Technologies and ProductsADVA has launched a new way for communication service providers (CSPs) to drive more revenue from their already deployed fibre networks. With spectrum as-a-service, CSPs can now slice the optical spectrum in their fibre infrastructure, just like radio spectrum in 5G networks. They can then sell different frequency blocks to different customers, enabling them to […]
News and BusinessInterCloud, the provider of fully managed software-defined cloud interconnect services, is bolstering its backbone to multi-100G through a deal with euNetworks. InterCloud has signed a pan-European agreement with euNetworks for bandwidth infrastructure services. The agreement will give InterCloud multi-100Gbps core backbone capacity across Europe and will activate connectivity to over 420 data centres, accelerating and […]
News and BusinessBusiness-only fibre network Everstream has launched into both the greater Chicago and downtown Detroit markets. First, it is saying that it will provide a new choice for businesses in the Chicago suburbs that require reliable, high-speed connectivity. The Everstream network now being built will offer direct peering with all major carriers and cloud hyperscalers, at […]
News and BusinessConsole Connect, the software-defined connectivity platform from PCCW Global, has been launched into the Australian market. Console Connect competes against similar interconnetion technology from the likes of Megaport, Equinix and PackFabric. Customers can now use Console Connect in multiple data centres in Sydney, Perth and Brisbane. PCCW Global is the international operating division of HKT, […]
Technologies and ProductsArista Networks has unveiled an optical line system in an OSFP (octal small form-factor pluggable) module. It is a compact, low power and cost-effective solution for increasing bandwidth between data centres without the need for external optical line systems. The Arista OSFP-LS addresses the needs of Tier2 cloud and internet service providers for high bandwidth […]
News and BusinessGlobal Cloud Xchange (GCX) and Sparkle have extended their partnership by adding new spectrum capacity over the Flag Atlantic (FA-1) transatlantic system connecting Paris and London to New York. Under the agreement, GCX will provide additional capacity on the current transatlantic connectivity, enabling Sparkle to offer faster and more reliable City2City services and Seabone IP […]
Technologies and ProductsADVA has introduced its G.metro solution, a turnkey offering that cost-effectively helps mobile and enterprise networks boost access capacity while at the same time saving vital fibre resources. The technology, which features small form-factor pluggable (SFP+) DWDM transceivers, a complete suite of compact filters, and in-service fibre and wavelength monitoring, offers an easy way to […]
News and BusinessADVA has launched what it claims is the industry’s most compact demarcation and aggregation technology, bringing “cost-effective” MEF 3.0-certified 100Gbps services to the network edge. The ADVA FSP 150-XG400 Series enables businesses and mobile network operators (MNOs) to easily scale their metro networks and tackle booming bandwidth demand, says ADVA. Specifically engineered to deliver MEF […]
News and BusinessNokia is acquiring Elenion Technologies, a US-based company focusing on silicon photonics technology, to boost its optical capabilities in new markets. Elenion’s technology expertise and unique design platform and services will enable Nokia to expand its market footprint by addressing the critical and rapidly evolving optical connectivity requirements of 5G, cloud and enterprise networking, Nokia […]
News and BusinessHuawei Marine Networks (HMN) has sealed a deal to construct a new submarine cable for the Maldives Sri Lanka Cable system (MSC). The system will facilitate a direct connection between the Maldives and Sri Lanka, and as a result increase regional capacity and network diversity. MSC is a four fibre pairs system, equipped with HMN […]
News and BusinessPacketFabric has selected Inphi’s COLORZ 100GbE QSFP28 DWDM optics to increase network capacity between its metro data centre locations. PacketFabric is a leading supplier in the network-as-a-service (NaaS) market and competes against the likes of Megaport and Equinix. With up to 4Tbps of bandwidth over a single fibre, COLORZ enables PacketFabric to “dramatically scale” its […]
News and BusinessTampnet International Carrier has launched its newest point-of-presence in Copenhagen, adding two new, key low latency routes to Amsterdam and London. The company connects 30 key data centres that serve various industries and its new PoP is promising record data speeds. Tampnet says its Copenhagen PoP will be an important hub for low latency connectivity […]
News and BusinessGerman internet exchange DE-CIX has deployed a point-of-presence at the NJFX New Jersey cable landing station to further widen its US and international interconnectivity. NJFX offers a Tier 3 data centre campus to connect key carriers there. The new PoP will provide access for customers to exchange traffic so that their data can traverse directly […]
News and BusinessEquinix has opened a new internet exchange (IX) in Muscat, Oman, which will create a regional peering hub to exchange internet traffic across the Middle East and major global markets. Plans for the IX were first announced in 2018, and with the new facility Equinix says it is the first company with an internet exchange […]
News and BusinessNew Jersey cable landing station campus NJFX has seen Telenor Maritime expand its US presence through the facility. Telenor Maritime is establishing a direct connection to Norway via the new 7200km Havfrue subsea cable system, which connects the US at NJFX to mainland Northern Europe via the North Atlantic. NJFX is home to four subsea […]
News and BusinessColt Technology Services is continuing to invest in its Colt IQ Network, further densifying its offering in London and nearing completion of its fibre build-outs in Eastern Europe, Dublin and Berlin. Colt has completed a fibre densification project in and around London, adding 110km of new fibre in the city in which the company was […]
News and BusinessSeaborn Networks, the developer-owner-operator of transoceanic subsea fibre optic cable systems, has announced new high capacity connectivity from its Seabras-1 IP Network directly into key global IX (internet exchange) locations. Seabras-1 goes between São Paulo, Brazil and New York, and is the only direct PoP to PoP system between those two metro areas. It offers […]
News and BusinessCenturyLink has connected maincubes’ FRA01 data centre in Frankfurt to its international fibre network backbone. maincubes’ customers now have access to CenturyLink’s 450,000 route miles global enterprise network across 60 countries and its portfolio of connectivity, cloud, security, voice and managed services. The partnership with CenturyLink will enable colocation customers to securely connect their systems […]
News and BusinessPrysmian Group has been awarded a new cable contract worth about US$38 million from the Mexican government-owned Company Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE). The deal will support the Proyecto de Conectividad Fibra Óptica Red Eléctrica Inteligente REI broadband deployment across Mexico. This project will connect over 50 cities and remote regions in the country with […]
News and BusinessZayo Group has unveiled a new 100G capable wavelength route from Montreal, Quebec to Albany, New York. The new route will provide multiple terabits of long-haul transport capacity between Montreal, Canada, and major north-east US markets, and is expected to be in service this month (January 2020). The wavelength route will offer full, physical triversity […]