TOWARDEX
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2012
- HeadquartersBoston, United States
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
TOWARDEX firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- TOWARDEX
- Legal name
- TOWARDEX Technologies International, Inc.
- Website
- https://towardex.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2012
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
TOWARDEX industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Internet Infrastructure Services
- akta.pro primary industry
- IP Transit & Internet Backbone (Tier-1/2, peering, DIA) (HDAIAEAA)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Wholesale ISPs & Bandwidth Resellers (Bulk Transit/Last-Mile) (HDAIADAC)
Keywords
Where TOWARDEX is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Boston
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices24 records
Markets served
TOWARDEX business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- IP Transit Services: Wholesale IP transit and Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) from TWDX IP's low latency IP backbone. Available from 1 Gbps to 400 Gbps on port sizes from 1GE to 400GE interfaces.
- Network Transport Services: Packet Transport, Circuit Transport (dedicated wavelengths up to 400 Gbps), Cloud Interconnection, and Dark Fiber services including retail dark fiber and dark fiber subloop.
- Internet Exchange and Peering: MASS IX peering services with over 66 network peering partners. Provides public peering, cloud connectivity and data center interconnections throughout New England.
- Metro Cross Connects: Unlit Metro Cross Connect, Optical Mesh Cross Connect, and Fiber Optic Exchange Trunk services enabling network operators and enterprises to connect networks spanning different facilities.
- Interconnected Data Center Solutions: Open Access Lateral for data centers and property owners, Near-Net Cross Connects, and carrier hotel to curb democratization services.
- Turn-Key Network Infrastructure: Hosted Dark Fiber Network (bulk dark fiber lease) and Lease-to-Own Fiber Network services for international carriers, subsea network providers, and hyperscalers.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Unit Pricing | Annual | Hub Express System Conduit Access |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels5 records
TOWARDEX product offering
Product offeringCore offering
TOWARDEX operates a wholesale internet infrastructure platform providing IP transit, internet exchange/peering, network transport, metro cross-connects, and turn-key network infrastructure for data centers, ISPs, content networks, hyperscalers, and government clients. It sells both lit services over its own backbone and dark fiber/access to its open-access underground conduit system (HEX) across the U.S. Northeast.
Product overview
TOWARDEX is a Boston-based internet infrastructure provider offering a portfolio of connectivity and interconnection services across New England. Its core offering consists of two integrated service groups: (1) IP connectivity services — TWDX IP (blended IP bandwidth with low-latency peering, AS27552) providing Dedicated Internet Access and wholesale IP Transit up to 400 Gbps; and (2) Interconnection services — the Hub Express System (HEX) as the underlying open-access underground utility, MASS IX as the region's public peering exchange, Network Transport (wavelengths, dark fiber, cloud interconnection), Metro Cross Connects, Interconnected Data Center Solutions, and Turn-Key Network Infrastructure. Supporting sub-brands include TWDX Infrastructure (utility operations subsidiary) and Packetsurge (separate packet transport backbone, AS22147). The company primarily serves enterprises, data centers, ISPs, hyperscalers, and government organizations.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- TWDX IP: New England's most sophisticated blended bandwidth provider and low-latency IP transit network. AS27552.
- MASS IX
- Hub Express System (HEX)
- Packetsurge
Products and services
- TWDX IP (IP Transit / Internet Access) Wholesale IP transit service delivered over TOWARDEX's own backbone, providing dedicated internet access for ISPs, carriers, content networks, and enterprises needing upstream connectivity.
- MASS IX Internet Exchange and Peering Carrier-neutral internet exchange service that lets networks interconnect and exchange traffic directly at TOWARDEX's Boston-area peering points, reducing transit costs and latency.
- Network Transport High-capacity lit and dark fiber transport services between data centers and customer sites for carriers and enterprises needing point-to-point or point-to-multipoint capacity.
- Metro Cross Connects Physical cross-connect services inside carrier-neutral data centers that let customers interconnect directly with TOWARDEX networks and other providers in the same facility.
- Interconnected Data Center Solutions Integrated package of transport, cross-connect, and peering services designed for customers colocated in TOWARDEX-connected data centers, providing end-to-end connectivity under one provider.
- Turn-Key Network Infrastructure End-to-end managed network deployment service for enterprises and government agencies that need a fully designed, built, and operated private network without standing up their own infrastructure.
- Hub Express System (HEX) Open-access underground conduit utility that allows carriers, enterprises, and government entities to lease dark fiber or extend fiber networks into buildings and facilities served by TOWARDEX's conduit plant.
Quantifiable outcome
- Point5 added another 100 Gbps IP transit port providing additional capacity and improved network resiliency
- +2 more outcomes
Companies that use TOWARDEX
Customer profileNamed customers3 records
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
TOWARDEX technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature7 records
TOWARDEX partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.
- HUBER+SUHNERcoreHUBER+SUHNER partnered with TOWARDEX to deploy the CUBO 400G platform across the Boston area. This platform scales services at the metro edge to enable high-bandwidth connectivity to be delivered straight to customer premises and campus locations. The solution delivers 400G uplinks that can be broken into cost-efficient 100G services with greater simplicity, flexibility and long-term efficiency. HUBER+SUHNER provides 400G muxponding and media conversion capabilities directly at the customer edge, bringing a compact, high-performance, and cost-efficient architecture designed to support the transition to 800G and 1.6T optical transport.
- Point5 Managed ServicescorePoint5 selected TOWARDEX as their primary IP transit partner for internet connectivity, providing the backbone that helps them scale and optimize Internet performance for their most sophisticated customers. Through a growing partnership that began over 9 years ago, Point5 and TOWARDEX continue to collaborate to extend reliable, heavily peered, low latency services directly to enterprises across the Boston Metro area. Point5's latest addition of another 100 Gbps IP transit port provides additional capacity and improves network resiliency.
- EvocativecoreTOWARDEX partnered with Evocative to bring broader, faster connectivity to Boston. Through this collaboration, Evocative BOS1 clients in Boston benefit from the addition of TOWARDEX as a new carrier at the data center, gaining direct access to MASS IX with over 66 network peering partners and the Hub Express System. TOWARDEX offers substantially increased network carrier options in the greater Boston/New England market.
- CoreSitecoreTOWARDEX completed CoreSite's Boston data center open access utility entrance solution for fiber optic networks - the region's first open access utility entrance solution. The new fiber optic corridor known as the Hub Express System provides a hyperscale network of underground conduits to accommodate installations of more than 135 additional fiber optic cables by carriers. During development, TOWARDEX and CoreSite collaborated to enable open access entry into the data center by all interested telecommunications providers in a competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory environment, constructing a new utility entrance with 68 conduits.
Scale indicators9 records
Recent moves4 records
TOWARDEX competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Zayo Group: Large incumbent wholesale fiber operator offering dark fiber, wavelengths, IP transit, and enterprise connectivity across North America and Europe. Comparable to TOWARDEX on transport and dark fiber but with a far broader national footprint.
- Equinix: Global data center and interconnection operator running Equinix Internet Exchange and cross-connect fabric. Comparable to TOWARDEX on interconnection and IXP services, but operating at global scale across hundreds of IBX data centers.
- Lumen Technologies: Major incumbent IP transit and wholesale carrier (formerly CenturyLink) with a national backbone, enterprise services, and significant Boston metro fiber presence. Competes with TOWARDEX on IP transit and DIA at the enterprise and carrier scale.
- NTT Communications: Global Tier-1 IP backbone and wholesale services provider under NTT, with IP transit, cloud connect, and managed network services. Comparable to TOWARDEX on global IP transit and cloud interconnect offerings, but at much larger scale.
Emerging players
- PacketFabric: Network-as-a-service platform providing on-demand, software-defined wavelength and Ethernet services between data centers. Comparable to TOWARDEX's cloud interconnection and dark fiber products, with an emerging, automated delivery model.
- Megaport: Network-as-a-service provider offering on-demand virtual interconnections to leading cloud and data center providers. Comparable to TOWARDEX's cloud interconnection and MASS IX value proposition as an emerging, software-driven alternative for interconnection.
Direct peers
- GTT Communications: Wholesale IP transit and managed network services provider selling DIA, wavelength, and Ethernet services to enterprises, ISPs, and governments—directly overlapping TOWARDEX's TWDX IP, transport, and dark fiber offerings at the wholesale level.
- Hurricane Electric: Large global IP transit backbone operator and operator of multiple free Internet Exchange points. Direct peer to TOWARDEX in blended IP bandwidth, low-latency peering, and IX operations, with comparable emphasis on dense peering fabric.
- Arelion (formerly Telia Carrier): Global Tier-1 IP backbone operator providing IP transit, Ethernet, wavelengths, and cloud connect to operators and content providers. Closely comparable to TOWARDEX's TWDX IP and Packetsurge backbones in technology and customer profile.
- Colt Technology Services: International IP and fiber operator providing on-demand wavelengths, Ethernet, and IP services to enterprises, carriers, and data centers. Directly comparable to TOWARDEX on metro and long-haul wavelength products for carrier and enterprise buyers.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat4 records
Key risks7 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
TOWARDEX social profiles
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TOWARDEX leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles2 records
TOWARDEX subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries1 record
TOWARDEX funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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TOWARDEX M&A and investment
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Investments
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Frequently asked questions about TOWARDEX
What does TOWARDEX do?
TOWARDEX operates a wholesale internet infrastructure platform providing IP transit, internet exchange/peering, network transport, metro cross-connects, and turn-key network infrastructure for data centers, ISPs, content networks, hyperscalers, and government clients. It sells both lit services over its own backbone and dark fiber/access to its open-access underground conduit system (HEX) across the U.S. Northeast.
Is TOWARDEX a public or private company?
TOWARDEX is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was TOWARDEX founded?
TOWARDEX was founded in 2012. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is TOWARDEX based?
TOWARDEX is headquartered in Boston, United States, in the North America region.
How does TOWARDEX make money?
Six revenue lines are on record. IP Transit Services are the primary driver. The others are network Transport Services, internet Exchange and Peering, metro Cross Connects, interconnected Data Center Solutions and turn-Key Network Infrastructure.
Who are TOWARDEX's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Zayo Group, Equinix, Lumen Technologies and NTT Communications. Emerging players are PacketFabric and Megaport. Direct peers are GTT Communications, Hurricane Electric, Arelion (formerly Telia Carrier) and Colt Technology Services.
Does TOWARDEX have an API?
No public API is recorded for TOWARDEX.
What industry is TOWARDEX in?
TOWARDEX's product category is Internet Infrastructure Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDAIAEAA, IP Transit & Internet Backbone (Tier-1/2, peering, DIA), with a secondary code of HDAIADAC, Wholesale ISPs & Bandwidth Resellers (Bulk Transit/Last-Mile).