As reported by NeXXCom, their Wireless is deploying ultra low latency microwave radio technology that effectively cuts more than 3 milliseconds (mS) from the fastest fiber networks on the major financial trading path between the financial centers of Chicago and New Jersey. “Today we are below 10mS round trip which is a significant improvement for High Frequency Trading, with further product improvements we expect to approach within 1mS of the speed of light” says Sal S. Benti, Chairman & Founder of NeXXCom Wireless.
“As NeXXCom Wireless has recently joined the Dark Fiber Community, the industry is now aware of its wireless technology advancements for ultra low latency networks,” states Hunter Newby, CEO of Allied Fiber and Founder of the Dark Fiber Community. “Fiber and microwave compliment each other in many areas including HFT and mobile backhaul for LTE and other technologies. For HFT, fiber offers the highest levels of aggregate bit capacity whereas for ultra low latency microwave offers speed advantages with sufficient bandwidth to be most effective for certain HFT applications. I suspect that as trading firms learn more about NeXXCom Wireless’ technology they will begin proliferating these ultra low latency networks around the globe in the not distant future to gain competitive advantage.”
