The new fiber system is said to allow the carrier to offer 100G-plus service in Russia and Baltic countries.
Nordic company Telia Carrier established a new fiber route connecting Stockholm, Sweden, with St. Petersburg, Russia, via Tallinn, Estonia, and upgraded multiple submarine cables to improve its fiber network.
The new route is said to further diversify the wholesale carrier’s network, while the upgrade enables Telia Carrier to provide 100 gigabit services to carriers, content and cloud providers in the Baltics and Russia. The mesh network extends in different directions reaching multiple cities including Riga, Latvia, and Helsinki, Finland.
As St. Petersburg and Moscow are important transit points for Asian traffic, the new route also allows Telia Carrier to service the increase in traffic coming into Europe from Asia via terrestrial cable routes from the east as well as directly from Russia, the company said.
The subsea cables reaching across the Baltic Sea have been upgraded using coherent flex-grid technology supporting 100G capacity, and future 150G and 200G services.
“As our network becomes more meshed throughout Eastern Europe and the Baltics, we are continuing to build out eastward to stay ahead of content demand and the resulting backbone traffic in the region,” said Johan Godal, global product manager for wavelength and network outsourcing services at Telia Carrier. “By extending the route from Sweden to Russia and upgrading the submarine cables in the Baltic Sea, we can now offer high-capacity and low-latency services via a highly meshed network throughout the region.”
Hawaki Submarine Cable, TE SubCom complete route survey for transpacific cable system
Hawaki Submarine Cable and TE SubCom said they have completed the route survey for the 14,000 kilometer Hawaiki trans-Pacific cable system, linking Australia and New Zealand with the United States.
The companies said they remain on track to complete the deployment of the submarine cable in mid-2018. The cable system will also link to Hawaii and American Samoa, with options to expand to several other South Pacific islands including New Caledonia, Fiji and Tonga.
“The information garnered from the recently completed deep water route survey will be instrumental in ensuring the long-term viability of the cable system, and we are thrilled with the progress on the cable and repeater manufacturing efforts. Installation will begin later in 2017, and a fully lit system that should positively impact the entire region is soon to follow,” said Hakaiki CEO and Co-Founder Remi Galasso.
