The NJFX cable landing station (CLS) colocation campus in Wall, NJ, says that Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) is the latest service provider to establish a point of presence (PoP) on site. The PoP will provide Verizon and its customers direct access to the submarine cable systems that land at the CLS, which offer connectivity to Ireland, Denmark, and Northern Europe.
The NJFX CLS campus offers direct access to such submarine cable networks as AEC-2, TGN1, TGN2, and Seabras, providing connections from the U.S. to Europe an vice versa. NJFX also connects to underground fiber on a long-haul network from multiple backhaul providers to provide connectivity to such U.S. markets as Ashburn, Chicago, Dallas, North Carolina, Philadelphia, and more on routes that offer bypass of common points of network failure such as New York City, northern New Jersey, and Miami.
"At Verizon, we believe that the network is an engine for business growth and innovation," commented Lynn Smullen, division vice president of sales at Verizon Partner Solutions. "In order to best serve the needs of our customers, we must continue to provide reliable, high-performing, secure global connectivity that flexes and scales to meet the evolving needs of our customers. The deployment of a new Verizon network point-of-presence at NJFX will expand our clients' transoceanic and terrestrial connectivity options, presenting new business opportunities both intercontinentally and across North America."
"We are especially pleased that Verizon has chosen to establish a point-of-presence at our CLS colocation campus, as one of three current backhaul providers at NJFX with underground fiber for its long-haul routes," states Gil Santaliz, CEO for NJFX. "It has always been our vision to develop NJFX to become North America's preeminent international hub for subsea communications, interconnecting many international carriers across three continents with multiple secure and reliable backhaul and U.S. termination options. World-class communications providers such as Verizon, as well as subsea cable operators, enterprises and cloud providers within our CLS ecosystem, recognize that NJFX provides a nexus for collaboration where they can build out new and reinforce existing networks with diverse routes while extending their global reach."
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