The companies say that it demonstrated a new European record for data transmission over a long-distance backbone network. The collaboration also resulted in a transmission rate of 400Gb/s over 900km between Rome and Milan, and 300Gb/s over 1,750km.

The company is likely to sustain its competitive position given its extensive backbone network laid along railways across Russia.

Moreover, the two companies revealed that they worked closely to upgrade TE's current Nokia1830 PSS backbone network, in order to cope with the growing demand for mobile video and ultra-broadband services.

Coriant, a global supplier of open, disruptive, and hyperscale networking solutions for service providers and web-scale Internet operators, has announced that GEANT, operator of the largest and most advanced research and education (R&E) network in the world, has selected the Coriant Groove(TM) G30 Network Disaggregation Platform and Coriant Transcend(TM) Chorus transport network management solution to scale its European backbone network, the company said.

The 1&1 Versatel nationwide fiber optic backbone network spans more than 42,000 kilometers and is the second largest in Germany.

"Rapid development of mobile broadband and video services will generate tremendous traffic growth on backbone networks. Now is the time to apply 400G technology.

Cerny is president and chief executive officer of Westboro-based Backbone Networks Corp., which has been "incubating" for several years, but officially launched as a startup in February.

The GlobeCast Backbone Network spans five continents and uses over 92,000km of DTM fibre in Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas.

ICON+ is a subsidiary of Indonesia's national electricity company PT PLN and currently operates backbone networks, including mobile backhaul services, on the islands of Java and Bali.

On its completion in the second quarter of 2009, the "JAKABARE" Submarine Backbone Network will supply capacity of 160Gbit/s in the initial stage, with the potential to increase capacity to 640Gbits/s in thefuture to provide robust, high-bandwidth connectivity to the growing Indonesian market.

If you're calling a faraway location, the central office redirects the call to a high-capacity system, called a backbone network, which carries the call across the country.