Monday, January 30, 2023

Lumen Feels the Need for Speed

By John Celentano, Inside Towers Business Editor 
Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN), based in Monroe, LA, has stepped up its optical transport game with its nationwide 400 Gbps (400G) wavelength network rollout. This comes after a significant dark fiber network expansion in the U.S. At the end of 2022, Lumen reported it upgraded over 24,000 fiber route-miles across its U.S. intercity network. This expansion bolsters network performance and supports the deployment of its next-generation optical platform that is specifically designed to deliver customer wavelength services up to 400G now and higher speeds in the future.

Lumen is building scalable networks in data centers and the public cloud, designed to follow where customer data and applications reside so Enterprises can gain faster connections to the big cloud service providers. The company says that its wavelength services will help modernize customers' core digital network with required resiliency, scalability, and ultra-low latency to help businesses grow. Wavelengths are private, dedicated fiber connections with optical encryption that protects data as it is transported. Enterprise customers can customize network services to support their digital needs using a Lumen-furnished app called Topology Viewer. Continue Reading

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