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29 May 2009

Verizon and Janet team up on optical service trial


Verizon and Janet, the UK's National Research and Education Network, have completed the trial of a 100G optical service.

This is part of the telecoms firm's drive to work with major equipment suppliers on 100G commercial deployment.

At the moment, optical carrier network speeds are typically 10G and 40G.

The trial completed with Janet, which used a 103-kilometre section of Verizon's global network between London and Reading, showed that 10G, 40G and 100G optical signals can be carried at the same time without having an adverse affect on the signal.

Ihab Tarazi, vice president of global network planning for Verizon, explained: "Moving toward reliable, high-performance 100G technology is critical, especially for organizations like Janet that support education and research projects requiring significant bandwidth."

Earlier this week, Verizon revealed a number of new cloud computing technologies at the Interop IT expo and conference.<br/>

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