MegaFon launches new high-speed data transmission line between Europe and Asia

The operator MegaFon announced the commercial launch of its main fiber-optic trunk DREAM 8,700 kilometers long. Highway will be the best high-speed data transmission by connecting Europe and Asia, the company said. Highway, organized by MegaFon, passes through Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, Slovakia, Austria, Germany, and created with the assistance of foreign companies "Kazakhtelecom", Interoute. The length of the route DREAM Frankfurt-am-Main to the border Kazakhstan / China is 8700 kilometers. Choosing the best route (optimal length) passing traffic can reduce the delay time (Round trip delay) between the largest telecommunication facilities in Hong Kong and Frankfurt-am-Main on Compared with the existing highways in the market. Through this business partners MegaFon get a competitive advantage for its clients: financial institutions, online merchants, internet companies will be able to respond more quickly to changing market conditions, according to a megaphone. According to the company, the most important advantage of the project is the high degree of reliability over the line submarine cable systems, which are characterized by long interruptions caused by outside factors. This was achieved through the passage of DREAM from the border with China to Frankfurt-am-Main on the overland route with zero or low seismic activity. Turnpike DREAM (Diverse Route for European and Asian Markets) is designed to pass all kinds of telecommunication traffic between Europe and Asia. In the first phase of the project is ready to provide MegaFon their foreign partners DWDM-reliable communication channels at a rate of 1 to 10 Gbit / s, organized by dedicated and specially trained for the project road. Magistral is potentially ready to pass traffic at speeds of up to 8 Tb / s.