| Golden Telecom Inc., Russia, a major independent telecommunications operator, has announced the commercial operation of a Moscow network based on Gigabit-Ethernet technology. This network will allow the provision of data transmission services at speeds up to 1Gbit/s. The first segment of the network includes 24 access nodes located in 17 of the largest business centres in Moscow, at Golden Telecom's data centre, and at the point of traffic exchange with leading Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The bandwidth capacity of the Gigabit-Ethernet optical backbone network will be easily upgraded to 10Gbit/s if necessary.
Golden Telecom also announced its first service on the new network "Virtual Private LAN," which allows high-speed data exchanges at speeds up to 100Mbit/s (subsequently up to 1 Gbit/s). Users of the "Virtual Private LAN" service can also be provided with broadband Internet access and access to the resources of Golden Telecom's data centre. Mr Albert Safiullin, director for marketing and development of Golden Telecom, commented: �Gigabit-Ethernet technology offers an attractive price-efficiency ratio. By combining simple and widely implemented Ethernet technology with the resources of our optical network, we are now the first company in Moscow to offer Gigabit access for data and video transmission directly from our customers' offices�.
Golden Telecom Inc. is the largest independent facilities-based provider of integrated telecommunications and internet services to businesses and other high-usage customers and telecommunications operators in major population centres throughout Russia and other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The company offers competitive local exchange carrier services using its overlay network in Moscow, Kiev, St. Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod. Golden Telecom Inc. also provides data and long-distance services using a fibre optic and satellite-based network, dedicated and dial-up Internet access to businesses and consumers, as well as Internet content through numerous web brands powered by its ROL brand.
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