www.WirelessFederation.com/news: IP-VPN services of Russian long-distance operator Transtelecom (TTK) and NTT Communications of Japan will be interconnected in Russia and NTT’s ‘Arcstar Global’ IP-VPN service will be made available nationwide. The announcement has been made by both the companies whose strategic partnership began in 2006 when the two agreed to develop data networks.

This partnership between NTT and TTK resulted in the construction and launch of the Hokkaido-Sakhalin Cable System, a 570km, 640Gbps undersea fibre-optic cable linking Ishikari, Hokkaido and Nevelsk, Sakhalin, the shortest route between Japan and Russia.

Owned by Russian railways, TTK’s network is laid along the rail route, spanning more than 55,000km. 19 foreign partner telecoms companies and NTT have reached an agreement to implement new process and practices that will enhance the quality and customer satisfaction levels of the Arcstar global network service.

Managing services for multinational organizations has been the major focus of Arcstar and the list of the organizations include VLAN, MPLS IP-VPN, leased lines and ATM.