DWDM, or dense wavelength-di-vision multiplexing networks, today connect St. Petersburg and Moscow, as well as Moscow, Chelyabinsk, and Yekaterinburg. Telecommunications company Trans TeleCom (TTK) and the networking company Cisco installed 100 gigabits per second ultra-long haul (ULH) networks. The company provides high quality connection to its clients and gives incentives to competitors to increase the length of their networks and to boost quality.

The total length of the entire network cable in this project is over 3,000 kilometers (around 1,900 miles). Cisco’s longest data-transfer cable on land measuring 2,600 kilometers (1,616 miles) connects Moscow and Yekaterinburg.

Bill Gartner, vice president of the high-end routing and optics group at Cisco said that TTK’s backbone network is the most advanced in Russia and is a crucial part of the country’s essential telecom infra­structure. According to Mr. Gartner, the network’s development and ex­tension is of utmost importance not only for the company, but also for the whole communications market in Russia. Cisco’s representative ex­pressed his gratitude for cooperating with TTK and voiced hopes that the cooperation will be long term and productive.