RETN, a leading Russian wholesale telecom carrier, has chosen the Infinera (Nasdaq: INFN) Digital Optical Networking system for the modernization and upgrade of its national backbone network, and for the construction of a new Pan-European transmission ring. The Infinera DTN system will enable RETN to increase total network capacity and provide its customers with a broad range of services including IP, MPLS, SDH and managed wavelength services.
RETN is a wholesale carrier specializing in connectivity within Russia and between major international traffic exchange points. The company provides data and IP-based services to more than 200 communication operators in Russia, Europe, North America, and Asia. The RETN network was founded in 2002 by a group of alternative carriers in Russia. Today the company has on-network locations in most of the major markets in Europe and the east coast of the US, including London, Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, New York, Washington, Helsinki, Prague, Kiev, and Stockholm. In Russia RETN has sites in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, Vladimir, Velikiy Novgorod, Tver, Yaroslavl, Tula, Lipeck, Belgorod and Voronezh.
“Amazing” Speed and Simplicity
RETN’s business is about delivering high quality, competitive communication services to their customers. The underlying transmission network needs to be able to support those services without adding cost and complexity to the service provisioning process. RETN was pleasantly surprised at the ease of deployment and speed of new service activation with the Infinera equipment, made possible by Infinera’s Bandwidth Virtualization™.
RETN has ambitious plans for network expansion. The company is planning for three- to fourfold growth in network capacity over the next two years. That growth is expected to come from domestic services within Russia, as well as international services in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
About RETN
The RETN network was founded in 2002 by a group of alternative carriers in Russia. Since then it has expanded dramatically, with increases in capacity on existing routes, and many new national and international routes being introduced. Today the RETN network provides capacity and data transmission between many of the largest telecommunication nodes in the world. More than 200 Russian and international carriers and 700 corporate customers use RETN’s network services. For more information, please visit www.retn.net.
About Infinera
Infinera provides Digital Optical Networking systems to telecommunications carriers worldwide. Infinera’s systems are unique in their use of a breakthrough semiconductor technology: the Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC). Infinera’s systems and PIC technology are designed to provide optical networks with simpler and more flexible engineering and operations, faster time-to-service, and the ability to rapidly deliver differentiated services without reengineering their optical infrastructure. For more information, please visit www.infinera.com.
