Japanese telco NTT Communications and Russian telco TransTeleCom are teaming up to connect the companies' networks in Japan and Russia, resulting in increased coverage spanning most of the Asia-Pacific region and Russia.
Under the agreement, NTT will gain coverage of 900 Russian cities, while TransTeleCom will gain coverage in the Asia-Pacific region.
'The interconnection enables us to expand our international outreach by taking advantage of NTT Com's unrivaled coverage of the Asia-Pacific region,' Sergey Lipatov, president of TransTeleCom said.
According to Masaaki Takenaka, VP of the Product Management Group at NTT Com's Global Business Division, 'Not only will NTT Com gain coverage in 900 cities in Russia, but also improved network latency between Japan and Europe by taking advantage of TTC's trans-Russian cable route which is significantly shorter in distance when compared to using the existing routes. We look forward to meeting the increasing demand in the region for enhanced requirements, such as end-to-end management.'