Verizon deploys mesh expansion network in Singapore

Stan Beer
Monday, 19 January 2009 11:36

Business IT - Networking

Verizon Business has deployed what it calls a technologically advanced network configuration aimed at giving large-business and government customers more reliable customer voice-and-data traffic and more diverse routes to move mission-critical traffic.

The network architecture, called meshing, provides additional network paths for rerouting traffic in the event of a cable cut or other network disruption.  According to Verizon, the Singapore expansion complements the Pacific mesh network deployment the company began in 2007.

In September 2008, Verizon Business became the first carrier to offer services on the new Trans-Pacific Express cable network connecting the US with mainland China, South Korea and Taiwan.

Verizon Business deployed a seven-way mesh network across the Pacific Ocean using the newly activated Trans-Pacific Express cable network and other submarine cables.  The Pacific mesh network now extends from Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea to Japan and the United States.

The Pacific mesh design provides seven paths of diverse capacity, offering automatic restoration and real-time management of voice and data traffic on the Pacific undersea cable routes of Verizon Business’ global network.  The seven paths that constitute the mesh provide predictable latency – that is, the time it takes for data sent from its entry point in the network to reach its destination - in the event of a network disruption, something that is particularly important to business customers today.

“This mesh network design allows our multinational customers to continue receiving the high-quality network performance and reliability they expect from Verizon Business,” said Ihab Tarazi, vice president of global network planning.

“We have seen a dramatic improvement in our overall network performance since we introduced meshing.  Our Pacific mesh network is operating at 99.999 percent of network availability, and this is important to our large global financial customers.

“We will extend the enhanced diversity and reliability of a meshed network to India in 2009 to meet the growing demands of our global customers,” Tarazi said.

According to Verizon, the Pacific mesh network gives Verizon Business significant flexibility of routing choices in the region.  For example, if there is a natural disaster, like a major earthquake, Verizon Business can automatically reroute customer traffic to an equivalent available network path.