Transmode delivers optical backbone network to UK IP Service Provider Griffin
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Stockholm - 29th March 2011 - Transmode, a leading supplier of optical
networking solutions, today announced that Griffin, a UK channel-only supplier
of IP managed services, has chosen its Intelligent WDM (iWDM(TM)) solution to
create a new optical backbone in order to significantly improve its network
capacity.
The new network was jointly designed to provide Griffin with a highly flexible
national infrastructure, which will be piloted in London. The need to maximize
the capacity of Griffin's London Metro Ethernet network led the company's
network team to choose Transmode's new layer 2 Ethernet Muxponder family
including the recently announced EMXP II 80.
Griffin's deployment of Transmode's EMXP II 80 will be the first such deployment
in the UK. The choice was made after an extensive search for a supplier that
could meet Griffin's requirement to cost-effectively add at least 300% capacity
year-on-year for the next three years. The company undertook a major comparative
assessment, looking at different potential architectures from a number of
vendors.
The choice of simply adding more dark fibre or moving to a managed iWDM solution
clearly showed that the latter would give a better return on the CAPEX
investment. "The new network will break even in less than a year, and years two
and three will have only small incremental costs, rather than continued
exponential costs as capacity grows," said Adrian Sunderland, CTO at Griffin.
"Additionally, we wanted total control over our whole network in order to ensure
the most reliable solution for our customers."
"Our previous design meant we had to scale the number of fibres as traffic grew.
Working with the Transmode optical network we can now massively increase the
amount of traffic that we can carry on each and every fibre in the network,"
continued Sunderland. "We needed to be able to scale our network to give us more
flexible growth options. Working with Transmode, we are now also able to enter
new markets with Ethernet Wavelength services. While Griffin is experienced in
all aspects of data networking, Transmode's optical networking expertise and
training capabilities are equally important as we move our business to the next
growth phase."
The Ethernet Muxponder (EMXP II 80) is part of a suite of products that
addresses Transport Ethernet applications within the Native Packet Optical
architecture and provides competitive advantage to operators in areas such as
mobile backhaul and regional Ethernet services. The new EMXP II 80 extends the
capabilities for Layer 2 Ethernet to higher capacity networks.
"The Transmode team has always designed network solutions in a consultative way.
Our main aim is to help customers build cost-effective, reliable and flexible
networks that can grow with their business," said Björn Andersson VP Sales. "We
are delighted with this new Griffin deployment, which is an example of our
consultative approach, leading to major deployments of our Ethernet Muxponder
family."
About Griffin
Griffin (Griffin Information Systems) is a channel-only supplier of IP managed
services based in Derby, UK. It has provided Internet services to UK businesses
since 1993. The company is a channel-only white label supplier to the UK
reseller community.
Griffin owns and manages its own national MPLS IP network and offers services
such as managed connectivity, managed networks and managed hosting.
Griffin is unique is having an enterprise grade Cloud Computing platform and a
carrier grade MPLS network. This combination allows partners to take advantage
of the rapidly growing cloud computing market opportunity.
For further information about Griffin, please visit www.griffin.com
About Transmode
Transmode is a leading provider of optical networking solutions for transport of
data, voice and video traffic, based onCWDM and DWDM technology (Coarse/Dense
Wavelength Division Multiplexing).
Transmode's unique Intelligent WDM (iWDM(TM)) approach has lead to widespread
deployment of over 20000 systems in a customer base consisting of more than 300
fixed and mobile network operators, service providers, large enterprises and
public institutions across Europe, the Americas and Asia.
Transmode's comprehensive product portfolio and strong global organization
enable our customers to grow the capacity and to improve service level of their
regional, metro and metro access networks, on a cost-efficient basis without
compromising on functionality.
For additional information about Transmode, please visit www.transmode.com.
For more information please contact:
Ola Elmeland
Vice President Marketing & Communications
Transmode Systems AB
Telephone: +46 8 506 882 71
Email:ola.elmeland(at)transmode.com
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