Verizon will establish before the end of the year a standards-based, multivendor 100 gigabit Ethernet link for the IP backbone on a portion of the company's European long-haul network.
Using Juniper Networks routers and Ciena's 100G Ethernet coherent optical transport solution, Verizon will enable 100G Ethernet connections between routers on its IP network.
Verizon will deploy the 100G router-to-router technology on its European backbone network from Paris to Frankfurt.