RETN Uses Infinera to Power New TRANSKZ Network for Europe-Asia Connectivity
September 11 2019 - 8:00AM
Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) announced today that RETN, an international
network service provider, used Infinera’s fourth-generation
Infinite Capacity Engine (ICE4)-based platform to power RETN’s
TRANSKZ network and complete its latest phase upgrade in May 2019.
The new terrestrial solution connecting Europe and Asia provides
the first true alternative to existing subsea cable systems.
Enhanced with the latest-generation equipment, the high-performance
network supports three diverse paths of similar lengths from Europe
to the border of China via Kazakhstan in partnership with
Transtelecom JSC, and offers low-latency and high-capacity services
linking all major locations in commercial and financial hubs
between Europe and Asia.
RETN is one of the fastest-growing independent European
providers of Internet transit and connectivity services. It is the
only provider that operates its own end-to-end Eurasian network of
unique geographical coverage. Stretching between North America and
Asia, the RETN network offers differentiated terrestrial
connectivity between major markets: Western Europe, Central Eastern
Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States countries, Russia,
and Kazakhstan, running onward to the Chinese border.
The speed and flexibility of deployment and
monitoring provided by Infinera are key factors in facilitating
exceptional long-haul network performance. The ease of deploying
network services with Infinera’s ICE4-based platform enables RETN
to quickly deliver reliable, high-speed, low-latency 100G services
to meet the ever-increasing demands of global enterprises, as well
as international carriers, internet service providers, and content
providers.
The TRANSKZ network stretches across a diverse
terrain of more than 15,000 kilometers and interconnects critical
markets which are currently underserved territories across the
route. Working closely with Infinera, RETN completed the final
4,000 kilometers of the main route in Kazakhstan and deployed
services on the long-distance network in less than 30 days,
accelerating time to revenue.
“Our network segment from Kazakhstan to the border of China,
which we upgraded earlier in 2019 to complete the TRANSKZ network,
experiences harsh weather conditions. We also anticipated other
potential issues we’ve had to face working in these challenging
territories. So, we needed to find the right solution, combined
with the technical expertise of RETN engineers, the local partner,
and the vendor, to ensure RETN received superior network
performance,” said Tony O’Sullivan, COO at RETN. “The Infinera team
provided us with the best solution to meet our needs while working
closely with our team throughout the entire network deployment.
Many years of cooperation have proven Infinera’s solutions to be
highly reliable and operate successfully through harsh
environmental conditions along very long routes.”
“We are delighted to support RETN with the upgrade of TRANSKZ as
they continue to find innovative ways for their customers to meet
growing volumes of data coming to and from Europe, China, and
beyond,” said Bob Jandro, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales at
Infinera. “With Infinera’s portfolio, network service providers
like RETN are set up for success with solutions that are reliable,
agile, and scalable to support the bandwidth increases that
customers demand.”
Contacts:
Media: Anna VueTel. +1 (916) 595-8157avue@infinera.com
Investors:Ted MoreauTel: + 1 (408)
542-6205tmoreau@infinera.com
About InfineraInfinera is a global supplier of
innovative networking solutions that enable carriers, cloud
operators, governments, and enterprises to scale network bandwidth,
accelerate service innovation, and automate network operations. The
Infinera end-to-end packet-optical portfolio delivers
industry-leading economics and performance in long-haul, subsea,
data center interconnect, and metro transport applications. To
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including, but not limited to the potential technical, operational
and financial benefits of using Infinera’s 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-Q for the Fiscal Quarter ended June 29, 2019 as
filed with the SEC on August 8, 2019, as well subsequent reports
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