IP Transit provides businesses like yours, ISPs and Telecom companies access to the global Internet, widening your product portfolio, expanding customer base, and increasing profitability. But building your own IP Transit gateway is complex, expensive, and time consuming. Here are seven reasons you should partner with TM WHOLESALE for your IP Transit needs.

 

We’ve been talking about IP Transit extensively in our previous blogs and eBook. We deep dived into what is IP Transit, its benefits, its use cases, and how it can make a significant difference to your business.

The next step is to evaluate your IP Transit needs and zero in on the IP Transit provider you should partner with. This is among the most crucial decisions you and your business needs to make. In a highly competitive market, it is critical to identify an ideal IP Transit provider that is reliable, secure, and has extensive reach, among other aspects.

TM WHOLESALE is striving to provide organisations with IP Transit services that are catapulting them to the pinnacle of digital transformation.

TM WHOLESALE focuses on domestic and international wholesale business, offering a comprehensive suite of cutting-edge communication services and solutions in connectivity and beyond. With extensive global connectivity, network infrastructure and collective expertise, TM WHOLESALE aims to serve not only as a gateway for the world to Malaysia, but more broadly, to the region.

TM WHOLESALE offers IP Transit services via AS4788 with regional upstream, direct peering, content localisation, and value added services such as Clean Pipe and Selective Routing features. TM has the largest Internet subscriber base in Malaysia, and is one of the biggest regional ISPs. TM owns close to 30 submarine cables spanning over 300,000 km worldwide. It offers extensive global reachability and direct connectivity to the Internet.

Here are seven reasons why you should partner with TM WHOLESALE for your IP Transit needs.

 

Strong Global and Regional Presence

It is imperative that your IP Transit provider has global reachability and coverage in order to enable access to the global Internet. The unbeatable reachability of Tier-1 ISPs enables you to connect to anyone, anytime, anywhere in the world. It is important for your IP Transit provider to have a strong global and regional presence. With TM IP Transit you can extend reachability and ensure short-hop connectivity to global content. TM IP Transit is one of the biggest regional Tier 1 ISPs in Asia. TM IP Transit enhances connectivity with global IP networks and Internet hub infrastructure through major domestic and international gateways.

 

Extensive and Large Backbone Capacity

Ensure you partner with an IP Transit provider that has extensive PoPs in strategic locations across your region and beyond. TM IP Transit provides network connectivity through TM-owned backbone for Asia, Asia-US and Asia-Europe. PoPs are hosted in carrier-grade facilities.

 

Connected to Content and Eyeballs Platforms

Your IP Transit provider needs to have access to prominent and relevant CDN, ISP, and telecom platforms to reach a wider audience and provide uninterrupted services to your customers. TM IP Transit is connected to seven major content and eyeballs platforms including ISPs, transit providers, mobile operators, content providers, search engines, cloud providers, and Web and gaming firms.

 

Robust Security and Operational Efficiency

The internet is a breeding ground for cyber-attacks. IP Transit services, in particular, often fall prey to DDoS attacks. These attacks overload servers or disrupt network services by overwhelming them with access requests. These attacks lead to downtime, increased bandwidth costs, and lost customers, that eventually lead to severe financial losses. Ensuring robust security is a must for organisations opting for IP Transit services. TM IP Transit delivers a complete carrier-class security portfolio and time-critical performance through a dedicated security monitoring portal.

 

Flexible Service Options

Flexibility is key in any service you choose. But with IP Transit, the additional services that you could access strengthens its potential. Bundling other solutions that complement IP Transit services provides you with the flexibility to pick and choose a package that best fits the needs of your organisation. TM IP Transit gives customers the flexibility of selecting value-added services and add-on solutions that seamlessly accommodate dynamic business needs. For instance, customers can bundle services with colocation services, security services, and access services.

 

Network Support and Monitoring

The success of any IP Transit implementation significantly lies on network efficiency. Ensuring network optimisation, constant support and monitoring is the responsibility of the service provider. Partner with a provider who is willing to carry the burden and headache of handling the network. TM IP Transit enables visibility and real-time performance reporting of IP Transit services with 24/7 customer support.

 

Service Level Guarantee (SLG) Options

Today, customer experience is a competitive differentiator. If your experience with an IP Transit provider is satisfactory, it will also positively impact your customers. That’s why you should partner with an IP Transit provider that ensures customer satisfaction is a priority. TM IP Transit offers high quality SLGs, customer satisfaction and rebate options based on Network Latency, Packet Delivery, and IP Port Availability.

As more organisations accelerate digital transformation efforts and future-proof their business, laying a strong connectivity foundation is essential. IP Transit services help create that foundation to enable organisations like yours to manage cost to serve, business diversity and scalability to accommodate your changing business needs. TM IP Transit services are empowering organisations to take the next step towards digital change quickly, cost-effectively and without constraints.

From interconnecting data centres to speeding up performance of cloud-based applications to delivering real-time rich media content, the use of International Ethernet Private Line (IEPL) is ever increasing. Here are five compelling reasons why you should adopt it.

 

The explosion in the amount of data being produced and consumed across the world is putting unprecedented demands on the connectivity infrastructure of global carriers, enterprises and hyperscalers. This demand to access ever increasing amounts of data—often in real-time—is coming from multiple sources such as the need to speed up cloud-based applications, delivering rich media content, increased online collaboration, and real-time data backup to an offsite location for business continuity to name a few.

International Ethernet Private Line (IEPL) with its low latency, high-performance, secure, reliable connectivity is ideally suited to meet the connectivity needs of global carriers, enterprises and hyperscalers. Here are five compelling reasons why your business should adopt IEPL.

 

Speeding up Cloud-based Applications

Enterprise applications, be they mission critical applications like ERP, CRM and SCM or collaboration applications like email and video conferencing, or business applications like analytics and business intelligence are increasingly being hosted on public and private cloud infrastructures.

With the people accessing these applications—be they employees or partners—being located far from where the apps are hosted, these applications tend to suffer from latency and lag thus impacting user experience, application performance and employee productivity, which have a direct impact on the business. As a result, there is an urgent need to speed up these applications, which demands better and faster connectivity.

By using IEPL to connect your on-premise network where your employees are located with the cloud where your applications are hosted, you can significantly speed up application performance by eliminating latency and improving reliability.

 

Data Centre Interconnect

Businesses increasingly have two or more data centres to meet the needs of disaster recovery, business continuity, and regulatory and compliance requirements. This is because if by any chance the primary data centre site goes down, users can be routed to the backup or standby data centre, or the data replicated on to the secondary data centre can quickly be recovered and applications can be restarted within the defined outage window and without any data loss.

This, however, requires the organisations to have reliable, high-speed, low latency connectivity between the data centres. IEPL is the ideal choice for interconnecting the various data centres as it provides a reliable, scalable, low latency connectivity solution.

 

Delivering Rich Media Content

Buffering—be it while watching a streaming video or while on a video conference call—can be hugely frustrating.

Since rich media content and collaboration applications demand high amounts of bandwidth and are highly sensitive to latency, they need to be delivered from the core to the edge to the end users in real-time and without any drop in quality. Failure to do so would lead to poor user experience leading to a direct impact on the business, be it in the form of unproductive employees or frustrated customers.

By using IEPL to haul the traffic as close to the users as possible—be it to your on-premise network or from the core to the edge—you can cut down latency and reduce the strain on bandwidth at the user end, thus greatly improving application performance and user experience.

 

Real-time Backup

Real-time data backup to a secure off-site location, be it for disaster recovery and business continuity purposes or for regulatory and compliance reasons, is increasingly becoming a burden on the stretched IT resources of organisations. Establishing a secure and reliable connectivity between the on-premise network and the off-site backup facility is critical to ensure that this requirement is met.

IEPL provides a cost-effective, scalable, low latency solution to connect the primary network with the off-site backup facility, irrespective of whether the backup facility is a near site one or at a distant location. Since data can be transferred instantly and securely, IEPL is the ideal choice to meet this need and reduce the burden on the IT staff.

 

Dedicated Connectivity

A dedicated low latency, reliable, scalable connectivity is key to the smooth functioning of your network. It is the grease that ensures smooth delivery of critical applications and reliable and timely data transfer.

By using IEPL, businesses can avoid the bottlenecks and security breaches that plague the public Internet and other shared connectivity options. With IEPL, traffic that otherwise might have taken a convoluted route, via a patchwork of public networks, can now flow more efficiently to its desired destination over a dedicated low-latency connection.

On an IEPL connection, your data travels securely over a well-maintained private path, managed and monitored by a single service provider. That’s an experience that no other type of connectivity can deliver.

From interconnecting data centres to speeding up performance of cloud-based applications to delivering real-time rich media content and applications to orchestrating real-time data backups, IEPL is increasingly playing an important role in solving the critical connectivity needs of many organisations.

TM WHOLESALE’s IEPL services are designed to deliver flexible, low latency, scalable, reliable, high bandwidth access solutions to meet all your critical connectivity needs. With high SLAs and an extensive global coverage, TM WHOLESALE is your one-stop-shop for your critical connectivity needs.

Identifying the right service provider is easier said than done. But there are some attributes that can help you in the selection process. Here are some tips to identify the right service provider for your IEPL needs.

 

Once organisations have understood the power of International Ethernet Private Line (IEPL) and the need for it, they need to choose a service provider who can meet their requirement. Realising the full potential of IEPL means taking this extra step—partnering with the right service provider.

With a single service provider managing the crucial connections to your office, cloud providers, backup facilities, and other locations, it is crucial to do proper research and identify a service provider who can offer the services and features that will be most beneficial to your business.

But how do you identify the right service provider? What are the attributes you should look out for? Here are some tips to identify the right service provider for your IEPL needs.

 

Extensive Global Network

Your offices, backup facilities, cloud service providers in all probability are likely to be geographically dispersed. If they weren’t, there wouldn’t be a need for an external service provider to connect them. You obviously don’t want to select a service provider who can only connect a part of your locations and want a service provider who can connect all the locations.

Hence, it’s important that the chosen service provider has an extensive global infrastructure with a broad geographic reach, has access to multiple submarine cable systems, has a good terrestrial network, and has multiple cable landing points and points of presence (PoPs) so that this single service provider can meet all your present and future needs.

 

Scalability

While theoretically IEPL services are scalable from 1 Mbps all the way up to 100 Gbps, not all service providers offer this level of scalability. Many service providers are constrained by their infrastructure to offer only limited scalability.

But the limitations of the service provider should not compromise your company’s growth and ambitions. You don’t want to be locked into a service that won’t easily support your company’s growth or can’t quickly scale up or down with seasonal spikes in business. Hence, the ability of the service provider to scale the services as per your need and be flexible enough to accommodate your requirement is key.

 

Connectivity to Cloud Service Providers

Direct connectivity to the cloud to speed up cloud-based applications is one of the key use cases for IEPL. Since most organisations have workloads or applications hosted or running from multiple clouds, connectivity to major public clouds is critical.

However, not all service providers have or offer direct cloud connectivity, especially to multiple public clouds. This can be a deal breaker as it will mean relying on multiple service providers. Hence, it’s important that you choose a service provider who offers direct connectivity to multiple clouds, including all the major public clouds.

 

One-Stop-Shop Solution

Apart from IEPL, organisations have different types of connectivity requirements—from SD-WAN to IP Transit to CDN to meet different requirements. No one wants to deal with different service providers for each type of connectivity need. They need a single service provider who can meet all their connectivity requirements and avoid the hassle of dealing with multiple vendors.

Hence, it’s important that the chosen service provider has the ability to bundle other services such as SD-WAN, IP Transit, IPVPN, and CDN apart from IEPL to meet all your connectivity requirements as a one-stop-shop provider.

 

Reliability and Security

Reliability and security are key to any type of connectivity and more so in the case of IEPL as it is the preferred form of connectivity for mission-critical and sensitive data transfer. Organisations can’t risk any downtime in connectivity especially when their business is at stake. Advanced monitoring and management features help service providers improve their reliability, security, and performance. However, not every service provider uses these features.

Hence, it's important to check the reliability and security offered by the service provider before deciding to use their services.

 

Cost-Effective

Cost always plays an important part in any purchase decision, be it for a product or a service. With all other things remaining the same, it becomes the deciding factor in the selection of a service provider. However, many service providers have hidden costs—such as additional charges for scalability or uptime or meeting specific SLAs—that are not overtly visible while making a purchase decision.

Look for these types of hidden costs when deciding on a service provider to avoid any unpleasant surprises in the future. It’s better to go with a service provider who is completely transparent in pricing and doesn’t have any hidden costs, even if they might seem more expensive in the beginning.

 

SLAs

Service level agreements (SLAs) are critical for any type of service and more so when it comes to critical connectivity requirements. They come in various forms, from uptime to latency to time taken for remediation of issues, to name a few. While all service providers will talk about SLAs, look for specifics within that because that’s what will matter on a daily basis. Look for service providers who offer high levels of SLAs and are transparent with it. That’ll be the difference between a smooth, seamless connectivity and a frustrating experience.

 

TM WHOLESALE: Your Ideal Partner

TM WHOLESALE’s IEPL services are designed to deliver flexible, scalable, reliable, high bandwidth access solutions for the demanding networks of global carriers, enterprises and hyperscalers to achieve a competitive edge in today’s connected world. With more than 150 cable landing points, 28 PoPs, access close to 30 submarine cable systems, TM WHOLESALE’s IEPL services connect 39 countries across the globe and provide cross-border, end-to-end managed bandwidth and dedicated connectivity at high-speed.

With a global footprint and partnerships with other major global solution providers, TM WHOLESALE can be a one-stop-shop for all your connectivity needs and can bundle other services such as IP Transit, Global Hosting, Global SD-WAN & TM CDN with IEPL.

Besides, TM WHOLESALE offers a seamless service scalability with options to increase the bandwidth from as little as 1Mbps all the way to 100Gbps, so that you pay only for what you need.

In addition, TM WHOLESALE provides unmatched support and high service-level agreements with detailed specific performance guarantees for uptime, latency and other key metrics to ensure optimal performance of business applications and data transfer. TM WHOLESALE is also one of the most cost-effective service providers of IEPL solutions, both in the APAC region and across the world.

Connecting multiple international locations used to involve choosing between a number of technologies and protocols like X.25, Frame Relay, ATM, SONET/SDH. However, over the last decade or so, Ethernet services have become the ideal choice. Read on to find out why.

 

Connecting multiple locations and enterprise networks used to involve choosing between a host of different technologies and protocols like X.25, Frame Relay, Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), Synchronous Optical Networking (SONET), Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) and mastery over them. This was needed as the internal Ethernet system was not capable of taking data beyond the local area network (LAN) and over longer distances.

However, over the last decade or so, Ethernet services have rapidly evolved and have become the most viable option for businesses to connect their various locations and networks. The emergence of standardised Carrier Ethernet services offering both point-to-point and multipoint connectivity services has given organisations needing to connect their various international locations and networks a cost effective and reliable solution. In addition, by routing traffic via a dedicated network of sub-sea and terrestrial optic fibre cables, they significantly reduce latency levels.

As a result, International Ethernet Private Line (IEPL), a secure, reliable, low latency, point-to-point connectivity solution offered by Carrier Ethernet service providers, has become the preferred choice for organisations and is dominating the market for due to a variety of reasons.

 

Unmatched Price-Performance

The introduction of new technologies into the networking topology, and the resultant complications arising out of that, not only increase the overall costs but are also marred by performance issues. For instance, the X.25 protocol has restricted performance capabilities; Frame Relay, though designed for better performance, can be expensive both in terms of the rental and the hardware required to convert a local Ethernet-based IP network to Frame Relay; and ATM over SONET/SDH can be prohibitively expensive even though it can provide speeds of up to 40 Gbps. All these issues impact the price-performance of these technologies and protocols.

IEPL services on the other hand offer relatively inexpensive bandwidth and can support speeds from 1 MBPS all the way to 100 Gbps, thus powering the needs of all kinds of businesses—from digital platforms to cloud service providers to telecom operators to financial services and media and entertainment firms. With unrivalled global connectivity delivered via subsea optic fibre infrastructure, IEPL provides high-performance reliability and availability at low latency levels.

In addition, the cost of Ethernet-based equipment like routers and switches—be they installed at the customer end or at the service provider end—typically tend to be far lower than similar equipment used in other technologies like ATM or Frame Relay. This lower cost of equipment coupled with better performance and reliability ensure that IEPL services provide the best price-performance for point-to-point connectivity.

 

Increasing Hunger for Fast Bandwidth

With the explosion in the amount of data that’s being produced and consumed across the world—research firm IDC predicts that data volume will grow to 175 zettabytes (ZB) by 2025, up from about 65 ZB in 2020—the demand for high-speed, low latency bandwidth is increasing exponentially.

This is exacerbated by the widespread adoption of the cloud—be it public, private, or hybrid—and the ever-increasing reliance on better collaboration and faster communication requiring constant sharing of critical data, often in real-time, by organisations to run their operations and functions.

This has made IEPL, with its low costs, greater flexibility, and easy management, look considerably more attractive to organisations.

 

Quality of Service

Quality of Service (QoS)—including high-reliability and low latency—is always a key consideration for connectivity since it is fundamental to providing unfettered access to mission critical applications and services. Thanks to the ubiquitous nature of IEPL, it’s standardised protocol, abundance of inexpensive bandwidth, capability to support high-speeds at low latency, and the ability to define varying levels of priority for different types of traffic—voice and video traffic can be prioritised over regular data—over the same bandwidth, mean that IEPL is an ideal choice to ensure quality of service to end-users.

In addition, organisations have the choice to use dynamic provisioning of bandwidth to handle peaks and troughs in demand so that they only pay for the bandwidth they use rather than provisioning for peak load.

 

Ease of Implementation

Since it is based on a relatively simple protocol, IEPL is easy to implement, manage and operate, and as a result is faster to roll out compared to other types of connectivity options. The use of a single technology also results in the consolidation of network services resulting in a streamlined infrastructure and protocol.

Because it operates under a uniform protocol, IEPL avoids unnecessary protocol conversions thus greatly reducing the number of skills required for implementation and management of networks.

As a result, a single, familiar Ethernet interface enables convergence over a common network infrastructure, ensures faster roll out, simplifies operations, eliminates complexity, and avoids the need to have multiple skills.

 

Uniform Technology Adoption

Ever since the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF), a global industry alliance, pioneered the development of Carrier Ethernet and defined the standards, operators across the world offer a uniform, standardised set of services that address the two basic types of connectivity—point-to-point and multipoint over a dedicated network.

This has meant that traffic of an organisation can be hauled or routed over networks of multiple carriers in different parts of the world without any drop in data or latency or quality of service and gives network managers complete visibility, access, and control over their networks.

As a result, a point-to-point IEPL connection can stretch across the backbones of multiple Carrier Ethernet vendors and organisations aren’t tied down to the footprint of a single provider. They have the choice to build their networks by using the services of multiple carriers and can easily transfer from one carrier to another without the need for any expensive change of equipment.

By avoiding unnecessary protocol conversions and offering a standardised high-performance, low latency, high-speed, reliable connectivity to any part of the world, connecting multiple international locations is easier, faster, and cheaper, courtesy IEPL. They are ideally suited for a wide range of critical enterprise applications such as latency-sensitive storage applications, financial trading programs, rich media applications, collaboration and video applications, and for direct connectivity to the cloud.

With low latency levels, high quality of service levels, the choice to dynamically increase or decrease bandwidth depending on changing requirements, and the ability to define varying levels of priority for different types of traffic, IEPL is an ideal choice for connecting multiple international locations.

TM WHOLESALE’s IEPL services are designed to deliver flexible, low latency, scalable, reliable, high bandwidth access solutions for the demanding networks of global carriers, enterprises and hyperscalers to achieve a competitive edge in today’s connected world.

With more than 150 cable landing points, 28 PoPs, and access to 25 submarine cable systems, TM WHOLESALE’s IEPL services directly connect 39 countries across the globe. Besides, partnerships with other major global carriers and solution providers ensure that TM WHOLESALE can be a single solution provider for all your international connectivity needs.

Can I stay seamlessly connected to locations around the world? The answer is yes. With Global Ethernet connectivity solutions, you have simple and easy access to a resilient EoMPLS network connecting destinations across the globe. Read how global Ethernet can help your organization standardise, simplify and gain control over your network.

 

Global Ethernet is an industry-standard solution for large multinational companies and enterprises that need to connect their offices across the globe. This solution helps businesses extend their local area networks (LANs) across wide area networks (WANs) in all major countries and cities with point-to-point and point-to-multipoint solutions. The Layer 2 Ethernet point-to-point service is delivered over global carrier-grade Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) networks. The flexible alternative to traditional complex technologies such as ATM or Frame Relay networks, EoMPLS provides low cost and exceptional performance for service providers.

Historically, Ethernet was seen as being suitable for use in its incarnation as the standard local area network (LAN) access method used in an office or home environment. However, the increase in business globalisation and the immediate need to adopt high capacity, IP-based services have driven global optical networks' growth and transformation.

Many businesses are choosing to invest in this global technology, which is being heralded as the future of global networking. These businesses are currently enjoying the enormous benefits and cost-efficiency this technology brings.

 

Standardised rollout and reduced network cost

The primary benefit that companies experience when deploying a global Ethernet network is the ability to standardise customer premises equipment (CPE) rollout on a lower cost basis, with common equipment worldwide.

Fully capable routers with high-speed interfaces (T1/E1/DS3/OCN) have the ability to work with any WAN connection but are often much more expensive than deploying networks utilising Layer 2 Ethernet switches and interfaces. This is the standard CPE when employing a global Ethernet solution. Global Ethernet network equipment is easier to source, manage and replace, contributing to a lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for the end-user.

 

Global SLAs for network performance

Additionally, using a native MPLS (multi-protocol label switching) core design will allow for the provision of global SLAs (service level agreements) for network performance, with the potential to promise 100 percent in-sequence packet delivery for voice and video.

More businesses are now starting out with Ethernet solutions, as opposed to MPLS. This is due to the standardised and less costly CPE rollout and the reduced network costs. Now that EoMPLS has gained widespread acceptance, businesses are ready to make a transition to converged network services – either gradually or rapidly – based on requirements and risk aversion.

 

More speed and flexibility

Modern global networks provide high-bandwidth, high-speed access to mission-critical data locally, remotely, and in cloud-based environments. With Ethernet’s high bandwidth over fiber, you get a bandwidth of 10 Gbps on a single line. With Ethernet as your technology, you can grow and compete with advanced cloud-computing services. Ethernet’s top credentials are performance on nearly every front—reliability, speed, scalability, and flexibility. Simply put, Ethernet is the technology of the future.

 

Secure and scalable business communications

Managing the demands of modern apps and the growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) and mobile requires a strong, secure network that unifies employees, devices, and customers. Ethernet lets you optimize and simplify operations between point-to-point (E-Line services) and any-to-any (E-LAN services) connections.

Furthermore, Ethernet provides dedicated routing and switching that helps expand your network connectivity by delivering high levels of data and application performance across the globe. You can securely connect offices, data centers, and business sites to deliver traffic across a single connection using global Ethernet. Need help getting started? Top service providers like TM WHOLESALE can help you assess your applications’ sensitivity to packet delivery, latency, availability, and time to repair.

 

Multi-service and end-to-end carrying capability

With the rise of next-generation Ethernet delivery services, global carriers will need to migrate towards these platforms, which are expanding their offerings in new and existing markets. In order to do so, carrier Ethernet products that are able to unify advanced switching and transport capabilities integrated into a single system will be needed.

Furthermore, the Ethernet switching platform's multi-service and end-to-end carrying capability provides support for intelligent generalised multi-protocol label switching (GMPLS). Combined with its compatibility with the provider backbone bridge, IEEE 802.1ah, global Ethernet is a future-proof solution that enables the transition to all-packet networks. This allows businesses to employ global Ethernet and have truly global scalability and reduced TCO.

TM WHOLESALE provides point-to-point and multipoint-to-point connectivity around the world. Our global Ethernet is backed by service assurance through strict service level agreements (SLAs), a range of bandwidth speeds, and increased choice in pricing models. We can rapidly connect you across the globe with faster lead times, faster connectivity, and unmatched reliability.

A business is always changing, whether it’s expanding or consolidating. It requires the capabilities to run today’s demanding applications like streaming data, email and video content. A service that is fast, versatile and will carry your mission-critical data wherever and whenever it is needed.

 

Business is dynamic. Markets change, and the most adaptable businesses are the ones that thrive. You know from experience that you must allocate assets at multiple locations to maximise profits and minimise losses—fluid management of resources is one key to your success. Your network should be as flexible as your business strategy.

TM WHOLESALE understands the need for greater flexibility in the global business market. As you add a new location, increase service to a growing market, or decrease resources to a downsized office, your network should seamlessly support your business plan—without interruption. Making changes to your business infrastructure shouldn’t require downtime, contract negotiations, or expensive upgrades. TM WHOLESALE believes your network should be as adaptable as your business.

 

TM WHOLESALE service features

As a leader in networking solutions, TM WHOLESALE developed its Global Ethernet to meet your business needs today and tomorrow. Our worldwide network can provide you with just the service you need and can easily change as your business evolves. Here’s how:

 

High-performance Ethernet to locations spanning the globe

We deliver Global Ethernet on-net coverage to major business centres throughout Europe, North America, the Middle East, North Asia, South Central Asia, Southeast Asia & Oceania. We maintain an ongoing effort to continually expand our leading-edge network to emerging markets across the globe.

 

Flexible bandwidth options

Why pay for the service you don’t use? With TM WHOLESALE, you can select virtually any bandwidth to meet your business demands. We offer flexible, reliable and secure bandwidth connectivity services over shared network resources to deliver scalable speed ranging from 1Mbps to 10Gbps in scalable increments.

 

Reliable and protected network

With TM WHOLESALE’s reliable and resilient network, your network remains connected around-the-clock. Protected circuits offer deterministic network protection to provide an industry-leading availability guarantee. In addition, deployed over TM GLOBAL IP/MPLS backbone - EoMPLS technology, you are assured this service meets all leading global standards.

 

High SLAs

Global Dedicated Ethernet Service offers one of the most competitive SLAs in the market, with service availability guarantees up to 99.9% using deterministic network protection. Packet delivery and latency guarantees are a part of the standard service offering as well.

 

Why choose TM WHOLESALE

As a leading supplier of global networking solutions, TM WHOLESALE is constantly looking for ways to improve its products and customer experience. However, our dedication to providing cutting-edge technology and service is only one measure of our success. Our customers confirm that their businesses are more competitive and efficient on TM WHOLESALE’s solutions. Here’s why:

 

Power of choice

Your business is unique. It deserves the network you choose. Let TM WHOLESALE show you how. Whether you need local, national, or global connectivity, TM WHOLESALE’s portfolio of Ethernet products can be tailored to your business requirements. Don’t settle for products that compromise the way you do business. No other vendor can provide such a wide array of cost-effective features.

 

Future-proof network

We’re ready for the future. Are you? Your network should grow with your business. Taking on new challenges and markets is tough enough. Why worry about the capacity, technology, or reliability of your network? TM WHOLESALE already delivers superior Ethernet services, with bandwidth and performance for real-time applications such as cloud computing, voice, and video. We’ve also engineered the highest levels of reliability and security into all of our services, guarding against equipment failure or outside intrusion. Your data is safe from disaster, and its privacy is assured.

 

Global Reach

With TM WHOLESALE, you reach more markets your way. Over the years, we’ve carefully built the most far-reaching network in the world. While our global presence extends over all of the world's major business centres, TM is ASEAN Gateway for Layer 2 & Layer 3 services with a strong presence in Bangkok, Cambodia, Jakarta, Laos, Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore.

TM WHOLESALE Ethernet Services offer dedicated, reliable, secure connections that enable you to better control the traffic on your local or wide-area networks, improve application performance and availability, and help protect your data from disaster. Offering a suite of services ranging from Quality of Service routing to the flexibility of Ethernet to traditional data networking services, the choice is yours

When you consider embracing global ethernet services, what comes to mind? Is it saving money on staff and hardware costs? Or is it more about access to a global market and the ability to scale as needed? Perhaps there's a little of both. Regardless of why you're considering global ethernet services, you need to do your research first. Here are some things that need to be considered before making the leap.

 

Between 2019 and last year, the global internet capacity grew by 35%. IoT, Cloud, Mobility, and other high-growth applications are also constantly evolving, making access to information and data more important than ever before. Today’s enterprises require a network that can keep up with the demands of this new digital age. To meet these needs, it is vital for businesses, small or large, to choose a global ethernet service provider that is ready to provide the reliable high-speed connectivity they need wherever their users are located.

Ethernet services powered by a Private Global Ethernet over Multiprotocol Label Switching (EoMPLS)/Layer 2 network is a secure and reliable way to connect geographically dispersed locations over the public Internet. It provides organizations with a communication network that is completely dependable, fast, flexible, and cost-effective. Global ethernet can provide scalable and fast transport for data, voice, and video traffic across all major industries: energy, financial services, manufacturing, retail, healthcare, and government.

It is evident that ethernet services are one of the most important parts of a business’s network. So when you choose a global ethernet service provider, it's really important to make sure they can provide you with enough bandwidth, high-quality care and support, fast speeds, and fair prices. There are many different things to consider when choosing an ethernet services provider. TM WHOLESALE, a premier communication solutions and services company in the ASEAN region, lists the five key criteria you need to consider.

 

Network coverage and reach

Network coverage is the lifeblood of any organization. Whether it's a major corporation or a small business, connecting and sharing information with all parts of an organization irrespective of the location is vital for success. This includes employees as well as customers, vendors, and partners. So if you are looking forward to building your enterprise network or want to expand your existing network to meet the demands of your business, check the network coverage offered by the service provider. Do all of your desired locations fall under the network carrier’s footprint, and can they offer international coverage? The reach and coverage of the service provider will directly impact issues such as latency, jitter, resilience, and cost.

 

Network project management and monitoring

Network engineers and managers face many challenges every day. One of the most daunting of these is managing large networks, especially those with multi-site or international elements. Complex networks require constant maintenance to run smoothly. Proactive management can result in reduced costs and downtimes, as well as enhanced security. Businesses need to understand the details of pricing and the scope of services offered under this category before signing on with a network management company; do they monitor the entire network? Can they provide managed services, freeing up internal IT staff?

 

Complete Network Security

The pandemic has amplified the cybersecurity fears of Singapore leaders. According to an IBM Institute of Business Value report, 77% of Singapore executives plan to prioritize cybersecurity over the next two years.

All the devices of your business are connected to each other in one way or another, which means they're all vulnerable to security breaches. Whether it's a laptop, smartphone, tablet, or wired computer, network security is an important issue that you must always be aware of in order to keep your data safe. A weak connection can allow hackers in and compromise your sensitive information. Businesses need to review the security capabilities of their global ethernet service providers closely. For example, businesses should ensure that their service provider has access to a dedicated security infrastructure to support and monitor the network. Security experts are necessary for monitoring and maintaining uptime to guarantee that the business’s data remains secure.

 

Compare SLAs and check references

Another way to evaluate the capabilities of a service provider is to check the SLAs (Service Level Agreements) offered. According to TM WHOLESALE, a well-written SLA sets the expectations right from the onset - what services will be provided and under what circumstances. They also provide a framework for how any problems or issues will be handled and resolved if they arise. Most established providers in the market will offer SLAs. If they have been around long enough to have a proven track record, most providers will be willing to back their services with an SLA. It is worth comparing service level agreements of several network providers to get the best deal. You can also look at their existing clients and check references from those to evaluate their performance.

 

Class of Service and Quality of Service

Companies must evaluate and understand the classes of service (CoS) offered by the carrier. The way a carrier consolidates and prioritizes various types of traffic will affect quality of service (QoS). It is important that these CoSs match your business requirements, and the contract with the service provider clearly defines and states these service commitments.

While the points mentioned above form a base to shortlist a good global ethernet services provider, other considerations should be made. The routing protocols used by the provider, staff expertise, partnerships with 3rd parties, and future scalability capabilities all must be taken into account when choosing a provider.

It’s easy to make decisions centered only on the bottom line. However, you need to consider your business’s needs and goals and how those needs will change in the future. After all, your global ethernet will form the backbone of your business for a long time to come.

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