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Avelacom Enhances Global Trading with Latency Improvements in Backhaul Network

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Connectivity & IT infrastructure solutions provider Avelacom, has significantly upgraded its backhaul network to offer reduced latency between European and US exchanges and major financial hubs in Asia and the Middle East. The upgrade, which shortens fibre optic path lengths by up to 140 kilometres, aims to enable more efficient market data feeds and order execution for global institutional investors and professional traders, particularly for complex trading strategies like algorithmic arbitrage trading.

In the Middle East and Asia regions, Avelacom’s network now provides optimised connections offering low latency connectivity, colocation, managed hosting, and real-time market data feeds, to exchanges including Borsa Istanbul, Dubai Gold and Commodity Exchange (DGCX), Saudi Exchange/Tadawul, Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, Thailand SET, Taipei Futures Exchange (TAIFEX), and Japan Exchange Group (JSE), and various exchanges in India.

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