Gemini - a submarine cable link from London to New York - has found its first UK customer in Internet backbone provider, NetKonect, after its launch in March. It links 4,000 buildings in Europe with nearly 30,000 in the US.
Providing campus-wide wired and wireless communications, the infrastructure features ATM switches for the backbone plus 100Mbps access speeds for students from the halls of residence. Students will also be able to use their laptops anywhere on the...
It will be deploying Marconi's ASX ATM range of backbone switches to increase capacity. Danish carrier service provider, Powercom, has installed a multi-service network to handle voice and data traffic.
The company is rumored to be a top contender for a $2bn multiyear contract with BSNL to build its national IP backbone. The carrier will be using Cisco 12000, 7300 and 7200 series routers and its Catalyst 4500 series switches.
The service will be "21CN-ready", as it uses the same Alcatel switches that will be used in BT's 21CN, an all-IP backbone which will be rolled out over the next few years. The Ethernet Virtual LAN (Evlan) service extends BT's existing LAN/SAN...
He claimed the "unprecedented new wave of broadband traffic" would increase fiftyfold by 2015 and that AT&T was investing $19bn to maintain its network and upgrade its backbone network. Click on the links below to find out more.