Microwave
McKay Brothers Sells Minority Stake to HFT Firm IMC
The investment will support the continued growth of McKay’s network business.
Opening Cross: Balancing and Evolving with Your Greatest Asset
A company's greatest asset isn't the products it creates, or even how it uses them; it's the people who create them.
McKay Boosts European Futures Content on QED Wireless Data Service with Euronext Data
The vendor says the QED millimeter-wave wireless service will provide the lowest latencies between Euronext's co-location facility and other key London datacenters.
Quincy Eyes Asia, Fixed Income for Growth
After initially focusing on the US and Europe for equities and derivatives, Quincy is now looking to Asia and bond markets.
McKay Bros Completes UK Wireless Data Network
McKay is claiming to have the lowest-known latency between key datacenters in and around London.
BSO Enlists HFTs for Wireless Data Network
The hybrid network combines BSO's fiber network with proprietary wireless networks built by two unnamed HFT firms.
Opening Cross: Low Latency: Competitive Differentiator or Lowly Functional Requirement?
It's not just about speed; it's what you do with it that counts.
McKay Builds Microwave Network to Interxion London Datacenter
The move will shorten data latencies between Frankfurt and traders located in central London.
NovaSparks Adds CHX Handler, Completing US Equities Coverage
Support for all US protected markets will allow users to calculate best bid and offer prices at lower latency.
TMX Readies Toronto-NJ Wireless Network
New route adds to existing NJ-Chicago network.
LSE to Slash Wireless Data Net Latency
The exchange will invest in its wireless route and new technologies to further reduce latency.
McKay Launches Slough-Frankfurt Microwave Route
New microwave route will connect Equinix datacenters hosting key marketplaces in each financial center.
Quincy Taps O’Sullivan’s USAM for US Sales Push
Oakland, Calif-based low-latency microwave connectivity and market data provider Quincy Data is to use USAM Group—a New York-based outsourced sales agency recently set up by Feargal O’Sullivan, a former sales and solutions executive at NYSE Technologies,…
CFN Adds Full-Depth eSpeed Data to Alpha Platform, Microwave Net
New fixed income data will expand appeal of vendor's platform, while accelerating eSpeed data delivery
Windy Apple Tech Says Low-Latency Transatlantic Wireless Net Possible in 18 Months
Jersey City, NJ-based Windy Apple Technologies, which operates a low-latency microwave network between New York and Chicago for high-frequency traders, is claiming that it can construct a similar wireless network over the Atlantic Ocean, drastically…
Opening Cross: Data Is as Much About Getting Together as Getting It Together!
This week, all eyes will be on London and Inside Market Data’s European Financial Information Summit, which promises its usual array of lively panel discussions and roundtable debates. These events—which IMD holds in key market centers worldwide…
CFN Buys Microwave Network to Enter Chicago-NY RF Data Fray
Low-latency fiber network provider CFN Services has unveiled an ultra-low-latency microwave connectivity network that transports CME Group market data between Chicago and New York with latency of between 8.4 and 8.7 milliseconds──5.5 milliseconds faster…
Anova Unveils Sub-185us CME Wireless Net
Chicago-based low-latency connectivity provider Anova Technologies has rolled out a new network connection that offers data latency of sub-185 microseconds between CME Group's co-location datacenter in Aurora, Illinois and the Digital Realty Trust…
Quincy Adds ICE Futures, eSpeed Treasuries to QED Microwave Data
Low-latency market data provider Quincy Data has added equity and energy futures data from the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) and US Treasury bond data from Nasdaq’s eSpeed electronic bond trading platform to its Quincy Extreme Data microwave service, to…
For Low-Latency Trading, Even as IT Spreads Come Down, Challenges Remain
Panelists at this year's Toronto Trading Architecture Summit discussed the challenges involved in improving latency, and balancing the benefits with the costs.
12Horizons Readies Frankfurt-Zurich Microwave Connection
Singapore-based microwave telecommunications company 12Horizons rolled out its microwave radio frequency data transmission network between Deutsche Börse and the SIX Swiss Exchange into live production on June 1.
Custom Connect Beams up Bevaart to CTO Role
Netherlands-based Custom Connect, a provider of carrier-neutral fiber and microwave connectivity services has appointed Rutger Bevaart as its new chief technology officer and lead architect, and has incorporated Bevaart's company, Xconnect24, a provider…
Nasdaq Completes eSpeed Datacenter Migration
Nasdaq OMX's eSpeed US treasuries trading platform has completed its migration to Nasdaq's datacenter in Carteret, NJ, resulting in a 100 microsecond improvement in market data distribution, and a 25 percent improvement in roundtrip order-entry response…
Custom Connect Names Ex-Fixnetix Exec Kingsnorth COO
Dutch fiber and microwave network provider Custom Connect has appointed Anthony Kingsnorth chief operating officer, responsible for heading the company's global operations and setting its overall business strategy.