KDDI America expands its metro network in the West Coast area
KDDI America Inc., the U.S. division of KDDI Corporation, a Global Fortune 500 company and worldwide leader in international telecommunications services, today announced that it has launched KDDI America MetroWave in the Los Angeles metropolitan area extending up the West Coast. This service offering provides a wide variety of flexible and affordable, high-performance network services to customers on the West Coast, the International Gateway to Asia Pacific.
The KDDI network will connect between the major data centers on the West Coast such as TELEHOUSE Los Angeles, Equinix LA1 Los Angeles, Equinix SV8 Palo Alto, and Equinix SV1 San Jose. By connecting the metro networks between these data centers, KDDI America can provide Internet or Ethernet services as a very cost effective solution to their customer base. Enterprises, ISPs, or content providers who are seeking access from their data center on the West Coast to Asia or from Asia to their data center will benefit.
By deploying the optical technology of dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) in its metro fiber network, KDDI America is capable of accommodating high-capacity circuits within multiple sites in the West Coast area. Through a wavelength of light on an optical fiber, seamless interconnections are available to different transport interfaces such as SDH/SONET, as well as Ethernet transport high-capacity from OC48 scaling up to OC192 and 1Gbps scaling up to 10Gbps. Separated wavelengths of capacity per fiber strand allow KDDI America to provide flexible, high-speed bandwidth and scalability with faster provisioning lead times. MetroWave has backbone capacity of up to 800Gbps.
The KDDI America MetroWave network is seamlessly integrated to connect customers located at any of the four data centers to KDDI America’s existing network services including its Internet, IP-VPN and domestic and global Ethernet service offerings, US Powered Ethernet Network (US-PEN) and KDDI Global Powered Ethernet Network (GPEN). As a result, customers can access MetroWave from any of US-PEN’s Points of Presence which include New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Palo Alto, CA; Chicago, IL; Ashburn, VA and Dallas, TX. By having access to TELEHOUSE’s global network of data centers, KDDI America can offer its customers colocation and network services in safe, secure data centers with low-latency connectivity in 22 cities in 15 countries around the world.
“In the past year, KDDI America has seen a heightened demand for connectivity over wavelength services from several industries such as software providers, entertainment and media firms,” said Sandra de Novellis, Director of Marketing, KDDI America. “KDDI America meets its customers’ needs by allowing them to expand their network seamlessly from Los Angeles to San Francisco and beyond by connecting them to the International Gateway.”
Customers interested in learning more about MetroWave products and pricing should contact KDDI America by dialing 212-295-1200 or email at marketing@kddia.com.
About KDDI America
KDDI America is the U.S. division of the KDDI Group of companies, a Fortune Global 500 company and leading provider of international telecommunications and collocation facilities around the world. KDDI America provides high-quality network solutions to clients with telecommunication needs throughout Asia Pacific, where it is particularly strong. KDDI Group is a pioneer and innovator in the Ethernet world, being the first telecom provider to provide switched Ethernet services between Asia and the United States. KDDI is also a leading provider in international data centers and value-added services through its group company, TELEHOUSE, in the United States, Europe and Asia. For more information about KDDI America, please visitwww.kddia.com.
Czech-Based CD-Telematika Selects ECI Telecom to Build Nationwide Optical Fiber Network
ECI Telecom, a global provider of next-generation network solutions, announced today that it was selected by CD – Telematika a.s. (CD-T) to develop and implement a national high-capacity next generation optical network across the Czech Republic. The new network will allow CD-T to significantly increase bandwidth capacity, better route data traffic on the network, and provide highly reliable services over resilient optical infrastructure spread country-wide.
CD-T currently operates over 3,500 km of fiber optic lines throughout the country, supporting the second largest IP Network in the Czech Republic. CD-T provides services to large customers such as Czech Railways and its subsidiaries, as well as many telecom operators, including the operator of the CESNET academic network and other public administration bodies.
Highlights:
CD-T, a leading carrier-of-carriers operator in the Czech Republic, is deploying a national wide optical network to enhance the quality and reach of services to its customers The network will be capable of delivering high-performance IP services, allowing CD-T to respond to growing bandwidth demands, as well as improving reliability and scalability of their service capabilities Deployment of CD-T’s nationwide optical backbone was concluded in record five weeks from start to finish, demonstrating the agility and flexibility of ECI’s 1Net framework. This project expands on the seven-year strong relationship between the two companies and underscores ECI’s proven experience in deploying optical backbones
Utilizing ECI’s XDM(R) Next-Generation Optical Networking Platform, CD-T will be able to extend its optical backbone to support greater bandwidth and capacity. The platform’s innovative design meets all the requirements of modern transmission networks in a single platform featuring:
40 x40Gb/s fully tunable channels Multi-degree WSS ROADMs, allowing for faster response to customer’s bandwidth demands and service needs as well as dramatically reducing the operational costs of the network Full OTN layer support resulting in service transparency, extended reach and end-to-end reliability. 80 x 40G/100G channel-ready, future-proofing the network for growth and capacity
Executive Perspectives:
“We selected ECI’s XDM solution for its field-proven reliability and the flexibility it provides as a future-proof platform, providing sufficient capacity for data-intensive services and enables us to better innovate and expand our offerings moving forward. Having established a strong mutual relationship during the seven years, we are confident in the company’s technological leadership and exceptional service support.” Jeronym Prochazka, Project Manager, CD — Telematika a.s.
“Carrier-of-carriers in today’s market require flexible and customized infrastructure solutions to address current and future business challenges. Our long-term experience in deploying next-generation optical backbones coupled with our comprehensive understanding of this market enabled us to quickly deploy the ideal network solution for CD-T and position them for future expansion.” Oren Marmur, Head of Optical Networking Line of Business, ECI Telecom
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About CD – Telematika a.s
CD-Telematika is a strong and stable company in the domestic market that provides its customers with complex telecommunications, telematic and ICT solutions and services. CDT owns and operates one of the most dense fiber network in CZ consist of 3500km dark fiber and more than 350 PoP’s in CZ.
CDT operates own DWDM, Ethernet, IP, MPLS and Voice services with a strong focus on Carriers and Wholesale partners. CDT is well established ICT partner for government and Railway sector in CZ. For more information, please visit www.cdt.cz
About ECI Telecom
ECI Telecom delivers innovative communications platforms to carriers and service providers worldwide. ECI provides efficient platforms and solutions that enable customers to rapidly deploy cost-effective, revenue-generating services.
Founded in 1961, Israel-based ECI has consistently delivered customer-focused networking solutions to the world’s largest carriers. The Company is also a market leader in many emerging markets. ECI provides scalable broadband access, transport and data networking infrastructure that provides the foundation for the communications of tomorrow, including next-generation voice, IPTV, mobility and other business solutions. For more information, please visit www.ecitele.com.
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Sibirtelecom completes DWDM roll out (Siberia)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The roll out of Digital Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) technology in Omsk, Novosibirsk and Novokuznetsk has been completed by Svyazinvest-owned regional operator Sibirtelecom.
By investing RUB111 million (USD3.76 million), the operator constructed a 161km of fibre-optic network. The entire work out is aimed at expanding network capacity and bandwidth availability.
The network had a data transmission capacity of 10Gbps and now it has gone up to 40Gbps after the upgrades. Russian vendor T8′s equipment has been used by Sibirtelecom for the network rollout.
DWDM backbone launched by Orange Business
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: 3,500km dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) backbone network will be launched by Orange Business Services to provide services to Orange corporate customers. The network will stretch 8,500km, extending the Moscow-Samara-Yekaterinburg DWDM network, which also connects Ryazan, Penza, Tambov, Ulyanovsk, Ufa and Chelyabinsk.
The operator has also launched a local access Metro Ethernet network with more than 20 communication nodes in Rostov-on-Don, and an inter-city coarse wavelength division multiplexing (CWDM) network supporting transmission speeds of up to 10Gbps.
