Laser Light Partners with Equinix to Deploy World's First Laser-Based Communications Network
With its deployment at DC11, Laser Light will commence installation, testing and demonstration of its leading-edge laser communications and SD-WAN equipment. Once operational, the HALO satellite constellation will offer its Optical Satellite as a Service (OSaaS) - SpaceCable™ services to carriers, enterprises and government customers at
Highlights / Key Facts
- The initial deployment in
Equinix's DC11 IBX is expected to grow with additional Points of Presence planned globally, includingEquinix facilities in theUK ,Japan ,Brazil ,Australia , theMiddle East , andEurope . - Space-based laser communication technology – known as Free Space Optics – stems from 20+ years of civil science and federal investments and deployments by government entities such as
Department of Defense (DOD ),National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ),European Space Agency (ESA) andJapanese Space Agency (JSA). It is now being commercialized for the first time by private firms, such as Laser Light. Equinix is home to 1,400+ networks and 2,500+ cloud and IT service providers on its global platform with 145+ data centers across 40 top markets on five continents. This makes it the home of the interconnected cloud and a natural partner for Laser Light's HALO Network. By leveragingEquinix's rich ecosystem of customers,Equinix provides Laser Light a marketplace enabling it to offer its capacity toEquinix customers, who require low latency, high data volume transmission services for their global market destinations.- An
Equinix partnership will permit Laser Light to access global facilities, which will aid in its need for interconnection with local and terrestrial fiber infrastructure as necessary to bypass atmospheric interference and deliver its OSaaS directly to its customers.
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Ihab Tarazi , chief technology officer,Equinix :
"We are excited to work with Laser Light as the interconnection provider for this cutting-edge satellite technology that greatly increases access to many parts of the world that are underserved by current fiber and wireless networks. By adding 'SpaceCable' as an equivalent offering together with terrestrial and submarine cables,Equinix customers looking for low latency solutions to reach new or emerging markets will have access to a full suite of data transport options."Robert Brumley , CEO, Laser Light:
"A partnership withEquinix permits Laser Light to become a truly tier 1 global carrier with access to facilities, and incumbent local fiber providers, in a 'one stop shop' partnership. Also,Equinix's mix of enterprise, global carriers, and government customers, permits Laser Light to be present in the marketplace for high volume data services in the key regional markets around the globe. We are excited thatEquinix and Laser Light have formed this partnership in this stage of our development to draw on their extensive experience as a global facilities provider, and cooperate with us in our deployment of a unique, SDN global network."John Hannah , Director of theNew IP Agency (NIA):
"We applaud Laser Light andEquinix for pioneering the commercial deployment of OSaaS and providing the communications industry with another example of the capabilities and benefits of virtualized IP networks and how network convergence is redefining the way communication services are delivered to end-users. The virtualization of IP networks and the adoption of SDN has the ability to deliver benefits to the communications industry beyond justCAPEX and OPEX savings, including the ability to bridge traditional communications networks together in order to introduce novel network designs that meet end-users' increasing need for high-bandwidth connectivity." www.newipagency.com.Maureen Rhemann – Sr. Strategist, Trends Digest (Reperi Analysis Center)
"We are entering a new era where data could be all dressed up with no place to go, and the party could be ending sooner than we think. With 60 billion devices connected to the internet by 2020, petabyte level processing, and zettabyte level data growth, global networks face being imperiled by the sheer onslaught of massive data traffic. Lasercom is the most viable solution because it's rapidly deployable, secure, can be optically integrated ubiquitously with terrestrial and satellite networks, and has proven its resiliency and reliability for high speed transport of large data sets. Like the evolution of cloud computing, lasercom is the next logical progression in communications transport technology and firms like Laser Light are leading the pack." http://www.trendsdigest.com/ .
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Laser Light™ intends to deploy an All Optical Global Communications Network - HALO™. The service capacity of the planned HALO™ constellation of 8-12 Medium Earth Orbit satellites will be 7.2 Tbps, comprised of 48 sat-sat 200Gbps optical crosslinks and 72 sat-ground 100Gbps optical up/down links, without reliance on regulated radio frequency spectrum. Laser Light™ intends to interconnect its proposed HALO™ satellite system with over 100 customer Points of Presence clustered within 20-25 SD-WANs across the globe. The HALO™ network - satellite and SD-WANs - will be cross-connected to Laser Light's proprietary extended ground network and its patented operating system, ensuring carrier grade service, enhanced redundancy, resiliency, and unprecedented security. HALO™ is designed to support its "Optical Satellite as a Service" (OsaaS) product suite - Global Access 100Gbps Circuits and its proprietary HALO™ Direct Connect service - to global enterprises, data centers, media, finance firms, carriers, and government entities. http://www.laserlightcomms.com
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