TeliaSonera International Carrier, which has previously deployed Infinera’s DTN-X platform across its North American network, is now extending the rollout of Infinera equipment in its European network. The first route is Stockholm-to-Hamburg, one of the busiest on its European network.
TSIC, which operates a wholly owned fiber optic network connecting 200 Point of Presence (PoPs)) across Europe, North America and Asia, said it chose Infinera in part for the speed in configuring bandwidth for new customers, some of whom are asking for large bandwidth configurations to ready in a matter of days. The Infinera platform has helped TSIC win new customers by its rapid provisioning.
“Stockholm to Hamburg is an important network route for us both for delivering services to our Nordic and Baltic end-users and for being part of the global long haul routes Europe-Russia and Europe-overland to Asia,” said Erik Hallberg, President of TSIC. “Our experience in North America is that Infinera gives us a competitive edge by enabling us to use time as a weapon to deliver 10 GbE and 100 GbE services faster than the competition. We look forward to expanding our Intelligent Transport Network into Europe with Infinera.
- In November 2011, TeliaSonera International Carrier and Infinera performed the world’s first terabit trial in California based on DTN-X equipment.
- In August 2012, TeliaSonera International Carrier (TSIC) and Hibernia formed a strategic partnership for global media distribution. Under the deal, Hibernia Media will acquire TSIC’s MediaConnect business, while TSIC’s fiber backbone will form the core of the new network.
- In July 2012, TeliaSonera International Carrier comfirmed deployment of a new 100G DWDM overlay network across Europe based on Nokia Siemens Networks’ hiT7300 platform.