JUNE 20, 2008 -- Global Crossing (search for Global Crossing), a global IP technology provider,has expanded capacity on its Mid-Atlantic Crossing (MAC) undersea fiber-optic cable system to meet rapidly growing demand for IP and Ethernet transport among its customers, and to enhance connectivity between North America, Latin America, and Europe.
"We continue to make strategic investments in network infrastructure in support of strong growth around the world," says John Legere, Global Crossing's CEO. "And just as we did with our South America Crossing system in March, we are increasing capacity on MAC to handle our carrier and service provider customers' requirement to handle the huge demand for IP connectivity and broadband services, including emerging services such as IPTV and mobile broadband."
Global Crossing has added 340 Gbits/sec of transport capacity on the MAC submarine cable system with the addition of new terminal equipment. The MAC system provides 10-Gbit/sec services with a current design capacity of 1.3 Terabits. The new capacity will enable 10-Gbits/sec IP ports and also SDH at rates up to 10 Gbits/sec (STM-64).
The system includes approximately 4,600 route-miles (7,500 km) of fiber-optic cable and landing stations in Brookhaven, NY; Hollywood, FL; and St. Croix, U.S.Virgin Islands. MAC connects Global Crossing's Pan-American Crossing (PAC), South American Crossing (SAC), and Atlantic Crossing 1 (AC-1) subsea systems to provide full connectivity between North America, Latin America, and Europe.
The 340 Gbps of new capacity is available now.
"The increasing capacity requirements on subsea cable systems connecting the continents of the world, driven by the propagation of content-rich network applications and the growth of the Internet, are warranting upgrades to existing routes, as well as construction of new cables on the less served routes," comments Alan Mauldin, research director at TeleGeography Research. "The demand for international bandwidth has averaged 52% annual growth between 2002 and 2007, an indicator that the recent phenomenon of subsea capacity investment is principally demand-driven."
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