City: Cairo, Egypt

Under the auspices of H.E. Dr. Tarek Kamel, Minister of Communication and Information Technology. GPX Global Systems Inc., a premier provider of carrier neutral colocation facilities within the MENA and South Asian regions has today signed an agreement with Raya Smart Buildings, one of Egypt’s top developers of smart office/commercial buildings complexes, to build GPX’s second world class data center in Cairo, Egypt.

The new TIER4 data center is designed to reduce technology infrastructure costs and complexity for customers while improving quality and speeding the deployment of their IT projects. The data center will ultimately total 3000 square meters located at the heart of New Cairo’s business center and is a part of an investment which will exceed EGP 200 million. GPX also owns and operates a TIER 4 data center in Mumbai, India and is aggressively expanding in other locations in these regions.

Through this partnership, Raya Smart Buildings will be constructing a Smart Building facility on a land bank of 4000 square meters in New Cairo using the latest technologies. The facility will be considered the first in the Middle East to be built according to LEED Silver Level specifications and in line with the Green Buildings Architecture.

“In line with our expansion strategy in the Middle East, we choose a partner which has extensive experience and solid operations in the Egyptian market. With our deep experience in designing, building, and operating Internet Data Centers, and Raya’s track record in state-of-the-art building infrastructure, we are confident that our Internet Data Center will be the premier facility and regional hub within the Middle East,” said Nick Tanzi, GPX Global Systems President and CEO.

It is worth mentioning that GPX builds and operates private, carrier neutral Internet Exchanges (IX’s) and Internet Data Centers (IDC’s) in emerging markets. The company offers TIER4 world class, carrier neutral colocation infrastructure and environment to clients seeking to broaden their exposure and growth into new emerging global markets. GPX has been operating in Egypt for the last three years under the license of the National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA).

“Raya has expanded its investments into the commercial real estate development market through Raya Smart Buildings. The company’s strategy is to develop smart office/commercial buildings complexes, leveraging on Raya’s comprehensive and well grounded expertise in IT systems and infrastructure industry,” said Mohamed Fares, CEO Raya Smart Buildings.

Contact Company: GPX Global Systems Inc.
Contact Person: Hesham Fattah
Contact Email:[email protected]

City: Dublin, Ireland

GPX Global Systems Inc., Egypt’s leading provider of carrier neutral data centers today announced that it had been approved to become an associate member of Euro-IX (European Internet Exchange Association).

GPX Global Systems Inc, through this participation and the cooperation with Euro-IX continues to make conscious efforts to improve technological capabilities and quality of services provided by its Middle East Internet Exchange (MEIX) facility in Cairo, Egypt.

About Euro-IX (www.euro-ix.net)

Euro-IX (European Internet Exchange Association) was formed in May 2001 with the intention to further develop, strengthen and improve the Internet Exchange Point (IXP) community. A number of Internet Exchange Points recognized a need to combine their resources so as to co-ordinate technical standards across the continent, develop common procedures, and share and publish statistics and other information. Publishing of this information would in turn give all interested parties a better insight into the world of IXPs.

About GPX Global Systems Inc.

Incorporated in August 2002, GPX builds and operates private, carrier neutral Internet Exchanges (IX’s) and Internet Data Centers (IDC’s) in emerging, commercial markets along the undersea cable systems of FLAG, SEA-ME-WE3, SEA-ME-WE4, EIG, FALCON and others.

GPX IXs & IDCs provide telecommunications companies (Telcos), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), e-businesses, and enterprise customers with a highly reliable, secure, neutral data center environment where they can collocate their mission critical communications and application platforms. In addition, the GPX IXs & IDCs provide a single physical location where customers can access a host of services from multiple providers.

GPX Media Contact: Tom Byrnes, SVP Sales & Marketing, [email protected]

Euro-IX Media Contact: Serge Radovcic, Secretary General, [email protected]

City: Cairo, Egypt

GPX Global Systems, Inc., a provider of state-of-the-art, neutral Internet eXchange (IX) facilities in emerging Internet markets, announced that all four Egyptian Class A ISPs have joined the GPX Middle East Internet Exchange (MEIX), in Cairo Egypt. An Egyptian Class A license grants the right to own an Internet backbone and connect directly to international service providers. EgyNet, LINKdotNet, Nile On Line, and TE Data own and run the Internet backbones in Egypt.

By joining the GPX MEIX, these ISPs have access to a broad range of customers wishing to expand their marketplace—content providers, DNS service providers, on-line brokerage companies, and others.

Because the MEIX provides a neutral data center environment, MEIX customers benefit by having a choice of services between multiple providers.

“We are very pleased to have attracted all of the Class A ISPs to our MEIX Internet exchange,” states Tom Byrnes, SVP Sales and Marketing of GPX Global Systems. “Customers and ISPs are selecting the MEIX because it provides world class infrastructure and very reliable and secure colocation. The center offers a variety of local access and interconnection options and is the only exchange in Egypt to provide network diversity via a private, dedicated fiber optic ring connected to two major Telecom Egypt central offices.”

EgyNet
The Egyptian Networks Company built and operated the first privately owned Public Data Network (PDN) in Egypt. Today it is the largest network offering Frame Relay and ATM services.

The company provides world-class telecommunications solutions through a reliable, accessible, and cost-effective network that supports data and multi-media flow, and that is running on a fast and reliable Internet Gateway.

www.egynet.com.eg

LINKdotNET
LINKdotNET, a subsidiary of Orascom Telecom Holding, is one of the largest Internet Service and Solution Providers in the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan. It provides, maintains, develops and promotes Internet solutions and services that span Internet connectivity, hosting, online advertising, network solutions, and web development.

www.link.net

Nile On Line
As one of the leading voice and Internet services providers in Egypt, Nile On Line, provides its services through their numerous points of presence that spans all governorates, cities, towns and districts in Egypt via a secured VOIP/VPN. The services offered include both bandwidth and Internet. Applications include secured networks, electronic and voice mail, and hosting web sites and portals. Nile On Line currently hosts 70% of the Egyptian free Internet market.

www.nile-online.com

TE Data
Established by Telecom Egypt to function as its data communications arm, TE Data is one of the largest ISPs in Egypt. With operations in Egypt and Jordan, the company offers narrowband and broadband Internet access, managed dedicated Internet access, IP VPN connectivity, and global connectivity services. The company has attained more than half of the Egyptian broadband market with its ADSL offering.

www.tedata.net

GPX Global Systems, Inc.
Incorporated in August 2002, GPX develops and operates state-of-the-art, neutral Internet eXchange (IX) facilities in emerging, but fast growing commercial Internet markets along the undersea cable systems of FLAG, SEA-ME-WE3, and SEA-ME-WE4 as well as other regional cable systems.

GPX IXs provide telecommunications companies (Telcos), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), e-businesses, and enterprise customers with a highly reliable, secure, neutral data center environment where they can collocate their mission critical communications and application platforms. In addition, the GPX IXs provide a single physical location where customers can access a host of services from multiple providers.

Contact Company: GPX Global Systems, Inc.
Contact Person: Tom Byrnes, SVP Sales & Marketing
Contact Email: [email protected]

City: Redwood City, CA

Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) and GPX Global Systems Inc. today announced the installation of a new mirror of the F-root server in Cairo, Egypt. This new project is fully supported by the Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. The announcement was made at the Cairo ICT 2007 Exhibition and Forum, a leading industry event in the region. The new name server will be installed and operational by the second quarter of 2007 at the GPX Middle East Internet eXchange (MEIX) located in the Cairo Heliopolis area, and will mirror the F-root, one of the 13 ‘Root Name Servers’ located around the world, that control and organize accessibility to the Internet.

Paul Vixie, President of ISC, stated that “ISC is pleased to be working with the Egyptian government and GPX in bringing mission critical Internet services to the Middle East and North African community. The F-root server will enhance the experience of the growing Egyptian Internet communities and will increase resilience and technical independence from external sources. This provides an additional step in our goal to strengthen the foundation of the global network.”

Virtually every Internet transaction, from sending an e-mail to finding a website, begins with a Domain Name System (DNS) query. A DNS query is the method computers use to translate a human readable name to a network address that a computer can find. This new ISC F-root server will store the information needed to answer the question of where several hundred top level domains, including .i.e., .net, .com; etc. can be found.

“We believe this partnership will further strengthen the quality and reliability of the Internet infrastructure in Egypt,” said Minister Tarek Kamel, Egyptian Minister of Communications and Information Technology. “We are delighted with the choice of Egypt, with its fast growing Internet market and key location in the region, and welcome the initiative of ISC and GPX to install an F-root node in Cairo. We are sure this project will enhance the experience of Internet users not only in Egypt but throughout the region.”

“Growth of Internet services in Egypt has been remarkable over the course of the last five years, promising to turn the country into the Internet hub for the Middle East and Africa,” said Nick Tanzi, Chairman, GPX. “We are happy to support the ISC and the Egyptian Ministry in their efforts to further this growth and to provide a more stable environment for Internet usage in the region.”

ISC
The Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. (ISC) is a non-profit public benefit corporation with a long history of developing and maintaining the production quality of Open Source software – BIND and DHCP. ISC has increased its focus to include enhancing the stability of the global DNS directly through reliable F-root name server operations and ongoing operation of a DNS crisis coordination center, ISC’s OARC for DNS. ISC is also engaged with further protocol development efforts, particularly in the areas of DNS evolution and facilitating the transition to IPv6.

GPX Global Systems, Inc.
Incorporated in August 2002, GPX develops and operates state-of-the-art, neutral Internet eXchange (IX) facilities in emerging, but fast growing commercial Internet markets along the undersea cable systems of FLAG, SEA-ME-WE3, and SEA-ME-WE4 as well as other regional cable systems.

GPX IXs provide telecommunications companies (Telcos), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), e-businesses, and enterprise customers with a highly reliable, secure, neutral data center environment where they can collocate their mission critical communications and application platforms. In addition, the GPX IXs provide a single physical location where customers can access a host of services from multiple providers.

Contacts:

ISC Media Contact: Laura Hendriksen, +1(650)423-1309, [email protected]

GPX Media Contact: Tom Byrnes, SVP Sales & Marketing, [email protected]