RASCOM is completing construction of the new DWDM back-bone St. Petersburg - Moscow

RASCOM is granting the access to the new geographically independent system on the most demanded network section Moscow – St. Petersburg. This is the fifth DWDM system on this section, three of which are implemented on the RASCOM’s own cable. The new DWDM system is installed on the fibers of fiber-optic cable that has been constructed under the TEA NEXT project along the M11 Neva motorway.

This route is geographically diverse from the routes of the other systems that lie along the railway roadbed and enable the shortest route between two capitals. The distance between 6 Data Centers in St. Petersburg and 7 Data Centers in Moscow interconnected with RASCOM network is less than 720 km, RTD between Selectel-1/2 and MMTS9 is less than 7 ms.

103.2 Tbps: this is exact total capacity of all RASCOM systems between two Russian metropolises now.

Connecting two capitals remains one of the priorities of the company. Adding the new DWDM system to RASCOM’s assets will significantly improve the opportunities for implementation of circuits on the new route as well as protected circuits not only from Moscow to St. Petersburg but also farther on European directions: to Stockholm and Frankfurt.

“Network augmentation is one of RASCOM courses of development. The new route Moscow-Petersburg will enable additional capacity to meet the growing demands of the carriers. DWDM back-bone development will allow our customers getting high quality services on the shortest route between the capitals,” RASCOM CEO Denis Ganza is pointing out when commenting on the back-bone launch.