IPC Collaborates with Superloop for Greater Network Access to Australia, Singapore, and Hong Kong

SYDNEY, Oct. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- IPC, a leading global provider of secure, compliant communications and networking solutions for the financial markets community, announced its collaboration with Superloop, a leading independent connectivity solutions provider in the Asia Pacific Region, to provide the diverse market participants in IPC's Financial Market Network with reliable and secure access to financial markets.

Superloop delivers high performance, reliable and secure connectivity solutions to customers in Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong.  Superloop's world class networks are built for scalability and flexibility on the latest fibre-optic technology.

"We are pleased to be working with Superloop. We look forward to being their partner within the financial markets community," says David Brown, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Financial Markets Network, IPC. "Their offerings will enable us to provide our customer base with highly secure and reliable access into key Asian markets."

"Superloop is excited to be working with IPC," says Steve Bond, General Manager, Sales and Marketing, Superloop. "The IPC service portfolio leverages our innovative approach to connectivity infrastructure to deliver value to the financial markets community."

The IPC Financial Markets Network service portfolio includes the Connexus Financial Extranet, Direct Connect and MPLS WAN data services, as well as Trader and Enhanced Voice connectivity services. IPC's Financial Markets Network interconnects global financial centers and allows access to more than 6,000 market participant locations across 700 cities in more than 60 countries.

About Superloop
Established in 2014, Superloop is quickly becoming one of the leading independent providers of interconnection services in the Asia Pacific region.

The Company owns and operates fibre networks in Australia and Singapore spanning over 300km and connecting over 48 of the region's key data centres including the ASX and SGX. The network is continually expanding with further extensions currently underway.

In Hong Kong, Superloop is establishing a 110 km fibre optic network connecting 30 strategic sites including the Hong Kong Stock Exchange data centre, and is on track to commence operations in December 2016. Additionally, the Company is also constructing TKO Express, the first submarine cable to connect the traditional carrier hotels located in Chai Wan on Hong Kong Island and the data centre campus located at Hong Kong Science and Technology Park's Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate on the mainland, providing much needed physical diversity and a lowest latency path between Hong Kong's major finance and technology hubs.

The Group also operates two subsidiary businesses, APEXN and CINENET. For more information, visit: www.superloop.com

About IPC
IPC is a technology and service leader that powers financial markets globally. We help clients anticipate change and solve problems, setting the standard with industry expertise, exceptional service and comprehensive technology. With customers first and always, we collaborate with each to understand their individual needs to help make them secure, productive and compliant within our connected community. Through service excellence, long-developed expertise and a focus on innovation and community, we provide agile and efficient ways for our customers to accelerate their ability to adapt to the ever–changing requirements for advanced data networks, compliance and collaboration with all counter-parties across the financial markets. www.ipc.com

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IPC Systems, Inc.                                                                                                   
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