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Becoming the Best Pan-European Carrier

Adversity breeds strength. With a major war starting in one of RETN’s key markets, the company had to demonstrate its ability to act under pressure, playing a crucial role in maintaining internet connectivity and telecoms infrastructure in Ukraine. 

The resilient design of the RETN network came to the fore during the worst days. Despite the active war actions, we developed a new route Lutsk-Monastyrysche to provide a redundant path towards Europe, and found time to support numerous charitable causes for children in Ukraine, our colleagues and loved ones. None of this could have been achieved without local infrastructure partners and other European telcos whose staff went out into the missile craters.

Simultaneously, RETN pursued strategic expansion across Europe and Asia, opening new offices in Vilnius, Singapore, Helsinki, Yerevan and Sofia, to better support local clients and our many network developments. 

In the Baltic corridor we added Riga-Daugavpils, Riga-Gotland-Stockholm, a new lower latency route Stockholm-Helsinki and a second diverse path Warsaw-Poznan-Berlin, improving connectivity around the Baltic Sea and massively increasing diversity back to Western Europe. Polish businesses benefited from the new Warsaw metro ring, Poznan, and Tallinn PoPs.

Southern Europe, Western Europe and Asia were not forgotten with major projects connecting Budapest-Belgrade-Sofia-Timisoara-Budapest; more leased capacity to Budapest, Iasi and Istanbul; new low latency fibre London-Paris; additional subsea capacity across South East Asia and new PoPs in London, Rotterdam and Singapore; and in Italy bringing Rome and Padua on-net, with 4 new PoPs in the local market.

RETN expanded its enterprise offerings with direct off-ramps to Google and Oracle Cloud and qualified as a Dell Technologies Gold Solution Provider. As a testament to all our efforts, RETN was awarded Best Pan-European Carrier at the Global Carrier Awards 2023, the most widely respected industry awards organisation.

The Eurasian Network of Choice

The Eurasian expansion continues with new PoPs in Beijing, Jakarta, Manila. RETN deployed its IP Transit product in core Asian markets; Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tokyo. Rapidly becomes the go-to Transit provider for local operators. Always future-proofing with upgrades to Infinera ICE4 and FlexILS on core routes in Europe, preparing for the next generation of DWDM transportation. IP Network was moved to the latest generation Juniper MX10k core. Ciena Waveserver 5 was deployed for the first time. Securing the internet. RETN was one of the first major IP Transit networks to support RPKI, to reduce spoofing and route leaks. A new focus on enterprise customers with the addition of Enterprise centric products such as Cloud Connect and Layer 7 DDoS Mitigation.

Developing the future of Enterprise access. RETN launched new last-mile emulation technology. Enterprises no longer had to compromise on security, stability and support due to costs.New international fiber routes. RETN deployed its own DWDM system in Belarus. The first non-Belarussian carrier to do so, the first and only contiguous low latency DWDM system from Europe to the Chinese border. Deployment of DWDM in Moldova. New path Brno-Budapest, unique and redundant. Increasing access opportunities in core global locations. New metro networks interconnecting DCs in Amsterdam, London, and Tokyo. More ways to interconnect with RETN. RETN headed South when it opened its first office in Southern Europe in Milan. Additional PoPs in Rome, Paris, and Milan. Major capacity upgrades into Madrid, Marseille and Milan.