CenturyLink, the third-largest telecommunications company in the United States has activated two new 100Gbps high capacity connectivity between New York and London, leveraging Aqua Comms’ America-Europe Connect (AEConnect) subsea cable system.
The 200Gbps lit point of presence (PoP) to PoP with no intermediate or cable landing station regeneration are implemented to support CenturyLink’s U.S. to Europe broadband traffic and to support its multinational customers. The new links will also enable CenturyLink to control the provisioning, monitoring and troubleshooting of end-to-end connectivity between CenturyLink's U.S. network and any CenturyLink point of presence on its European network.
According to telecom analyst firm TeleGeography, transatlantic bandwidth is in high demand and the New York-to-London route is the second-largest international internet traffic route globally with multiple terabits of peak traffic.
Tom McMahon, CTO, Aqua Comms
Traversing over 6,800 kilometers, the high capacity transatlantic route includes diverse terrestrial segments on both ends enabling CenturyLink to provision end-to-end high capacity connectivity without regeneration, utlising advanced modulation techniques.
Pieter Poll, SVP, Network Planning, CenturyLink
Our multinational customers require seamless connectivity to accommodate today’s key business applications and we’re confident that this new Aqua Comms AEConnect fibre optic cable system will provide an important link between two of the world’s most vital social and economic hubs.
