SSE Telecoms delivers early for Janet6

SSE Telecoms delivers early for Janet6

21 March 2013

SSE Telecoms is proud to announce it has delivered and handed over Janet’s core network ahead of schedule.

Phase one consisted of 3,000km of fibre and 21 co-location facilities built exclusively for Janet’s core network. Janet is now in the process of deploying their DWDM equipment to light the network.

SSE Telecoms will now complete commissioning the four regional fibre networks which together will become the UK-wide Janet6 network.

SSE Telecoms’ dedicated project team worked alongside Janet’s team to ensure challenges were overcome at every stage. This led to early decision making with a high level of focus in achieving the project milestones. Issues were identified early, driving the core network delivery ahead of schedule.

Jeremy Sharp, Head of Strategic Technologies, Janet, said: “Getting Janet6 in place on time and within budget is a critical objective for Janet. The fibre and co-location infrastructure provided by SSE Telecoms are the foundations of the new network and it’s a testament to the strong partnership between SSE Telecoms and Janet that the first phase of the fibre infrastructure has been delivered ahead of schedule.”

Commenting on handing over the network early, Chris Jagusz, Managing Director of SSE Telecoms, said: “We were delighted with the synergies between the operation’s teams within Janet and SSE Telecoms. Because of this, the core sites have been delivered early and to the complete satisfaction of the customer. This is what SSE Telecoms prides itself in being able to deliver. We look forward to working with Janet on the final phases to deliver the Janet6 network for the research and education community for many years to come.”

About SSE Telecoms
SSE Telecoms owns and operates one of the largest telecoms and data centre networks spanning the entire UK. We specialise in the provision of high capacity Ethernet, managed wavelengths, managed fibre and co-location services for service providers whose businesses depend upon the availability and performance of their cloud, IT and network services.

With an extensive portfolio of Layer 2 connectivity and a flexible approach to network configuration, we react efficiently to customer requests, providing prompt responses to quotations, delivery schedules and quick, live provision of services.
www.ssetelecoms.co.uk

About Janet
Janet provides a world-class network infrastructure to meet the needs of the UK’s research and education community. The Janet backbone consists of over 5,000 km of dedicated optical fibre, which can run at 100Gbit/s. With over 25 years of uninterrupted service to date, the Janet network now has a community of 18 million users. Janet additionally provisions services, including videoconferencing, voice and cloud computing, and brokers third party services to enable the Janet community to get the best and most competitive services available.

The concept of a community underpins everything Janet does and the network is based on the need for organisations to communicate, collaborate and co-operate in the shared interests of education and research.

Janet is government funded, with the primary aim of providing and developing a network infrastructure and services that meet the needs of the research and education communities.
Janet is a part of Jisc Collections and Janet Limited, a jisc company. Janet manages the operation and development of the Janet network and related services on behalf of Jisc.

Jisc is the UK’s expert on digital technology for education and research. Its work is guided by its funders, owners (AoC, GuildHE and UUK) and trustees.
www.ja.net