Ekinops
Delivers 100G Transmission for ER-Telecom
in Russia, Spanning 5,000 Kilometers
PARIS,
October 30, 2015 – ER-Telecom, one of the three largest providers in Russia of Internet and
pay TV, has deployed Ekinops’ 100G DWDM channels over a countrywide
network stretching over 5,000 kilometers.
Ekinops,
a leading supplier of next-generation optical transport equipment, announced
today the deployment of its 100G systems by ER-Telecom for a major increase of
its network capacity.
ER-Telecom,
which serves 56 cities across eastern and southern Russia, turned to Ekinops
when it needed to meet growing traffic demands from its customers. Construction
of its own DWDM network would have been too costly, so instead ER-Telecom is
simply leasing wavelengths on existing third-party networks and then using
Ekinops equipment to transport 100G wavelengths on those networks.
This innovative approach
allows ER-Telecom to increase capacity extremely quickly at a fraction of the
cost of building a new network.
ER-Telecom
performed extensive testing of the 100G infrastructure, from Moscow in the west
to Tumen in the east. "This turned out to be the perfect solution for
us," said Kirill Pischalnikov, who heads network development and
maintenance for ER-Telecom. "We were able to complete deployment in less
than two weeks, and the equipment has been working very dependably."
"Many
service providers are reluctant when it comes to an alien wavelength
solution," said Francois Xavier Ollivier, CTO of Ekinops. "Because of
the difficulties inherent in this application, they worry about manageability
and interoperability of the new wavelengths with existing channels.
"Ekinops
has deployed alien waves for customers for over eight years and has a lot of
experience doing that, over equipment from every DWDM manufacturer. We
demonstrated to ER-Telecom our techniques for solving the technical and
operational issues. With our expertise we can assure operators that they can
trust Ekinops for a smooth, trouble-free operation of alien waves in their
network."
The
Ekinops 360 system offers alien wavelength support through a variety of small,
compact devices. These include a 1RU device that supports both a 10x10
muxponder and a 100G transponder in one product as well as 2RU and 7RU chassis
that also support many additional applications – such as WDM, DWDM, FOADM, and
ROADM – and services, such as SONET/SDH, Ethernet, SAN, video, and OTN.
About Ekinops
Ekinops is a leading
supplier of next generation optical transport equipment for telecommunications
service providers. The Ekinops 360 addresses Metro, Regional, and Long-Haul
applications with a single, highly-integrated platform. Ekinops is a
market-leading innovator in 100G transport with a coherent line of products
that truly optimizes optical networks and comes in 1RU, 2RU or 7RU chassis. The
Ekinops 360 relies on the highly-programmable Ekinops T-Chip® (Transport-on-a-Chip)
architecture that enables fast, flexible and cost-effective delivery of new
services for high-speed, high-capacity transport. Using the Ekinops 360
carrier-grade system, operators can simply increase capacity of their networks
– CWDM, DWDM, Ethernet, ESCON, Fibre Channel, SONET/SDH, and uncompressed video
(HD-SDI, SD-SDI, ASI). Ekinops is headquartered in Lannion, France, and Ekinops
Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary, is incorporated in the USA.
Source: Ekinops press release
