Scale at will and enter new global markets with BICS 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 02 03 BICS Capacity Solutions | BICS, your trusted connectivity enabler 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 OPTICAL CORE NETWORK Flexibility: highly adaptive to your business needs 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 WACS Scalability: deploy wavelength services where they 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 Benefitfromourextensivesupplierbase, 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 * Commitment is on these values with an additional safety margin. 10 11 BICS Capacity Solutions | BICS, your trusted connectivity enabler 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