KVH Offers Unique Proximity Solution Encompassing Low-Latency Networks, Managed Hosting And Japanese Exchanges Facilitator Services To Trading Community

KVH, 100% owned by Fidelity Investments, is a facility based IT/communications service provider serving Japan and the Asia-Pacific region. Through its low-latency networks and data centers close to exchanges, KVH offers connectivity, proximity hosting, and comprehensive IT solutions to the trading community to support leading-edge electronic trading applications such as algorithmic trading, market data distribution and post-trade processing.

KVH’s Proximity Solution is a complete managed environment providing a meeting place for traders, data vendors, ISV’s, clearing firms and brokers with low-latency connectivity to all Japanese trading venues. In addition to offering the lowest latency network to all Japanese exchanges, KVH is the only provider in Japan offering 24x7 Japanese and English support based on ITIL best practices, smart remote hands services, and logistics facilitation with local exchanges for those without a Japan office. KVH’s Proximity solutions are delivered from KVH’s Tokyo Data Center, which hosts trade execution applications for many key players in the trading community, and is endorsed by both the Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) and the Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) as a recommended access point and proximity hosting provider.

Through a partnership with COLT, KVH’s sister company in Europe, KVH is capable of extending its comprehensive low latency networking and proximity hosting offering to major financial markets in Europe, US and Asia.