Bezeq International (www.bezeqint.net), a major international Internet and telecommunications provider based in Israel, has extended its agreement with the European placement neutral Interxion data center operator (www.interxion.com), taking space center Interxion in Frankfurt, Germany.

According to its announcement Monday, the new agreement significantly expands the longstanding relationship between the companies. Driven by the growing international customer demand for an international series of hostel and data services, Bezeq FRA expanded its infrastructure in Interxion data center 5.

Bezeq International FRA took the space of 3 Interxion facilities in 2006 to deal with its European traffic as well as a basis for the provision and expansion of its international services. Since then, companies have forged a strong working relationship, and Bezeq successfully developed a broad portfolio of telecommunications solutions and high-end network and security services to multinational companies.

“We have developed an excellent working relationship with Interxion, and was a natural step to expand our European with them since the installation of Interxion became a fundamental part of our spine,” Bezeq International professional services operations director Pinhas Benny said in a statement. “Our relationship with Interxion creates value for our customers and generate revenue for us. We have other suppliers in Europe, but Interxion is by far the most important for our business model.”

five interconnected Frankfurt Interxion data centers, providing highly reliable infrastructure and direct access to more than 70 companies and 80 Internet providers – one of Europe’s highest density carrier and provider network. Last year, international Internet exchange DE-CIX (www.de-cix.net) expanded its infrastructure in FRA 5, strengthening its position as one of the most important Internet exchanges in Central and Eastern Europe and around the world Internet in exchange for higher data throughput.

secure, high availability and infrastructure connected Interxion also has power backup and redundant cooling to 2N, and a wide range of medical monitoring and maintenance services and managed services turnkey.

Interxion Germany CEO Peter Knapp said the relationship with Interxion Bezeq International is a good example of the value of this association can be added to the ambitious global service providers. “As Bezeq continues to grow, we look forward to working with them to provide an industry leading pan European connectivity solution to meet their needs.”