Customer demand drives next-gen wavelength
network investment in 2023
LONDON, March 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumen Technologies
(NYSE: LUMN) continues to invest in the strength of its network and
help businesses to grow their digital platforms, with the build out
of its 400 Gbps (400G) wavelength network across Europe. Wavelength services offer businesses
the dedicated, secure connectivity they're demanding.
"We are continually innovating our network infrastructure
solutions to support our customers' business growth," said
Annette Murphy, President, Lumen
EMEA and APAC. "In an era of digital acceleration, our
next-generation wavelength network supports businesses' rapidly
increasing high-bandwidth needs. This enhanced capacity helps
customers scale quickly and securely, to enable a digital journey
that can take them well into the future."
Key Facts
- Lumen has deployed its intercity 400G wavelength network in
Europe across 50 markets. This
gives customers unparalleled, diverse routing options in building a
resilient core digital network.
- Today, Lumen has enabled more than half of its intercity
network footprint in Europe to
support 400G wavelength services, as well as 70 data centres and
two transatlantic routes on subsea cable systems Grace Hopper and Dunant.
- Lumen is seeing significant demand for 400G wavelength services
from enterprises, government agencies, hyperscalers and wholesale
customers seeking high-bandwidth interconnections between their
data centres and public cloud.
- The intercity expansion will continue throughout 2023 and
beyond, extending this network and pushing it deeper into the metro
edge. Lumen will look at customer demand to determine where its
wavelength network will expand next.
Why it Matters
- The network needs to be where customers' data and applications
are going. Lumen is investing to help build scalable networks in
data centres and the public cloud.
- Lumen Wavelength Services help modernise the customers' core
digital network, giving the required resiliency, scalability and
ultra-low latency to help businesses grow.
- Wavelengths are private, dedicated connections – providing a
highly secure network solution on which to run critical
applications.
The Lumen Network
- The Lumen network is one of the largest, most deeply connected
networks in the world, spanning approximately 400,000 (643,000
kilometres) global route miles of fibre.
- In EMEA, the Lumen network spans approximately 42,000 (67,000
kilometres) route miles of fibre and seamlessly connects to more
than 2,500 on-net buildings and 540 public and private third-party
data centres.
Learn More
- Learn more about Lumen Wavelength Services:
https://www.lumen.com/en-uk/networking/wavelengths.html.
- See the current Lumen 400G network map.
- Learn about the recently announced Lumen U.S. intercity 400G
wavelength network.
About Lumen Technologies:
Lumen is guided by our belief that humanity is at its best when
technology advances the way we live and work. With approximately
400,000 route fibre miles and serving customers in more than 60
countries, we deliver the fastest, most secure platform for
applications and data to help businesses, government and
communities deliver amazing experiences. Learn more about the Lumen
network, edge cloud, security, communication and collaboration
solutions and our purpose to further human progress through
technology at news.lumen.com/home, LinkedIn: /lumentechnologies,
Twitter: @lumentechco, Facebook: /lumentechnologies, Instagram:
@lumentechnologies and YouTube: /lumentechnologies.
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