JULY 3, 2008 -- TransTeleCom Company CJSC (TTK), Russia's leading telecommunications backbone operator, and NTT Communications Corp. (search for NTT) today announced that the Hokkaido-Sakhalin Cable System (HSCS), which directly links the two companies' telecom networks via an undersea cable between Nevelsk, Sakhalin in Russia and Ishikari, Hokkaido, Japan, began commercial operation on July 3.
The two companies jointly started to construct the fiber-optic submarine cable HSCS in 2007, and the work was been completed in December 2007. HSCS measures 570 km in length and has a capacity of 640 Gbits/sec. NTT says the cable gives it the shortest route between Japan and Europe, versus existing cable routes through southern Asia and the United States, by connecting the cable to TTK's extensive backbone network in Russia, which exceeds 55,000 km.
NTT Communications says the HSCS route will enable it to provide the following high-reliability, high-quality services:
•Â Global leased line
NTT Com will provide additional offerings in Arcstar Global Leased Line Service utilizing the new route. It is estimated to shorten the latency within the company's backbone by 20% to 30% compared to the existing routes.
•Â Global IP-VPNs
The HSCS route will be added to the backbone of NTT Com's secure, scalable Arcstar Global IP-VPN Service (MPLS) beginning in August 2008.
• Transit service
The HSCS route will be added to NTT Com's global IP Tier-1 network covering Asia-Pacific, Europe, and North America with connection to major ISPs worldwide, beginning today.
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