Infrastructure expansion in France, Switzerland and Spain provides enterprise customers with
greater broadband speed and availability
LONDON, July 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- As the 4th
Industrial Revolution continues to accelerate business demand for
high-speed broadband and presence in the cloud, Lumen Technologies
(NYSE: LUMN) has expanded its fibre network infrastructure in
Europe, strengthening its service
capabilities in France,
Switzerland and Spain.
These strategic network expansions put high-performance fibre
closer to end users to deliver faster connections, lower latency
and enhanced security, for an exceptional customer experience. The
infrastructure extends fibre reach in and between major hubs of
business and finance, bringing connectivity to new cities and
providing dense coverage in key areas to connect multiple
enterprise buildings and third-party data centres to the robust
Lumen network.
In France and Switzerland, Lumen increased its footprint
with the construction of a unique new fibre route of more than 300
km between Lyon, France and
Geneva, Switzerland, connecting
three new cities, Grenoble, Chambéry and Annecy. The length of the
national Lumen network rings is approximately 5,600 km in
France and 680 km in Switzerland.
In Spain, Lumen completed its
national fibre ring by adding a new segment of more than 280 km
between the city of Salou and the French border. Additionally,
Lumen built a new metro network in Barcelona and connected to the MAREA
transatlantic subsea cable landing station in Sopelana. The
national Lumen network ring in Spain is approximately 1,700 km.
"Our new fibre infrastructure investments in Europe demonstrate the continued commitment
that Lumen has to this market, and to powering the next wave of
growth and innovation for customers in the 4th Industrial
Revolution," said Annette Murphy,
managing director, EMEA, Lumen Technologies. "Companies are facing
new challenges that require them to harness massive amounts of data
at almost unimaginable speeds. The agile, reliable and secure Lumen
network helps customers to leverage their data and adopt next-gen
apps to unleash their business potential and deliver amazing
digital experiences."
Lumen Network Key Facts:
- The Lumen network is comprised of approximately 450,000
(720,000 km) global route miles of fibre and connects to more than
180,000 on-net buildings and 2,200 public and private third-party
data centres.
- In Europe, the Lumen network
is comprised of approximately 23,600 (38,000 km) route miles of
fibre and connects to more than 2,000 on-net buildings and 500
public and private third-party data centres.
- The Lumen network is seamlessly connected to leading public
cloud service providers including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft
Azure ExpressRoute & Azure Government, Google Cloud, IBM Cloud
and Oracle Cloud.
- The vast and highly interconnected Lumen fibre network is the
foundation of the Lumen platform, a fast, secure platform for
next-gen applications and data. The platform integrates adaptive
networking, cloud connectivity, edge computing, connected security
and collaboration solutions into an advanced application
architecture designed specifically to handle the complex and
data-intensive workloads of the 4th Industrial Revolution.
About Lumen Technologies
Lumen is guided by our belief that humanity is at its best when
technology advances the way we live and work. With approximately
450,000 route fibre miles and serving customers in more than 60
countries, we deliver a fast, secure platform for applications and
data to help businesses, government and communities deliver amazing
experiences.
Learn more about the Lumen network, edge cloud, security,
communication and collaboration solutions and our purpose to
further human progress through technology
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