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TyCom Ltd., one of the world's largest providers of advanced broadband communications capacity, systems and services, said it has completed ahead of schedule the transatlantic segment of the TyCom Global Network (TGN) connecting New York, London, Paris, Frankfurt and Amsterdam. The link is now in its final testing phase.

The system is now carrying multiple 10Gb/s wavelengths of commissioning traffic and will be ready to carry commercial traffic by the end of June, officials also said.

TyCom has also received orders for STM-level broadband capacity on the transatlantic system and other parts of TGN in recent weeks and a portion of the revenue will be recognized in the current quarter ending June 30th.

TyCom Transatlantic is a 4-fiber pair ring system capable of carrying 64 fully protected 10-gigabit-per-second wavelengths, for a designed traffic-carrying capacity of 2.56 terabits. This capacity is greater than that of any other transatlantic system installed to date, company officials said.

Both TyCom's new Global Network Management Center in the U.S. and the Customer Care Center in Bermuda are now operational. Colocation facilities are available at TyCom's TelExchange centers in each major city along the transatlantic and Northern European routes.

Phase 1 of the TyCom Global Network is designed to offer multi-terabit capacity upgradeable to a maximum of 7.68 terabits per second, span approximately 90,000 kilometers and reach more than 30 major cities around the globe. TyCom is designing and manufacturing the undersea cable, optical amplifiers and terminal equipment, and designing, building and equipping the global and regional network management centers and cable stations along the route. More than 1.6 million square feet of floor space in TyCom's TelExchange colocation centers is being developed in major cities. TyCom's own fleet of cable ships, one of the world's largest, is installing and will maintain the network.