTEMBOURG SEATTLE TORONTO PARIS a single port always flow over the peering link and not transmit MARSEILLE NEW YORK TORINO via other third parties ASHBURN • Less latency deviation with stable, LOS ANGELES SEOUL predictable routing over a multi-100Gbps Increase control: easily manage traffic flows with TOKYO IP backbone direct peering MIAMI HONGKONG DUBAI

• Connect with other peers anywhere, via Optimise costs: no need to invest in costly network MUMBAI major IX partners infrastructure or colocation DJIBOUTI

LAGOS SINGAPORE • Boost bandwidth to address peak usage Increase revenue: bypass upstream providers by FORTALEZA NAIROBI periods with burstable capacity and the activating peering with high traffic flows, directly ability to shift between IXPs delivering to the correct peer and attracting traffic for your customers • High-performance, robust secure service MAURITIUS JOHANNESBURG for mission-critical traffic I mprove quality of service: decrease packet loss, reduce latency and avoid service delays, with CAPE TOWN BICS’ extensive private network and proven track SYDNEY record for managing complex implementations

140 access Delivering around Connected to 40+ Around 15 new More than points 1Tbps of peering internet exchanges internet exchanges 400 peering traffic to customers worldwide connected in relationships 2019 alone

14 15 BICS Capacity Solutions | BICS, your trusted connectivity enabler CLOUD CONNECT CLOUD CONNECT Secure access to a range of major cloud platform providers

Key features Cloud Connect connectivity options

AWS • Private international, multi-cloud connectivity that bypasses the internet Virtual • Present at major cloud service providers, including resources AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and more • Multiple protection options via shared and Unprotected line Protected dedicated ports to keep traffic secure • Flexible billing: flat fee or usage-based fee – choose Physical Enterprise Local Connectivity the payment model that suits your requirements resources Datacentre(s) Provider Connectivity Enabler • End-to-end secure connectivity: critical data moves only via authorised hops between your data centre and your cloud service provider via the AZURE BICS private network Diverse routes with a Diverse routes with a • Self-service portal to autonomously manage and single interface at the single interface at the create new direct connections to the cloud quickly cloud provider’s site customer side and with ease (as of April 2021)

Benefits

Guaranteed global reach: connected to cloud service requirements of your cloud platform, so you will never providers in every major region, eliminating the need be limited or obliged to oversubscribe to manage multiple providers Competitive turnkey solution: a simple pricing model Expedited setup: add Cloud Connect to your portfolio that includes everything you need to get connected – in just a few days – BICS has a global presence in 80 instead of paying for each individual VLAN, patch or countries through 140 PoPs and more than 40 IXPs port, you can buy a complete service at great value

Pay as you grow: only pay for the connectivity you Leverage your existing physical port if you provision need – interconnection between your network and the Cloud Connect as a separate virtual local area BICS network is free, and adapted according to your network (VLAN) with other BICS IP services, such as More than 140 PoPs Connectivity to more than 4 protection Partner relationships with bandwidth needs Remote Peering globally to interconnect 15 cloud service providers schemes available all major cloud service with BICS providers: AWS, Microsoft Full cloud service provider (CSP) alignment: Azure and Google Cloud BICS can tailor the bandwidth offer to match the

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INTERNET EXCHANGE POINTS (IXPS) BICS NETWORK CITY RINGS Data centres COUNTRY NAME COUNTRY NAME GERMANY NETIX US DE-CIX NY Brussels Paris NL-IX EQUINIX DE-CIX NY-IIX Kleyrex LA-IIX NETHERLANDS AMSIX EQUINIX NL-IX HONG KONG AMSIX HK Asteroid HKIX UK LINX SINGAPORE EQX-SGP LONAP SOUTH AFRICA NAPAfrica NL-IX LONDON DUBAI UAE-IX 07 09 BELGIUM BNIX DJIBOUTI DJIX JAPAN BBIX KENYA KIXP JP-IX NIGERIA IXPN JPNAP WAFIX Marseilles Frankfurt KOREA KINX INDIA MUMBAI IX RUSSIA MSK-IX POLAND EQUINIX LUXEMBOURG LUCIX DENMARK NETNOD FRANCE EQUINIX STOCKHOLM NETNOD SFINX VIENNA VIX NL-IX BRAZIL IX.BR HOPUS IRELAND INEX FRANCE-IX MAURITIUS MIXP 04 07

Amsterdam London

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18 19 BICS POINTS OF PRESENCE Colocation Colocation Country Postal Code City Address provider Campus Country Postal Code City Address provider Campus Australia 2020 Sydney (Mascot) Gardeners Road 639 Equinix SY1 Digital Realty 1098 XG Amsterdam Science Park 120 (Telecity1) AMS01 3207 Melbourne Lorimer Street 600 Equinix ME1 1101 AE Amsterdam Kuiperbergweg 13 Equinix AM7 Austria 1210 Vienna Louis Hafliger Gasse 10 InterXion VIE1 (Telecity2) Belgium 1000 Brussels Rue Lebeau 2 BICS - Equinix 1105 AT Amsterdam Schepenbergweg 42 (Telecity5) AM5 1000 Brussels Rue du Canon 36 BICS - 1066 VH Amsterdam Johan Huizingalaan 759 Global Switch - 1831 Brussels (Diegem) Kouterveldstraat 13 LCL - 3044 CK Rotterdam Vlaardingweg 62 Centurylink - 1930 Brussels (Zaventem) Wezembeekstraat 2 InterXion BRU1 2031 BE Haarlem J.W. Lucasweg Iron Montain - 1140 Brussels (Evere) Rue de Carly 2 BICS - 1098 XG Amsterdam Science Park 105 NIKHEF - 1140 Brussels (Evere) Avenue Leon Grosjean 3 Level 3 - 1096 AH Amsterdam Duivendrechtsekade 80A Equinix AM6 1140 Brussels Avenue Jules Bordet 15 Mobistar - Nigeria Lagos Chief Chuks Ikokwu Street MainOne MDX-i Brazil 60182-330 Fortaleza - CE Rua Raimundo Esteves n. 333 GlobeNet - Telecommunication Tower Bldng Czech Republic 10600 Praha Nad Elektrarnou 411 CeColo - Oman 112 Muscat (Ruwi) (TCC) Omantel - Denmark Copenhagen Industriparken 20A Interxion Poland 00-697 Warsaw Jerozolimskie avenue 65/79 Equinix-WA1 - Djibouti Data Djibouti Djibouti City Boulaos Street - Rua Severino Falcao Quinta da Center Portugal 2685-338 Lisbon Francelha 14 Equinix LS1 France 93290 Paris (Tremblay) Avenue des Nations 227 Level 3 - Russia 117.485 Moscow Butlerova Ulitsa 7 MMTS-9 - 75002 Paris Rue des Jeuneurs 38 Telehouse 1 Singapore 139964 Singapore Ayer Rajah Crescent 20 Equinix SG1 75001 Paris Boulevard Voltaire 137 Telehouse 2 Singapore 139964 Singapore Ayer Rajah Crescent 20 Equinix SG3 Bis Avenue du General Leclerc 93500 Paris Equinix PA3-6 South Africa Johannesburg Brewery Street 5 Teraco JB1 110 (Isando) 93300 Paris Rue des Gardinoux 20 Interxion PAR2 Spain 28108 Madrid (Alcobendas) Valgrande II 6 Equinix MD2 93534 Paris (Aubervilliers) Avenue Victor Hugo 45 Interxion PAR1,3,5,7 08038 Barcelona Calle Acero 30-32 Equinix BA1 93200 Paris (Saint-Denis) Avenue Ambroise Croizat 114 Equinix PA2 Equinix Sweden 161 02 Stockholm Mariehallswagen 36 box 20165 (Telecity) SK1 92400 Paris (Courbevoie) Boulevard de Verdun 124 SFR - Switzerland 8048 Zurich Binzring 17 Swisscom - 13005 Marseille Avenue de la Bauxite 5 Verizon - 8005 Zurich Josefstrasse 225 Equinix ZH2 13003 Marseille Avenue Roger Salengro 40 Interxion MRS1 CONTACT BICS TODAY 8152 Zurich (Glattbrugg) Sagereistrasse 35 InterXion - 13015 Marseille Chemin du Littoral 136 Interxion MRS2 1202 Geneva Rue Richard Wagner 6 Swisscom - 13600 La Ciotat Avenue de la Coriandre 110 BICS - 1204 Geneva Rue de la Confederation 6 Equinix GV1 13016 Marseille Chemin du Passet 70 Jaguar MRS-01 1217 Geneva Rue de Meyrin 385 CERN - 69200 Lyon (Venissieux) Rue Georges Marannes LDCOM - BICS headquarters: 4051 Basel Wallstrasse 22 Swisscom - 93200 Paris (Saint Denis) Rue Ambroise Croizat 114 Equinix PA3* Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 27 B-1030 1003 Lausanne Avenue Schnetzler 3 Swisscom - Finland 02630 Helsinki Sinimentie 12 Equinix HE6 Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Brussels, Belgium Germany 60327 Frankfurt Kleyerstrasse 90 Itenos - UAE 500389 Dubai Rd F 88-92 Equinix DX1 60326 Frankfurt Kleyerstrasse 90 Equinix FR5 United Kingdom E14 9YY London East India Dock Road 240 Level 3 - 60314 Frankfurt Weismullerstrasse 19 Interxion FRA1-15 E14 9YY London East India Dock Road 240 Global Switch - Email: [email protected] 60388 Frankfurt Friesstrasse 26 Equinix FR2-3 E14 2AA London Coriander Avenue Star Suite - 60313 Frankfurt Taubenstrasse 7-9 Equinix FR1 Europe 65933 Frankfurt Larchenstrasse 110 Equinix FR4-6 E14 2AA London Coriander Avenue Telehouse North BRUSSELS I BERN I BEIJING I DUBAI 60327 Frankfurt Gutleutstrasse 310 Equinix FR7 E14 2AA London Coriander Avenue Telehouse East 77694 Kehl Hafenstrasse 1 Stadt Kehl - E14 2AA London Coriander Avenue Telehouse West Hong Kong Hong Kong Mega I E14 9SD London Marsh Wall 227 Digital Realty SOV Chai Wan Road 399 9F NEW YORK I SAN FRANCISCO I SINGAPORE (Chai Wan) Advantage SL1 4AX London Buckingham Avenue 8 Equinix LD5 Hong Kong Mega I Chai Wan Road 399 10F SL1 4NB London Buckingham Avenue 2 Equinix LD4 (Chai Wan) Advantage SL1 4NB London Buckingham Avenue 352 Equinix LD6 Italy 20153 Milan Via Caldera 21 Irideos - E14 9GE London Harbour Exchange 6-7/8-9 Equinix LD8 Campus Via 90146 Palermo Via Ugo La Malfa 99 Telecom IT Fastweb E14 9NN London Greenwich View Place 5 Telstra LHC 10149 Torino Corso Svizzera 185 Irideos - EC2A 4HB London Clifton Street 80 Redcentric * Japan NF Park building, 3F 2-9-15 Ukraine 01033 Kyiv Haidara 50 New Telco - 142-0043 Tokyo (Shinagawa-ku) Mind - Futuba Kyiv Kurenevskaya 21 BeMobile - 100-1004 Tokyo Otemachi, 1-9-5, Chiyoda-ku Equinix TY Kyiv Gaidara ulitsa 50 New Telco - Kenya Nairobi Sameer Industrial park Liquid EADC USA 10011 New York 8th Avenue 111 Telx NYC2 Opposite New Jomvu Total Mombasa Icolo - 10011 New York 8th Avenue 111 Telx NYC2 Mombasa Road 10013 New York Hudson Street 60 Telx NYC1 Luxembourg Luxembourg L-8080 Rue de Luxembourg 177 Tango - (Bertrange) 60616 Chicago East Cermak Road 350 Equinix CH2 L-1543 Luxembourg Boulevard Peirre Frieden 45 BCE - 75207 Dallas North Stemmons Fw Equinix DA1 Luxembourg Datacenter L-3235 Rue Graham Bell 4 DC1 75201 Dallas Bryan Street 2323 Partner - (Bettembourg) Luxconnect 20147 Ashburn Filigree CT 21715 Equinix DC2 Kaldata Mauritius 72201 Ebene Cybertower 1 (second floor) Wing B module 2B6 90017 Los Angeles S. Grand Ave 624 One Wilshire LA1 Netherlands 1096 AX Amsterdam Joop Geesinkweg 401-404 Centurylink - 33132 Miami NE 9th Street 50 NAP - 1101 EC Amsterdam Luttenbergweg 4 Equinix AM1-2 98121 Seattle 2001, Sixth Avenue, 4th floor, Equinix SE2 1098 SJ Amsterdam Science Park 121 Interxion AMS9 Suite 1202

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