Infinera expands with Russian headquarters in Moscow to support new and existing customers

SUNNYVALE, USA: Infinera, a US-based leading provider of digital optical communications systems, has established its Russian headquarters in Moscow. Infinera Russia will focus on marketing, sales operations and work closely with local partners to expand the company's manufacturing presence and capabilities in the region. The new entity has been created to support telecom carriers and service providers in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) as Infinera increases its activities globally.

Recently, RETN, a leading Russian wholesale telecom carrier and Infinera customer since 2008, upgraded its pan-European optical network with the latest generation of the Infinera Line System (ILS). RETN specializes in connectivity within Russia and between major international traffic exchange points.

Since 2002, RETN has dynamically expanded, upgrading capacity and increasing the number of Points of Presence (POPs). Today, RETN's network is one of the largest in Russia, with a network, extending from Moscow to London, north and south, and directly connected to more than 800 international and domestic carriers.

"Russian carriers see the value of Infinera's unique technology based on photonic integration," said Alexey Popov, General Director for Infinera Russia. "Launching this new entity in Moscow reaffirms our commitment to the region and to customers like RETN. We also believe that it will better enable carriers in this country to benefit from an Infinera Digital Optical Network."

In 2008, RETN deployed Infinera's DTN for its ease of use and ability to turn up services quickly. This enabled RETN to increase total network capacity and provide its customers with a broad range of services including IP, MPLS, SDH and managed wavelength services. Today, RETN's network has been upgraded with Infinera's next generation line system, which supports ultra-long-haul reach, optical express, and future multi-Terabit scalability.

Along with Infinera's PIC-based line modules, the expanded capabilities of the ILS offers a highly efficient hybrid EDFA/Raman amplification capability that will allow RETN in the future to scale to 8.0Tb/s per fiber, and to deploy 40G and 100G wavelength -- all without the need for additional upgrade of optical fibers and amplifiers. Infinera's ILS upgrade to RETN's network covers a route of more than 17,000 kilometers.

"We are proud of our network and pleased with our upgrade with Infinera's ILS," said Dmitry Samarin, RETN's CEO. "The ILS has allowed us to double the wavelength density of our competitors with greater simplicity and ease of use. The convenience of having local sales and support teams in Moscow is an added bonus."

Infinera's ILS packs up to 160 Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) channels into the C-band, increases optical reach beyond 2,500 km and enables future capacity upgrades up to 8 Tb/s of fiber capacity, supporting capacity growth and flexible deployment of services from 1GbE to 100GbE.