GTT
Communications, Inc. (NYSE:GTT), the leading global cloud networking
provider to multinational clients, announced today that Tampnet, a
leading provider of data networking to the offshore industry, selected
GTT’s optical transport services to connect its offshore
telecommunication assets in the North Sea and Gulf of Mexico. Tampnet
serves more than 240 oil and gas platforms, floating production storage
and offloading units, and exploration rigs.
GTT provides diversely routed wavelengths over two of its three
transatlantic cables, linking Tampnet’s data centers in Manchester and
Slough with its facilities in Houston and Dallas. The solution is built
to enable seamless scalability up to 100GE and leverages GTT Express,
the lowest latency transatlantic cable system.
“The customers we serve in the oil and gas industry have very specific
diversity and latency requirements,” stated Arnt Erling Skavdal, CTO,
Tampnet. “We chose GTT for its ability to engineer a solution that met
our design objectives, including a primary path under 97 milliseconds
and customized routing to avoid congestion points in the metro hubs
interconnecting our global data centers.”
GTT Express is designed to meet the stringent network performance
requirements of the most latency-sensitive industries. In addition to
bypassing the New York region, GTT Express provides transatlantic
wavelength services directly into Canada, avoiding the U.S., if
required. GTT Express is also the only U.K. cable system servicing
Europe that can bypass London.
“We are pleased to provide Tampnet with the latency-optimized
transatlantic connectivity that they require,” stated Rick Calder, GTT
president and CEO. “We look forward to supporting their future global
networking needs as their business expands.”
About GTT
GTT provides multinationals with a better way to reach the cloud through
its suite of cloud networking services, including optical transport,
wide area networking, internet, managed services, voice and video
services. The company’s Tier 1 IP network, ranked in the top five
worldwide, connects clients to any location in the world and any
application in the cloud. GTT delivers an outstanding client experience
by living its core values of simplicity, speed and agility. For more
information on how GTT is redefining global communications, please visit www.gtt.net.
About Tampnet
Tampnet operates the largest offshore high capacity communication
network in the world and serves more than 240 oil & gas platforms, FPSOs
and exploration rigs in the Gulf of Mexico and the North Sea. In total,
Tampnet owns and operates an offshore infrastructure network based on
2,500 km of subsea fiber optic cable in the North Sea, complemented by a
large number of high-capacity, carrier grade radio links and an
extensive 4G LTE network.
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(January 23, 2018 - 8:00 AM EST)
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