Gamma Deploys Infinera XTM Series for UK Dark Fiber Aggregation Network
April 27 2017 - 8:00AM
Infinera, a provider of Intelligent Transport Networks, and Gamma,
a technology-based provider of communication services to the United
Kingdom (UK) business market, announced Gamma’s deployment of the
Infinera XTM Series for its UK dark fiber aggregation network. This
marks the completion of the first phase of Gamma's nationwide
buildout in London. The Infinera XTM Series and the EMXP
packet-optical transport switch enables Gamma to seamlessly
integrate its Layer 1 transport and Layer 2 metro Ethernet
functionality to gain more control and scale its network within a
single platform.
Gamma is a leading supplier of voice, data and mobile products
and services in the UK, supplying a broad range of communications
to small, medium and large business customers, the public sector
and not-for-profit organizations. Gamma’s new dark fiber
aggregation network uses dark fiber from a third party to replace
previously rented access connections and extends its network beyond
existing network locations into metro networks within the UK. The
first phase of Gamma's London metro network extends the number of
access locations by a factor of 10, providing Gamma better control
of the growth, manageability and economics of its network in
critical growth locations.
The XTM Series provides Gamma with access to 1 Gigabit
Ethernet (GbE), 10 GbE and 100 GbE services to power its metro core
networks. The XTM Series is a modular and scalable system of
pluggable optics, featuring low power and high density
and providing efficient delivery of Ethernet services, enabling
Gamma to increase services as its network grows. With the XTM
Series, Gamma can interconnect aggregation points closer to its
customers, offering services with speed and efficiency. The XTM
Series provides an access onramp for all Gamma’s Internet Protocol
(IP)/Ethernet-based services such as Layer 2 and Layer 3 virtual
private networks (VPNs), voice over IP (VoIP) and direct internet
access. The network architecture also utilizes sophisticated
packet-optical capabilities such as Ethernet Ring Protection
version 2 (ERPv2) with multiple classes of service to provide Gamma
with high network resiliency and service differentiation.
“After extensive research and consideration, we selected the
Infinera XTM Series platform for our dark fiber aggregation project
as it enabled us to dramatically increase capacity and scalability,
while offering innovative services to our customers,” said Andy
Rawnsely, Chief Architect at Gamma. “Our goal is always to ensure
that our customers receive the highest level of service performance
with maximum scalability. We are confident that this metro
solution, with its low-power and space-saving design, will deliver
on our commitment.”
Infinera, in partnership with Xantaro, worked closely with Gamma
to select the best network solution to fit its needs.
“This project demonstrates our true value-add, to pull together
the right technical solution for the customer. The Infinera XTM
Series successfully lowers Gamma’s Ethernet access costs while
providing Gamma with increased transport services,” said Gerold
Arheilger, Xantaro CTO.
“We are delighted Gamma selected the Infinera XTM Series
platform,” said Nick Walden, Senior Vice President, Infinera EMEA.
“This deployment demonstrates how our flexible approach to
packet-optical networking can help operators grow and develop new
business services while they adapt to increasing customer demands.
The deployment also shows that the demand for business Ethernet
continues to grow and Infinera's metro portfolio is well-suited to
address this demand.”
About GammaGamma is a rapidly-growing
technology-based provider of communications services to the UK
business market. Gamma’s services, such as Cloud PBX, Inbound Call
Control Services and SIP Trunking, are designed to meet the
increasingly complex voice, data and mobility requirements of
businesses, through the exploitation of its know-how and its own
intellectual property. Gamma also provides business-grade mobile
and data services and, as a consequence of its history, has a
substantial voice service capability. These services enable Gamma
to provide a comprehensive range of communications services. Gamma
has enjoyed strong organic revenue and EBITDA growth driven by a
high percentage of repeat revenues. The business had 717
employees at 30 June 2016. It operates across six main
locations – headquartered in Newbury - with offices in London,
Manchester, Glasgow, Portsmouth and Budapest.
About InfineraInfinera (NASDAQ:INFN) provides
Intelligent Transport Networks, enabling carriers, cloud operators,
governments and enterprises to scale network bandwidth, accelerate
service innovation and automate optical network operations.
Infinera’s end-to-end packet-optical portfolio is designed for
long-haul, subsea, data center interconnect and metro applications.
Infinera’s unique large scale photonic integrated circuits enable
innovative optical networking solutions for the most demanding
networks. To learn more about Infinera visit www.infinera.com,
follow us on Twitter @Infinera and read our latest blog posts at
www.infinera.com/blog.
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Infinera Corporation.
This press release contains forward-looking statements
including, but not limited to the potential economic, operational
and technical benefits associated with deploying Infinera products.
These statements are not guarantees of results and should not be
considered as an indication of future activity or future
performance. Actual results may vary materially from these
expectations as a result of various risks and uncertainties.
Information about these risks and uncertainties, and other risks
and uncertainties that affect Infinera’s business, is contained in
the risk factors section and other sections of Infinera’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 as filed
with the SEC on February 23, 2017, as well subsequent reports filed
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Infinera’s website at www.infinera.com and the SEC’s website at
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currently intend to, update any such forward-looking
statements.
Contacts:
Infinera Media:
Anna Vue
Tel. +1 (916) 595-8157
avue@infinera.com
Gamma Media:
Justin Coombes
Tel. + 07909 914195
justin.coombes@gamma.co.uk
Infinera Investors:
Jeff Hustis
Tel: + 1 (408) 213-7150
jhustis@infinera.com
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