BBIX and QTnet Sign Business Partnership for Cloud-based Network Service OCX

BBIX and QTnet Sign Business Partnership for Cloud-based Network Service OCX

BBIX to add OCX connection point at “QTnet Fukuoka Data Center 3 (QD3)”

BBIX, Inc. (“BBIX”) that operates an Internet Exchange (“IX”) businesssigned a business partnership agreement with QTnet,Inc. (“QTnet”) to provide a cloud-based network service Open Connectivity eXchange (“OCX”). With this partnership agreement, BBIX will add an OCX connection point at QTnet’s “QTnet Fukuoka Data Center 3 (QD3)” on August 1, 2024.

OCX is a cloud-based network service provided by BBIX and BBSakura Networks, Inc. (“BBSakura”), a network solutions provider and subsidiary of BBIX. QD3 is located in Fukuoka, the center of IX and cloud POPs (Point Of Presence) in Kyushu and will utilize its own optical fiber to provide connectivity throughout the Kyushu region.

Through this partnership agreement, BBIX and QTnet will provide its customers with OCX, which leverages BBIX’s flexible and highly scalable network infrastructure combined with BBSakura’s advanced software development capabilities via QTnet’s convenient and highly reliable data centers to provide on-demand network connectivity to data centers and cloud services throughout Japan.

BBIX and QTnet will aim to contribute to the creation of new business and new value for customers by utilizing cutting-edge technologies to cope with the accelerating Digital Transformation (DX) era.

■ About BBIX
Company Name: BBIX, Inc.
URL: https://www.bbix.net/en/
Headquarters: 1-9-10 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Representative: Hidetoshi Ikeda, President & CEO
Date of establishment: June 13, 2003
Capital: 100 million yen
Ownership: 100% owned by SoftBank Corp.
Business: Telecommunications operator under Japan’s Telecommunications Business Act; leasing, maintenance & management of telecommunications equipment; development, sales, maintenance & management of computer hardware/software

■ About BBSakura
Company Name: BBSakura Networks, Inc.
URL: https://www.bbsakura.net/en/
Headquarters: 7-20-1 Nishi Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Representative: Hideyuki Sasaki, President & CEO
Date of establishment: August 1, 2019
Capital: 200 million yen
Ownership: BBIX, Inc. 51%, SAKURA internet Inc. 49%
Business: Telecommunications operator under Japan’s Telecommunications Business Act; leasing, maintenance & management of telecommunications equipment; development, sales, maintenance & management of computer hardware/software

■ About QTnet

Company Name: QTnet,Inc.
URL：https://www.qtnet.co.jp/
Headquarters: 1-12-20, Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka
Representative: Yoshio Ogura, President
Date of establishment: July 1, 1987
Capital: 22,020 million yen
Ownership: 100% owned by Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.
Business: Telecommunications business [BBIQ (fiber optic Internet), QT Mobile (low-cost smartphones), QTPRO (corporate clients)], e-sports business, advertising business, etc.

■ Contact Point for Media Inquiries
BBIX, Inc. Public Relations
E-mail: pr@bbix.net

BBSakura Networks, Inc. Public Relations
Inquiry Form: https://www.bbsakura.net/en/contact/business

QTnet, Inc. Promotion Department
E-mail: qt_press@qtnet.co.jp

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