China Unicom Americas, a subsidiary of China Unicom Group, has established connections with CENX, operator of the world's first carrier ethernet exchange.

The connections with CENX's exchange in Los Angeles brings new business links between China Unicom's customers in more than 100 countries and is a driver for the buying and selling of services to and from China Unicom's network and the large number of existing CENX service provider members.

"CENX's ability to integrate seamlessly with our family of China Unicom Connect Services between the USA and China and between China and Europe makes them an ideal partner," said Wu Yitao, president of China Unicom Americas.

Financial terms of this deal have not been disclosed.