Grace Hopper subsea cable ups capacity,
connects Lumen landing stations in the U.S. and U.K.
DENVER, Sept. 21,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- One year after Lumen
Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) established a new subsea fiber route
between the U.S. and France, the
company is again significantly increasing network capacity and
diversity. Lumen is now investing in a fiber pair on Grace Hopper,
a subsea cable system spearheaded by Google, between New York and Bude, Cornwall in the U.K. The
Grace Hopper system will use Lumen landing station and
infrastructure services at both locations.
"Data flow and capacity demands don't know boundaries. The
bandwidth explosion across continents is real and we're meeting it
head on by investing in new subsea cables," said Laurinda Pang, Lumen president of global
customer success. "The Grace Hopper system is part of Lumen and
Google's long history of collaboration. Together, we're building
communications infrastructures for secure and reliable delivery of
digital enterprise and consumer services around the world. We are
pleased to be using our landing stations at these locations, and
excited to add another end-to-end intercontinental connection to
the Lumen network – one of the most deeply peered networks in the
world."
Experience, diversity and scalability
- Lumen has owned and operated global subsea networks for more
than 20 years.
- The company has a comprehensive trans-Atlantic subsea portfolio
with six on-net diverse fiber routes, including Dunant, a Google
subsea system. Dunant connects Virginia
Beach in the U.S. with Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez on the French
Atlantic coast. Lumen has an on-net route utilizing Dunant between
Richmond, Virginia and
Paris, France.
- Global businesses and wholesale providers will have access to
secure, diverse trans-Atlantic network options connecting to
Lumen's global 450,000 route fiber mile network.
- The Wavelength capacity Lumen will offer on the Grace Hopper
subsea cable can be scaled to meet increased customer demands for
years to come while also supporting Lumen's own IP, Voice, and CDN
networks.
According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, data flows are the
lifeblood of the U.S.- Europe
trade and investment partnership, with more data flowing between
the two continents than anywhere else in the world. Data flows are
essential to small and large businesses and support global
financial systems, medical research, cybersecurity efforts, and
burgeoning global demands for high quality content.
Lumen is taking orders now on Grace Hopper which will be active
and ready to deliver services in October.
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 450,000
route fiber 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
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States.
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