Press Releases

Arelion today announced the completion of a major expansion of its Baltic network, constructing a fully diverse, high-capacity route between Helsinki and Warsaw, creating a resilient ring for traffic between Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

Arelion today announced the release of its SecureConnect Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) and SecureConnect Transit solutions, providing automated DDoS mitigation to enterprise and wholesale customers.

Arelion today announced a partnership with Cellusys, the industry leader in roaming steering, fraud and security and analytics solutions for mobile operators, to bring a comprehensive suite of hosted roaming Value Added Services (VAS) to operators worldwide.

Arelion announced it has deployed a new Point-of-Presence (PoP) at OpenColo’s Santa Clara site, enabling diverse connectivity that supports both enterprises and wholesale operators.

Arelion today announced it has launched a second fully diverse dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) route from Querétaro to Monterrey, Mexico, enabling it to support the booming AI and cloud markets in the country.

Arelion today announced major fiber investments in its extensive Scandinavian network to connect hyperscale data centers and serve the region’s booming AI markets. By installing new high-fiber count cables in existing ducts between Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen, Arelion expands its leading role in the Nordic fiber market. 

Arelion today announced it has launched a fully diverse cross-border route from its new Point-of-Presence (PoP) at Neutral Networks’ data center site in Tijuana to Arelion's existing PoPs in San Diego.

Arelion today announced it is upgrading its existing Point-of-Presence (PoP) at EcoDataCenter’s Falun, Sweden, data center campus with the latest-generation open optical line systems.

Arelion today announced major investments in its Scandinavian network to connect hyperscale data centers and serve the region’s booming AI markets.

Arelion has today announced the publication of its DDoS threat landscape report 2025, offering a detailed analysis of Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack trends observed throughout 2024 on its #1 ranked global Internet backbone, AS1299.

Decision-makers believe that hackers are more likely to trick AI-based cybersecurity tools than those operated by humans.

Arelion and Gold Data today announced a strategic partnership to leverage dark fiber infrastructure in connecting Arelion’s Point-of-Presence (PoP) at KIO Networks’ MEX 5 data center in Tultitlán, Mexico, with its POP at KIO Networks’ QRO1 data center in Querétaro, Mexico.

Arelion today announced a network expansion connecting its Point-of-Presence (PoP) at KIO QRO1 in Querétaro, Mexico, to KIO MEX 5 in Tultitlán and KIO MEX2 CDMX (Santa Fe) in Mexico City.

Arelion today announced it has launched three new fully diverse mesh routes in Texas to form a new ring from Austin to Dallas, to Houston and back to Austin, with additional overbuild capacity between Austin, San Antonio and El Paso.

Arelion, a global Internet carrier, has been honored by CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, with inclusion in the prestigious 2025 CRN Partner Program Guide.

Arelion today announced it has successfully completed a field trial on its long-haul route between Stockholm, Sweden, and Hamburg, Germany, using Cisco 800G ZR+ Coherent pluggable optical modules in Cisco 8000 series routers powered by Cisco Silicon One.

90 percent of decision makers believe that hackers are more likely to trick AI-based cybersecurity tools than those operated by humans – especially for 34 percent of US and 29 percent of UK business leaders.

Arelion today announced it has completed a live network field trial on its route from Chicago to Denver with Cisco 400G Ultra Long Haul (ULH) QSFP-DD Coherent pluggable optical modules using the Cisco 8000 series routers, powered by Cisco Silicon One.

Arelion today announced the appointment of Gagun Gahir as its new Enterprise Sales Director for EMEA, to capture and further drive the increased demand for enterprise connectivity solutions in this region.

Arelion today announced it has deployed a new, fully diverse route from Houston, TX, to Jacksonville, FL, via Slidell, LA, Mobile, AL and Tallahassee, FL.

Aruba S.p.A and Arelion today announce plans to activate a new Point-of-Presence (PoP) at Aruba’s Hyper Cloud Data Center (IT4) in Rome. Read more here.

Arelion today announced it has expanded its partnership with NETSCOUT, a leading provider of performance management, cybersecurity and DDoS attack protection solutions.

Arelion today announced a Technology Service Distributor (TSD) partnership with Intelisys, a ScanSource (NASDAQ: SCSC) company and leading distributor of technology services and solutions.

Arelion today announced it has deployed a new Point-of-Presence (PoP) at Digital Realty’s MRS4 data center site in Marseille, France, strengthening the diversity of Arelion’s network in the region, which includes its existing PoP at Digital Realty’s MRS1 site.

Arelion today announced it has deployed a new Dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) route from Monterrey to Querétaro, Mexico, providing wholesale and enterprise customers with high-capacity optical transmission services and direct access to Arelion’s local ecosystem of cloud, content and security applications.

Arelion and Ciena (NYSE: CIEN) today announced the successful completion of the world's first 1.6 terabits-per-second (Tb/s) wavelengths data transmission in a live network field trial. 

According to a new report from Arelion, macroeconomic disruption has led to 87% of decision-makers being a little or a lot less confident in the network investment decisions that they make.

Arelion announced it has upgraded its Kansas City, MO Point-of-Presence (PoP) at the NOCIX 1530 Swift data center, continuing its organic network expansion in North America.

Arelion announced a Telecom Service Distributor (TSD) partnership with AVANT, one of the premier global distributors of next-generation technologies.

Arelion announced it has launched two multi-terabit capacity, low-latency routes from Jacksonville, FL to Atlanta, GA and from Jacksonville to Tallahassee, as well as an overbuild from Miami along Florida’s west coast up to Atlanta.

Arelion today announced it has deployed a fully diverse Point-of-Presence (PoP) at Flexential’s Tampa – North data center.

Arelion has today announced the findings of its latest DDoS threat landscape report with a unique perspective on key global DDoS trends observed in 2023 from traffic data on its #1 ranked Internet backbone, AS1299.

Arelion today announced it has been awarded a gold-tier Google Verified Peering Provider (VPP) badge in recognition of its ability to provide diverse connectivity to Google and enable highly available access to Google Cloud services.

Arelion today announced a Telecom Service Distributor (TSD) partnership with Sandler Partners, North America's fastest-growing independent telecom, cloud and IT solutions distributors.

Arelion today announced a partnership with BroadForward to launch Arelion’s new 5G Standalone Roaming solution. 

Arelion and Telxius are collaborating to provide fully diverse, multi-terabit connectivity into Telxius’ landing stations in Boca Raton and Jacksonville, Florida.

Arelion announced it has secured a new customer in Monterrey, MX, continuing its expansion into Mexico’s connectivity market by serving Conexity’s IP service needs.

Arelion announced the appointment of Rob Westervelt as its new Head of Global Channel Sales, bolstering the enterprise market strategy of Arelion’s award-winning Conflict-Free Channel Program.

Arelion announced a new Point-of-Presence (PoP) in Tokyo, Japan at AT TOKYO’s carrier-neutral data center, Chuo Center #1 (CC1).

Arelion announced a new Point-of-Presence (PoP) in San Diego, at the Lightwave Data Center (LWDC) operated by LightEdge Solutions, a leading provider of secure cloud and colocation for nearly three decades.

Arelion announced its first Point-of-Presence (PoP) in Portugal at the Equinix LS1 data center in Lisbon.

Arelion is proud to announce a record-breaking Net Promoter Score of 72 for 2023.

Arelion has joined the growing ecosystem at DataVerge, the owner and operator of the only carrier-neutral interconnection facility in Brooklyn.

Arelion announced it will offer direct connectivity to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) via OCI FastConnect in the new Oracle Cloud Monterrey Region in Mexico.

Arelion announced a new Point-of-Presence (PoP) in Guadalajara, further expanding the Tier-1 global Internet carrier’s presence in Mexico.

The Board of Directors of Arelion has today appointed Daniel Kurgan as President and CEO of Arelion. Staffan Göjeryd will leave Arelion, after heading the company for seven years.

Arelion announced a new partnership with eStruxture, the largest Canadian cloud and carrier-neutral data center provider.

Arelion announced a new Point-of-Presence (PoP) in San Luis Potosi, continuing the global Internet carrier’s ongoing expansion in Mexico to meet the connectivity needs of underserved edge markets.

Arelion has won the Bronze Stevie® Award for Customer Service Department of the Year from the International Business Awards®.

Arelion has taken another landmark step in converging its IP and optical layers as the first global network to deploy Cisco 400G QSFP-DD Bright Optical Modules in its production #1 ranked IP backbone.

Arelion has seamlessly upgraded its existing Infinera FlexILS flexible-grid line system to support the L-band on a high-traffic route from Ashburn, VA to Atlanta.

The report investigates the overall impact of DDoS attacks, the evolution of specific attacks vectors and the significance of major social and geopolitical events.

Global carrier enhances its network’s end-to-end trans-Atlantic capability, providing backhaul in Virginia Beach to Europe and Latin America.

Arelion announced that it has launched a new route from Denver to the San Francisco Bay Area, connecting through Salt Lake City and Reno.

According to a new report from Arelion, escalating energy prices and their impact on network operations are the prime concern for over half (53%) of business leaders, but many are also anxious about possible energy supply shortages with 43% citing this as their second-biggest worry.

Arelion has today announced the provision of a new PoP (Point of Presence) at the DC Tower Data Centre in Prague, the Czech Republic’s capital city.

Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) and Arelion announced today a record-setting transmission of 400 gigabits per second (400 Gb/s) wavelengths using a QSFP-DD pluggable coherent transceiver over 1,800 kilometers (km) of SMF-28 fiber in a live production network.

Arelion today announced an expanded partnership with United Cable Company (UCC).

Arelion today announced a new Point-of-Presence (PoP) in Osaka, Japan.

Arelion today announced two new fully diverse routes from the US into Monterrey, continuing its expansion into Mexico’s markets. 

Arelion announced that it has added a new diverse, high-capacity transmission route connecting Boston to Secaucus, providing its customers with resilient connectivity and fast delivery that bypasses common routes going direct through Long Island and Manhattan.

Arelion announced that it has taken the next step in converging its IP and optical networking layers through a series of trials conducted with Acacia and Cisco over multiple, third-party, open line systems.

Arelion announced a new standard of Ethernet connectivity for enterprise customers, with the availability of 40Gbps EVPL (Ethernet Virtual Private Line) bandwidth across its #1 ranked AS1299 global fiber backbone network.

Arelion announced it will offer connectivity to Oracle Cloud Querétaro region via OCI FastConnect. Oracle customers can harness the power of Oracle Cloud locally, including Oracle Autonomous Database, to unlock innovation and drive business growth.

Arelion announced the availability of a new Point of Presence (PoP) in Belgrade, Serbia’s capital city. The new PoP, located at CETIN’s carrier-neutral datacenter, will provide high-speed IP Transit, Cloud Connect, and Internet Exchange (IX) Connect services for content providers and enterprises across the metropolitan area.

Arelion announced it has joined MEF as the standalone company it became in June 2021 following Arelion’s divestment from Telia Company.

According to a new report from Arelion, a third (32%) of business leaders admit that over 50% of their decision-making process is based on emotional response or ‘gut feel’ when choosing a network provider.

Arelion announced its third consecutive ChannelVision 2022 Visionary Spotlight Award for ‘Most Responsive Supplier Channel Team’ in recognition of the Arelion Conflict-Free Channel Program.

Arelion announced the expansion of its Atlanta metro network and new connectivity to the surrounding areas in Douglas County with the addition of a Point of Presence (PoP) in Switch ATLANTA, Switch’s data center facility located at its Keep Campus in Lithia Springs, Georgia.

Arelion announced the provision of a new PoP (Point of Presence) at the EMC Home of Data in Munich, Germany, further increasing direct access to the Arelion AS1299 backbone network for EMC Home of Data customers.

H5 Data Centers, a national colocation and wholesale data center provider, announced today that Arelion, the world's top ranked global IP backbone, has deployed a new point-of-presence (PoP) at 1625 Rockwell Avenue in downtown Cleveland.

Arelion announced today the hire of Scott Nichols as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). Nichols, who started last week, is now part of the management team and will execute on Arelion’s sales strategy to maintain the strong position in the wholesale space as well as develop the go-to-market strategy and sales to new segments.

Arelion announced today general availability of its latest US East-to-West coast network project. The addition of the new Southwest route provides long-haul connectivity at multi-terabit scale for Dallas and El Paso to the West coast through Phoenix, Arizona; San Diego, California; and Los Angeles, California.

Cologix, North America’s leading network-neutral interconnection and hyperscale edge data center company, announced today it is continuing to grow its collaboration with Arelion, the world’s number one ranked global IP backbone, with a new point-of-presence (PoP) at Cologix’s COL3 Scalelogix hyperscale edge data center in Columbus, OH. The addition makes eight Arelion PoPs in seven markets with Cologix, with metro campus access to 32 Cologix facilities.

Arelion today announced the completion of its latest backbone route expansion in Norway. The additional fiber route brings a new level of resilience, capacity and diversity for connections between Norway and the rest of the world, via continental Europe.

Arelion announced today that it has expanded its network in Mexico adding two new diverse Points of Presence (PoPs) enhancing the ecosystem in Mexico City (CDMX).

Gold Data, a leading Latin American network provider, today announced that it has been selected by Arelion, the world's #1 ranked global Internet backbone provider, to expand its reach and service portfolio throughout Latin America including customers in Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Dominican Republic and Costa Rica.