Reliance Globalcom upgrades European network with 100G technology

Reliance Globalcom has announced the upgradation of its European Network with coherent 100G technology by the end of 2012. The company will upgrade part of the European network connecting Marseilles, London, Paris and Frankfurt. It will use Ciena's 6500 Packet Optical Platform and WaveLogic coherent optical processors to deploy the 100G network.

The upgraded network will enable Reliance Globalcom to handle increasing internet traffic and to support the surge in high-bandwidth intensive applications such as cloud computing, video conferencing, business continuity/disaster recovery, data center connectivity, and storage area networking.

With the new 100G technology, the company can send up to 2.5 times more data over its existing fiber network with 40G technology. It will help in reducing the overall cost per Terabit on its network, and enables tighter integration with its recently deployed Terabit Internet routers at higher capacities while providing improved granularity.

“The 100G deployment will enable significant bandwidth scalability, flexibility, and improved performance, while reducing the overall costs for our customers”, said Punit Garg, President & CEO, Reliance Globalcom.

“We are building and expanding our network, not only to cater and address growing demand for high-speed data services today, but also for the future. This will strengthen our leadership position and further differentiate our network capabilities”, he further added.