Verizon Business Circles Globe With Optical Mesh Network; Begins Extension to
Middle East
Undersea Meshing Provides Additional Paths for Rerouting Communications in the
Event of Multiple Cable Breaks
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Now that Verizon Business has
circled the globe with optical undersea meshing, the company is extending this
technology to the Middle East.
Undersea meshing creates additional paths to seamlessly reroute traffic in the
event of multiple undersea cable breaks or network disruptions. Verizon
Business was the first service provider to offer seven-way diversity for
services traversing cable systems in the Atlantic and Pacific. The meshing is
made possible by installing communications equipment in network facility
buildings linked to the submarine cables.
With recent mesh deployments in Mumbai and Chennai, India; Marseille, France;
and Singapore, coupled with an ultra long haul (ULH) build throughout France,
Verizon Business now can send critical customer traffic and business
applications in any direction around the world on the global mesh network.
The company completed the global portion of its undersea meshing as part of an
aggressive, three-year project.
Now Verizon Business is extending its optical-mesh architecture into the
Middle East. The first phase of the extension includes installation of
communications equipment in Egypt. The geographic location of Egypt allows
for an efficient crossing from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea for
submarine cable systems.
"Circling the globe with our mesh network has been a top priority we wanted to
complete this year for our customers," said Ihab Tarazi, vice president of
global network planning for Verizon Business. "Since we introduced our mesh
network, we have seen a dramatic improvement in our overall network
performance. Now we extend this same benefit from India, to Singapore,
through the Asia-Pac region to Europe and into the Middle East to help meet
the growing demands of our multinational customers."
Automatic Restoration and Real-Time Management
When Verizon Business completes the mesh project in Egypt, the network will
provide automatic restoration and real-time management of voice and data
traffic between Europe and the Middle East. The mesh network also will
provide predictable latency -- the time it takes for data sent from its entry
point in the network to reach its destination -- in the event of a network
disruption like the one that occurred earlier this year in the Asia-Pacific
region when 10 submarine cable systems were damaged in more than 20 locations.
The Verizon Business global mesh network operated exactly as designed,
rerouting traffic within milliseconds of the multiple cable breaks.
"Our large-business customers want reliability, scalability, low and
predictable latency, and maximum uptime, and that is why we are making
substantial investments around the world in our network infrastructure,"
Tarazi said.
From 2006 to 2008, Verizon Business invested $3 billion in its global network
serving enterprise and government customers, and plans to invest at a similar
rate this year. The global mesh infrastructure is part of that ongoing
investment.
Verizon Business also will use the mesh technology on current and future
undersea cable systems between Europe and the Middle East in which Verizon
Business has an ownership or partners with other companies. One of the newest
submarine cables Verizon Business will use for its industry-leading optical
mesh architecture is the Europe India Gateway (EIG) cable network, scheduled
for activation in 2010.
Verizon Business operates one of the largest global IP fiber-optic networks
spanning six continents. The company also participates in more than 80
submarine cable networks including next-generation undersea cables SEA-ME-WE-4
(South East Asia-Middle East-Western Europe), which link Southeast Asia to
Europe via the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East, and the Trans-Pacific
Express network linking the U.S. to mainland China, Taiwan and South Korea.
Verizon Business is the only U.S.-based founding member of SEA-ME-WE-4 and
only U.S. charter member of TPE.
(NOTE: On Oct. 21 at SUPERCOMM 2009, Verizon Business Global Network Planning
Vice President Ihab Tarazi will discuss Verizon's global mesh network
expansion into the Middle East and the network's performance during the recent
multiple submarine cable events in the Asia-Pacific region. The session begins
at 12:40 p.m. Central time in Room W183B at McCormick Place in Chicago.)
About Verizon Business
Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), is a global
leader in communications and IT solutions. We combine professional expertise
with one of the world's most connected IP networks to deliver award-winning
communications, IT, information security and network solutions. We securely
connect today's extended enterprises of widespread and mobile customers,
partners, suppliers and employees - enabling them to increase productivity and
efficiency and help preserve the environment. Many of the world's largest
businesses and governments - including 96 percent of the Fortune 1000 and
thousands of government agencies and educational institutions - rely on our
professional and managed services and network technologies to accelerate their
business. Find out more at www.verizonbusiness.com.
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