Pactel
International
Expands its TIER
1 IP Backbone to
New Caledonia
20 November 2013
Pactel
International
announced an
expansion of its
TIER 1 IP
Backbone to New
Caledonia.
Pactel was
chosen by the
local Carrier,
OPT New
Caledonia (“OPT
NC”) to provide
a large trunk of
IP Backbone
capacity to
support OPT’s
growing demand
for greater
bandwidth;
supporting 3G
services and
future
technology roll
out in the
territory.
The new network
is strategically
interconnected
with Pactel’s
two peering
points in Sydney
and therefore
facilitates
settlement-free
peering with
Pactel’s major
peering partners
including
Microsoft,
Yahoo, Akamai,
Youtube and
thereby promotes
faster Internet
speeds.
New Caledonia is
one of the most
developed and
technologically
advanced
countries in the
Pacific region,
with a high GDP
per capita and
vast mineral
reserves. It is
one of the first
adopters of the
Pacific fibre
network rollout,
and remains at
the forefront of
innovation in
telecommunications
services
available to its
citizens.
Pactel’s TIER 1
solution
inherently
minimizes
latency and
jitter, reduces
packet loss and
enhances OPT’s
overall network
capacity.
Consequently,
the upgraded
network is
expected to
deliver high
quality, high
capacity
Internet
services to
OPT’s growing
number of
wholesale,
content provider
and enterprise
customers, as
well as the end
users. With
Pactel’s
solution, OPT NC
will continue
leading the
Pacific carrier
market by being
at the cutting
edge of
technology and
innovation.
Director of
Telecommunications
Services,
Bernard Idoux,
of OPT New
Caledonia said:
“Pactel’s
expertise in
providing
telecommunications
solutions proved
to be invaluable
to OPT for the
past fourteen
years. With the
extension of the
fibre network
roll out, we are
confident in
Pactel’s ability
to effectively
deliver and
manage our IP
connectivity
services.”
The service is
supported by
24/7 network
monitoring and
support from
Pactel’s Network
Operations
Centre, and
provides
Pactel’s
wholesale model
reporting
capabilities.
Steffen Holzt,
Sales Director
at Pactel
International
commented: “We
appreciate the
trust OPT have
put into Pactel
for providing
them with
connectivity, on
which the whole
country can rely
on. Our strategy
to invest into
high capacity
infrastructure
is paying off
with OPT New
Caledonia being
the fourth
country to rely
on our wholesale
IP connectivity
services.”