Telecommunications--Fiber Optic network

DataGroup to Deliver DWDM Network in Ukraine With Cisco.

Cisco Systems® (NASDAQ:CSCO - News) today announced that Ukrainian telecommunications company, DataGroup, is introducing a new portfolio of high-capacity services based on the Cisco® ONS 15454 Multiservice Transport Platform (MSTP). The new 6500 km countrywide fibre-optic network will provide the dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) backbone for delivering Ethernet-based services in all regional centers of Ukraine. In addition, it will help enable DataGroup to take advantage of the reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) capabilities of the Cisco solution to speed service delivery to clients.

The Ukrainian company aims to deliver a new portfolio of services ranging from high-speed Ethernet connectivity and carrier interconnect services for the Ukrainian and Pan-European market, to managed storage area network (SAN) extension services. The new infrastructure deployment will form a key part of DataGroup's overall IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN) architecture supporting service delivery.