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LU-CIX Online Gaming Forum
15.12.2011
Press release
More than 250 members of the national and international ICT community attended the LU-CIX Online Gaming Forum in the RTL studio in Luxembourg on December,13.
Following the recent boom of the online video games sector in Luxembourg, with the establishment of internationally known companies, this second LU-CIX event was entirely dedicated to this technologically demanding activity.
An exclusive B2B fair with business speed-dating opportunities allowed efficient networking between national and international IT players before the start of the presentations.
The Luxembourg Minister of the Economy and Foreign Trade Jeannot Krecké said in his keynote speech that “LU-CIX has not only been able to establish a successful commercial Internet exchange in Luxembourg but LU-CIX is also very committed to the general ICT development in Luxembourg.” Furthermore he warmly welcomed the new gaming companies in Luxembourg. He confirmed that “efficient technical infrastructures and a business-friendly legal environment are a priority for the Government in order to assure these companies a good development in Luxembourg.”
After presentations from Microsoft and New Media RTL Group, Europe’s largest entertainment network, an interactive panel session with the gaming company Kabam, Level 3, one of the world’s leading Internet companies, PwC, EuroTransit, provider of low-latency IP and transport services to carriers and game companies, and Nexway, European leader of e-content distribution, took place with reflections and discussions on current technical trends and future regulatory challenges.
The president of the LU-CIX Executive committee Marco Houwen expressed his satisfaction with the development of LU-CIX. He explained that “only two years after its launch, 44 members have joined and collaborations with international exchanges like France-IX and ECIX have been established. With LU-CIX, Luxembourg took another important step towards becoming Europe’s hotspot for the setup of ICT-related companies, like gaming businesses which are now massively moving into Luxembourg.”
Claude Demuth, CEO of the LU-CIX Management Board and organizer of the event, concluded that the success of the Forum reflects the positive development of the gaming sector in Luxembourg and ensured that LU-CIX will continue its efforts for the promotion and technical development of Luxembourg.
FRANCE IX ET LU-CIX SCELLENT LEUR PARTENARIAT DANS LE MONDE DES POINTS D’ECHANGE INTERNET
28.11.2011
Communiqué de presse
A l’occasion de l’événement Online Gaming Forum, organisé par le point d’échange Luxembourgeois LU-CIX le mardi 13 Décembre prochain, France IX, le point d’échange fédérateur en France et LU-CIX publient les premiers résultats de leur interconnexion mise en place en Novembre.
Paris, le 28Novembre2011 – Il y a maintenant plus d’un an, le LU-CIX et France IX ont décidé de s’unir au travers d’une interconnexion entre leurs points d’échange pour offrir à leurs membres respectifs la possibilité d’échanger du trafic avec ceux du point partenaire. Ainsi, en permettant aux deux infrastructures aux membres distincts de s’interconnecter, les deux points comptent fortifier et améliorer le trafic internet francophone.
C’est aujourd’hui chose faite avec la mise en place d’un lien d’une capacité de 1Gbit/s déjà utilisé par quatre membres du LU-CIX - BCE-RTL, RESTENA, Luxembourg Online et Lab Group - ainsi que par un membre du France IX, l’AFNIC.
Comme le commente Jean-Philippe Pick, responsable du service DNS à l’AFNIC, "Deux des serveurs DNS de .fr sont désormais directement joignablesdepuis le Grand-Duché de Luxembourg grâce à l'interconnexion du France IXet du LU-CIX."
Les conditions d’utilisation de ce lien sont claires. « Tout membre de la plateforme France IX ou de la plateforme LU-CIX peut faire une demande d’accès au service de passerelle, service sans surcoût à hauteur de 100Mbit/s échangés » explique Franck Simon, le directeur général de France IX avant d’ajouter « au-delà de ce débit, un raccordement direct sur la plateforme partenaire est requise ».
« Bien que les infrastructures restent indépendantes, les membres du France IX et LU-CIX peuvent très facilement échanger leurs trafics Internet au-delà des frontières »précise Claude Demuth, directeur général du LU-CIX.
A propos de France-IX
France-IX est le point d’échange de dernière génération offrant des services de peering Unicast et Multicast IPv4/IPv6 et de peering privé (Closed User Group) au travers de différents ports de connexion : 100 Mbit/s RJ45, 1000 Mbit/s RJ45, 1 Gbit/s SX ou LX et 10 Gbit/s LR. Pour plus d’informations, rendez-vous sur le site www.franceix.net ou contactez info@franceix.net.
A propos de LU-CIX
LU-CIX est le point d’échange Internet luxembourgeois, offrant des services de peering à travers une plateforme distribuée sur 4 centres de données. Pour plus d’informations, rendez-vous sur le site www.lu-cix.lu ou contactez info@lu-cix.lu.
ConnectedWorld.TV Awards 2011: Nacamar's Hbb TV Service nominated as best service delivery platform for networked television
23.08.2011
Press release
For the first time, as part of the internationally leading TV trade fair IBC, an award has been created specifically addressing industry innovations. The nacamar HbbTV service onteve has been short-listed. The user interface for the new social TV platform was designed by UX experts from coeno.
Munich, Düsseldorf, 10. August 2011 – The New Media full-service provider nacamar and its agency coeno are delighted that onteve has received a joint nomination in the category "Service Delivery Platform". This category was used to nominate innovative service platforms that allow online TV and video service providers to develop new offerings and thus differentiate themselves in their respective markets.
ConnectedWorld.TV Awards and the internationally leading TV trade fair IBC are working in partnership and are presenting awards in recognition of the best innovations in TV
This is the first time that the ConnectedWorld.TV Awards, organised in conjunction with this year's IBC Connected World, are being presented in recognition of innovations in the TV sector of networked television. Every year, as an important and globally recognised industry event in the TV entertainment sector, the IBC is involved in standard setting trends and developments. Connected TV and Devices feature among the Hot Topics for 2011.
The ConnectedWorld.TV Awards are highly regarded by the sector, as can be seen from the number of registrations, over 150, from 27 countries (Europe, Asia Pacific, North and South America). The winning nominations will be announced on 12 September as part of a gala event at the Okura Hotel in Amsterdam.
Onteve combines the collective recommendation power offered by social networks with a proven television experience
The HbbTV service onteve was developed for TV broadcasters and portal operators and links moving image content on TV with social media networks such as Facebook, Google+ and Twitter. For example, the system allows TV broadcasters, in parallel with their linear TV schedule, to offer additional services such as Video on Demand and EPG (electronic programme guide) as well as E-commerce and other interactive services. In the future this will also be linked to a recommendation management system . Both the Android and iPhone versions simplify interaction with the HbbTV App. Onteve's first customer is the Pay-TV broadcaster Kinowelt TV, who was involved in the development of the service as a pilot customer.
Onteve is very easy to use, thanks to an intuitive user interface which allows blind navigation by operating only five buttons on the TV remote control. The UX specialists at coeno are responsible for the design of the UI. They have fine-tuned onteve for nacamar from the perspective of the user experience and will continue to be involved in its future development.
Smarter television with HbbTV - the future of TV has arrived
Uwe Schnepf, CEO of nacamar GmbH, explains: "The HbbTV smart TV standard has a great future ahead of it, both in Germany and Europe. Forecasts predict that by the year 2015 there will be up to 25 million Internet enabled TV sets. The nomination of onteve at an international event clearly confirms that the TV industry positively welcomes this future development and that our new product has come at the right time. We are very proud of this."
Markus Kugler, CEO at coeno is overwhelmed by the nomination: "Anyone wishing to develop successful TV products inevitably needs to design the user experience in a targeted manner. This is why from very early on nacamar brought us on board and placed its trust in our wealth of experience in TV Applications. The nomination for the ConnectedWorld.TV Awards is a huge reward for all of us."
About coeno – the UX specialists
The agency for digital media, coeno, has its headquarters in Munich and specialises in the development of user experience solutions. The design and concept of the user experience are at the forefront. Coeno defines and designs visually attractive and intuitively usable interfaces regardless of the respective hardware platform. The portfolio of the owner-managed agency, in addition to consultancy, concept design, specification and design, also includes the implementation of complex interactive applications for both Web and TV. coeno has established an industry focus on the ITV sector. The online experts have been working on the convergence of Web and TV since the company was founded back in 2002. Coeno's references include the leading ITV companies, law firms, health insurance companies, media and top brands such as maxdome, MSN and Vodafone.
About nacamar GmbH
Nacamar GmbH is one of the largest German streaming service providers and offers media companies innovative services such as, e.g. live or on-demand streaming, pod and vodcasting, online video solutions, shared hosting as well as the integration of pay systems and digital rights management (DRM, GeoIP location). Its customers include, amongst others, many media companies and broadcasting corporations such as, e.g. ZDF, 3Sat and SWR. Since joining the ecotel group of companies in March 2007, nacamar has been in a position to act as a full service provider and can also offer ongoing Internet and data services for business customers.
Ecotel communication ag, which is listed in the Prime Standard, is one of the first companies in the telecommunications sector which can offer, exclusively and on a one-stop basis, its business customers across Germany all voice, data and mobile phone services. Ecotel has its headquarters in Düsseldorf and employs along with its subsidiary companies around 210 employees. Across Germany the company serves around 30,000 business customers with standardised and individually tailored telecommunications solutions and consistently pursues a strategy towards fixed mobile convergence (FMC), the convergence of wire-line network and mobile phone services.
For further information please visit www.nacamar.de.
Fusion de LIX et LU-CIX
20.07.2011
Communiqué de presse (19.07.2011)
Fusion de LIX et LU-CIX: les deux nœuds d’échanges internet du Luxembourg unissent leurs forces
Afin d'exploiter au mieux les synergies existantes entre les deux entités nationales gérant des nœuds d’échanges internet, LIX (Luxembourg Internet eXchange) et LU-CIX (LUxembourg Commercial Internet eXchange), ont récemment décidé de fusionner.
Cette initiative s'appuie sur une importante complémentarité entre les deux organisations poursuivant le même objectif - développer internet au Luxembourg - et permettra de joindre l'excellence technique de LIX à la vocation globale et plus promotionnelle de LU-CIX.
En effet, LIX, lancé par la Fondation RESTENA en 1998, était le premier nœud d’échange internet au Luxembourg qui permettait aux opérateurs d’accès internet d’échanger leur trafic, de réduire leurs coûts d’infrastructure et de fournir un service plus rapide aux internautes.
LU-CIX, de son côté, est un point d’échange internet commercial, créé en 2009 avec l'objectif de non seulement offrir une facilité d’échange distribuée nationale mais de promouvoir également le Luxembourg en tant que plateforme TIC internationale.
Suite à cette fusion, la compétence technique des gestionnaires des nœuds internet et la puissance des réseaux se verront encore renforcées. Les premiers bénéficiaires en seront les clients et tous les internautes au Luxembourg.
De plus, le réseau RESTENA sera connecté sur le nœud d’échange LU-CIX, ce qui va davantage amplifier la connectivité de la communauté de l'éducation et de la recherche au niveau national.
Concrètement, la fusion se traduit par la migration des membres de LIX vers LU-CIX. Il n'y aura donc qu'une seule plateforme d’échange de trafic internet nationale gérée par LU-CIX Management GIE. Grâce à la Fondation RESTENA, qui est désormais membre du LU-CIX Management GIE, LU-CIX contribuera de façon encore plus significative à l’évolution de l’internet au Luxembourg.
« La fusion se réalise sous le signe de la complémentarité », a souligné M. Claude Demuth, Président du Comité de Direction de LU-CIX Management GIE. « La longue expérience technique de la Fondation RESTENA, pionnier de l'internet au Luxembourg, est une plus-value précieuse pour notre collaboration et nous sommes heureux de pouvoir désormais faire route ensemble ».
« Il s'agit d'une très belle opportunité qui s'offre à nous et nous continuerons de dédier notre savoir-faire au développement du Luxembourg comme centre d'excellence TIC », a fait remarquer M. Théo Duhautpas, directeur de la Fondation et responsable du LIX.
Le ministre des Communications et des Médias François Biltgen a également salué l’initiative en déclarant qu’ « un acteur national fort vient de naître, ce qui représente un atout supplémentaire pour le Luxembourg puisque la visibilité du de notre pays sur la carte internationale des nœuds d’échange sera encore plus forte ».
LU-CIX at the Worldhosting Days 2011
30.03.2011
Back from the ICT fair “Worldhosting Days”, which took place from March 22 to 25 in Rust (Europa Park), Germany, LU-CIX draws a positive balance of its presence, together with Luxembourg for Business-Proud to promote ICT, at the world’s largest hosting event.
Numerous visitors and companies from around the globe showed a deep interest in LU-CIX as well as in Luxembourg’s general IT infrastructures.
Moreover, a panel discussion of 45 minutes was dedicated to Luxembourg. It was held on the 24th of March 2011, in the main hall of the conference center, for an audience of 200 professionals. With four Luxembourgish speakers, including LU-CIX, the discussion focused on a variety of topics, such as the international connectivity, datacenter offers, legal framework, or the quality of life in Luxembourg.
LU-CIX's attendance at the “Worldhosting Days” can therefore be seen as successful in terms of business contacts and for the promotion of Luxembourg as a leading ICT country in Europe.







