Russia's ER-Telecom selects Ekinops for 100G fiber-optic network

Russian Internet and pay-TV provider ER-Telecom has selected 100-Gbps DWDM technology from Ekinops for a 5,000-km nationwide fiber-optic network, the systems house reports. The 100G DWDM channels represent a significant capacity increase for the service provider, Ekinops says.

ER-Telecom, which serves 56 cities across eastern and southern Russia, has constructed the network using leased wavelengths, Ekinops says. The strategy significantly saves deployment costs and improves time to market, the network systems provider points out. The network connects Moscow in the west to Tumen in the east. The deployment leverages the Ekinops 360 system family.

"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," Ollivier added.

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